Background
Roncal has said of her mother, “She was a doctor and she was always done.
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Mally Roncal
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Originally a pre-medical student in 1995, Roncal prepared for a career in dermatology, before shifting to a degree in fine arts
Career
Roncal is a second-generation Filipino-American. Like hair, makeup, heels, nail, clothes, Chanel, the whole thing. She was very particular and I literally remember sitting at her boudoir with her and watching her do her face and she would sort of teach me as she was going along.” Roncal’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away on March 17,1989.
Roncal’s brand motto that looking good makes people feel good originated from her mother’s ordeal.
After working for a fashion designer, Roncal began her ten-year freelance career as a makeup artist for celebrities like Beyoncé Knowles and Jennifer Lopez. Roncal served as a spokesperson for Sephora before founding in 2005 Mally Beauty, a line of makeup and cosmetic tools based on her industry experience.
Mally Roncal is a popular culture figure known for her long hair, large eyes, and outgoing television personality. She is also known for: Her celebrity clients which include: Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Hayden Panettiere, Rihanna, Teri Hatcher, Celine Dion, Lee Ann Womack, Ashlee Simpson, Angelina Jolie, Heidi Klum, and Maggie Gyllenhaal Mally was featured on Season 13 of The Bachelor when she did Molly Malaney’s makeup for her wedding to bachelor, Jason Mesnick Mally regularly appears on The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Today as a beauty expert and pens editorials for the New York Times, Huffington Post, and iVillage Mally is known for her tongue-in-cheek slang terms, “gorgois,” “amazois,” “perfois,” and “Mallynista.”.
