In July, Diarrha N’Diaye announced the closing of her beauty company, Ami Colé, a brand known for its viral lip oil, shade inclusiveness, and the community N’Diaye had cultivated by making beauty products. Fans begged N’Diaye to keep it going, but the brand officially closed its website four weeks ago on September 30. As N’Diaye wrote for The Cut, it was unsustainable to continue in this beauty market with so much competition and pressure from investors.

“I’m looking forward to what comes next,” she wrote. Well, her next move is here and it’s pretty major: N’Diaye has been appointed EVP of beauty and fragrance at Kim Kardashian’s Skims Beauty, where she will lead product development, innovation, and brand strategy. N’Diaye ’s résumé is long: Before building Ami Colé, she had extensive

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