Pretax profits at the award-winning Sculpted make-up brand firm owned by Aimee Connolly last year more than doubled to €3.03 million.
Sculpted by Aimee Connolly Cosmetics Ltd recorded pretax profits of €3.04 million in the 12 months to the end of December, up 103 per cent year on year.
Profits for the business soared during the two pandemic-hit years and compare with pretax profits of €381,226 in 2019.
The surge in earnings over the past two years meant accumulated profits stood at €4.46 million at the end of 2021.
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The 29 year old set up her cosmetics business in 2016, having previously worked as a freelance make-up artist. Last year, she won the Emerging category at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
The Sculpted brand business sells a range of make-up brushes, lipsticks, palettes, eye lashes, foundations and instant tan.
The business continued to expand last year as numbers employed increased from 10 to 15.
The firm is expanding further this year with Ms Connolly opening a new flagship store on Dublin’s Grafton Street later this month.
In a recent Instagram post confirming the September opening, Ms Connolly commented “excited and terrified all in one”.
After tax, the business posted profits of €2.65 million. That compared with €1.3 million in 2020.
