Beauty Brand Strategist. Founder Coach. Market Entry Specialist.

 You’ve built something real. Now you need someone who understands exactly what that takes and what comes next.

 There’s a particular kind of pressure that comes with leading a beauty brand. The decisions are commercial and creative and deeply personal, often all at once. The market moves fast. The stakes are high. And most of the advice out there is either too generic to be useful or too theoretical to be actionable.

 That’s where I come in.

 I’m Fara,  beauty brand strategist, founder coach, and a 20-year industry insider who has sat on every side of this business. I’ve worked in beauty PR, built and exited my own brand, coached founders through their most critical growth moments, and I’m currently embedding myself in one of the world’s most exciting emerging beauty markets as I relocate to Abu Dhabi.

 I combine commercial rigour with founder psychology. You get strategy that’s grounded in how the beauty industry actually works, and support that accounts for how you actually work as a leader.

WHO THIS IS FOR

If you’re a beauty brand founder navigating a pivotal moment a new market, a repositioning, a scaling decision, or simply a point where the old approach has stopped working, you’re in the right place.

 If you’re a founder-led brand looking to enter the UAE or broader MENA region, I offer something rare: deep beauty industry expertise combined with first-hand, on-the-ground knowledge of the market you’re trying to reach.

 And if you’re a founder who knows your business challenges and your own psychology are more connected than most consultants acknowledge, I understand that too. I’m currently pursuing an MSc in Business and Organisational Psychology, bringing an additional layer of depth to the strategic and coaching work I do with clients.

WHAT I OFFER

My work spans three interconnected areas:

Brand Strategy & Market Entry

Commercial, specific, and built on two decades of knowing how beauty brands live or die in the real world. Particularly specialised in UAE and MENA market entry for UK and international beauty brands.

 Founder Coaching

For ambitious founders who want more than accountability, you want honest perspective, strategic clarity, and support from someone who has genuinely been there. Certified by Jay Shetty. Grounded in organisational psychology.

Content & Thought Leadership

Editorial-quality copywriting and thought leadership content for beauty brands and founders who need to communicate with authority. Written in your voice. Free of the generic patterns that make most branded content invisible.

 A NOTE ON HOW I WORK

I don’t deal in vague frameworks or impressive-sounding methodology. When we work together you get direct, informed, experienced perspective, the kind you’d get from a trusted industry insider who also happens to be deeply invested in your success. Every conversation moves something forward.

 


Creating a plan that works for you

Ready to work with someone who genuinely understands your world?

Whether you’re a brand at a crossroads, a founder ready to scale, or an international brand with eyes on the Gulf, let’s talk.

 “Brand strategist with 20 years in beauty. Founder experience. Psychology-led approach. Currently based between London and Abu Dhabi.”