Aimee Connolly is the founder and CEO of Sculpted by Aimee. The award-winning company is one of Ireland and Uk’s fast-growing beauty brands, with the range increasing from one product to over 100 since it launched in 2017.

An entrepreneur through and through, Aimee set up the brand at the age of just 24, combining her experience in the make-up industry with a degree in commerce and French from U.C.D. The brand was and remains entirely self-funded, with Aimee starting to save the capital she needed to launch when she started working part-time at 16. Sculpted by Aimee now has 55 staff and counting, over 500 stockists in Ireland and the UK and the Middle East. The brand also recently opened a flagship store on Grafton Street, Kildare Village, Belfast Victoria Square & London Carnaby soon to be announced. They also boast an education arm, Sculpted The Academy which has trained hundreds of make-up artists since it opened.

Aimee has developed a strong following and loyal community online – her social media channels and the brands have a collective following of over 250,000. In 2021 Aimee won the top prize in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in the  emerging category and in 2022 she was named Young Businesswoman of the Year in the Image PWC.