She's Blushing! tarte's Maureen Kelly Scores a Major Award

Well congrats to you, Maureen Kelly, Creator and CEO of tarte Cosmetics!

She just won Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award in the Retail & Consumer Services category. So fab! E&Y says they picked her for being an outstanding example of an entrepreneur who's building and leading dynamic, growing (and innovative!) businesses.

What makes tarte a pretty pick isn't that it's just an impossibly chic line of cosmetics, but that Kelly makes makeup better, loading her products with natural, healthy ingredients that help treat problems, not just cover them.

Of course, we've loved tarte since, like forever (well, since it launched in 2000, anyway). In fact, want to know a neat secret? tarte uses a magic ingredient that Kelly's team developed exclusively for tarte (and we know what it is!). This secret ingredient is eco-friendly, antioxidant-rich...and found in products like her Natural Beauty Cheek Stain.

So a big congrats to you, Maureen K.! We're tickled pink over your award.