In 2017, Sharon Chuter came over and introduced herself to me at a Vogue Beauty breakfast. Within minutes, I sensed that she, a beauty exec with years of experience in the industry, wasn’t like anyone else in the room; laser-focused, charming, with a mischievous sparkle in her eye, her beloved dog Leo either cradled in her arms or peeking out of her Hermès bag. She spoke quickly—she could talk a mile a minute—but every word had weight. It was as though she were delivering a (great) Ted Talk in real time: compelling, clear, impossible not to listen to. She told me she was launching a beauty brand—something I hear often in my line of work. But this felt different. This was Uoma Beauty , a brand with a radical, left-of-center, technologically advanced approach to inclusivity. Yet Sharon

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