2008 founder simone oliveira xavier rene xavier filho headquarters mendota heights minnesota products cosmetics & beauty number of employees 90 website www.sigmabeauty.com sigma beauty also known as sigma is an international cosmetics company selling brushes makeup and accessories . contents 1 history 2 products 3 store 4 distribution 5 references 6 external links history edit sigma was founded in 2008 by brazilian natives simone oliveira xavier and her husband rene xavier filho in their basement in new brighton minnesota . 1 they serve as executive creative director and chief executive officer respectively . 2 oliveira a former veterinarian 3 who holds a phd in infectious diseases was previously working as a clinical professor at the university of minnesota . she received two patents in the field of swine medicine . 4 5 filho is a civil engineer and longtime entrepreneur . 6 7 the couple who moved to minnesota in 1999 8 combined their knowledge of engineering and scientific research to pioneer the company which began as a way to simply export american cosmetics to family members in brazil . 1 seeing an opening to expand oliveira and filho quickly grew the business designing brushes and sending products to influential fashion bloggers . 6 products edit sigma s brushes and kits are designed in the united states . 9 some of their items include the sigma dry n shape a patented brush care product that dries and reshapes brushes 4 to 6 hours after cleaning them ; 7 a cruelty free line of brushes made with synthetic fibers for improved makeup application ; 10 and a patented glove one can use to wash brushes . 3 their products have been recommended by american beauty magazines and websites such as allure 11 instyle 12 glamour 13 cosmopolitan 14 and popsugar 15 as well as international outlets such as elle taiwan 16 instyle germany 17 and vogue india . 18 furthermore sigma beauty s brushes have won awards throughout the fashion and beauty industries including allure s 2016 best of beauty awards winning in the best tools category for its f80 flat kabuki brush 19 best eye makeup brushes and best face makeup brushes in nylon magazine s 2015 beauty hit list awards . 20 kim kardashian s makeup artist mario dedivanovic has said that sigma s are one of his favorite lines of brushes and that he and kardashian love the sigma extravaganza body brush in particular . 21 store edit in december 2012 sigma opened its first physical store in the mall of america in minnesota 22 23 the most visited shopping mall in the us annually . 24 the store sells sigma brushes kits and makeup . 8 distribution edit sigma beauty products are sold by many luxury and fashion retailers in the u.s. such as nordstrom von maur urban outfitters and lulu s. sigma beauty products are sold globally by authorized retailers such as sephora se asia douglas look fantastic and zalora among many others . 25 references edit a b michelle knoll mn made beauty company goes from basement to booming business channel 5 abc eyewitness news october 17 2011 . sigma beauty star tribune . accessed august 16 2012 . a b local makeup company exploding across the country wcco this morning cbs minnesota july 30 2013 . inventors honored university of minnesota news february 25 2011 . modified live jmso strain haemophilus parasuis vaccine simone r. oliveira et al december 28 2006 . a b thomas lee social media a thing of beauty star tribune november 6 2011 . a b d. graham kostic simone oliveira xavier glossed and found . accessed august 21 2012 . a b allison kaplan a brush with success mpls.st.paul magazine july 1 2013 . shannon buonsanti guide to buying gifts for women the orange county register november 16 2011 . new year new makeup brushes insiderbeautybuzz.com january 4 2012 . allure the best new way to clean your brushes allure.com september 2 2014 . instyle 10 insta famous beauty brands to keep on your radar instyle.com january 6 2016 . india jewel jackson 10 and under best budget hair makeup and skin beauty buys of the week glamour july 20 2012 . cosmopolitan the 16 best beauty innovations of 2015 cosmopolitan.com december 21 2015 . popsugar 20 of september s buzziest new makeup hair and skin care launches popsugar.com september 12 2016 . elle taiwan makeup brushes professional makeup artists can not do without elle.com tw may 7 2016 . instyle germany clean immediately the dirty truth about makeup brushes instyle.de september 2015 . vogue india 5 beauty tools that will change your life forever vogue.in october 16 2015 . allure f80 flat kabuki brush review allure.com 2016 . nylon magazine s 2015 beauty hit list awards . presenting the 2015 nylon beauty awards nylon.com september 23 2015 . emma bussey celebrity beauty special kim kardashian s make up secrets starlounge.com november 25 2011 . thomas lee role reversal online retailers seek physical stores star tribune june 15 2013 . maria mcginty now open giveaway moa blog december 10 2012 . joe yogerst america s most visited shopping malls travel leisure december 2011 . sigma beauty authorized retailers sigmabeauty.com 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sigma beauty & oldid 741982656 categories companies based in minnesotacosmetics companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 22 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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