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$60M+
REVENUE
Resilience Profile
SUGAR Cosmetics
200K Fab Bag subscribers became SUGAR's secret weapon. Failed subscription transformed into intelligence moat L'Oréal can't replicate.
Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
Color Cosmetics
Makeup brands creating distinctive color cosmetics with innovative formulations and trend-setting palettes. These beauty innovators blend cultural aesthetics with modern formulations, creating products that resonate with local preferences while competing globally.
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Cultural Color Authority
Color cosmetics brands with strong local aesthetic understanding capture high-margin segments in fast-growing beauty markets. These brands offer cultural product-market fit that Western giants struggle to replicate, creating defensible market positions through authentic trend leadership.
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$916M
REVENUE
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Perfect Diary
Zero TV ads. Zero magazine spreads. 15,000 KOL partnerships. Perfect Diary proved trust networks beat ad budgets—#1 on Tmall.
Guangzhou, Guangdong 🇨🇳
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