Makeup Maven

 

Perhaps you’ve already seen her on the local morning news. Or maybe you’ve been a patron at V2 Nail Bar Salon downtown, which she owns with her sister. Chances are if you know beauty, you know Rania Awwad, whose Bellage Cosmetics line is sold in spas and salons all over San Diego and also in the Middle East. “I always dreamed about having my own cosmetics line because my parents told me to be successful, you have to do what you love the most,” Awwad explains. But she’s not just a pretty face. “I hope with my makeup line that one day I can open a small orphanage.” (619/813-4035, www.bellagecosmetics.com)    MIA STEFANKO