Photos: Los Angeles beauty entrepreneurs

Nyakio founder, Nyakio Grieco, started her line of beauty products, which incorporate African ingredients. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

July 19, 2014 5:45 AM PT

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Los Angeles is the starting ground for many successful beauty products. Here is a list of five local beauty brands celebrated by Hollywood makeup artsts and celebrities.

The hydrating eye cream, at top, is made with the kola nut, and the Kenyan coffee body scrub is made with a mix of coffee beans, sugar and mongongo nut oil. The brand is inspired by Grieco’s family, including her grandmother, a coffee farmer in Kenya. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)