A young woman who lost her mother at age 12 is now following in her mother’s footsteps. Alannah Frierson, 19, a University of Mississippi sophomore from Canton studying business administration and entrepreneurship, hopes to own multiple businesses one day. Right now, her specialty is creating wigs.
Amy Head Cosmetics company releases new fall products
Amy Head Cosmetics is still coloring Mississippi and beyond. The company has a few new products for fall, including two new eye shadow pallets.
Student makeup sellers hope you’ll pucker up and buy LipSense
Emily Wilson Oxford Stories Already becoming a successful business entrepreneur at the age of 19, Alexis Ridgeway is finishing up her freshman year at the University of Mississippi. The Jackson native began […]
Ole Miss student uses social media to sell lipstick
Georgia Williams Oxford Stories gjwilli1@go.olemiss.edu Karin Mayer, a University of Mississippi senior graphic design major from Gulfport, discovered the latest makeup trend sweeping the Ole Miss campus via Facebook. “I had no […]
UM student wants to become a full-time beauty blogger
Julia Wickes Oxford Stories jgwickes@go.olemiss.edu A University of Mississippi student hopes to turn her passion for beauty and fashion into a full-time career as a beauty blogger and influencer. Blogging and influencing […]
Texas sophomore operates successful side makeup business

Catherin Kaufman Oxford Stories crkaufma@go.olemiss.edu A University of Mississippi student has created a side makeup business transforming T-shirt wearing college students into elegant young women. Lauren Hoffman, a sophomore from Houston, Texas, […]
University of Mississippi student plans to makeover her future
Meredith Enger HottyToddy.com mgenger@go.olemiss.edu As a student at Lamar School in Meridian, Rivers Countiss, 22, once got in trouble for wearing makeup. “In elementary, our school could not allow girls to wear makeup,” […]