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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lia Beck

Bobbi Brown’s Perfect Response When Told to Be Less Soccer Mom, More Businesswoman

A photo of Nikki Ogunnaike next to an inset photo of Bobbi Brown, with text reading "Money. Power. Style. Nice Talk with Nikki Ogunnaike".

Bobbi Brown built her career on not following trends. In the 1980s, when bright, bold colors dominated the beauty world, she gravitated toward a natural, subtle look. And she stuck with it, despite plenty of criticism.

On the latest episode of “Nice Talk”, Brown shares the bad advice she received during her early career, including the perfect response she had to one critic who told her she needed to be less “soccer mom”.

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