Bare Escentuals, Inc. (BARE)

Bare Escentuals, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, and sale of cosmetics, skin care and body care products, and professional skin care products for women worldwide. The company’s cosmetics products include foundation products, as well as various eye, cheek, and face products, such as blushes, all-over-face colors, liner shadows, eye shadows and glimmers; and an assortment of fashionable color cosmetics and accessories, including finishing powders, prep-products, lipsticks, lip glosses, lip liners, mascaras, and application tools and brushes. Its skin care products comprise nighttime skin treatment, facial cleanser, and acne treatment products. Bare Escentuals also retails cleansers, corrective treatments, antioxidant moisturizers, and sun protectors, as well as a line of professional-use-only products for use by aestheticians, such as glycolic peels to complement the consumer retail line. It sells its products through various distribution channels consisting of infomercials, home shopping television, premium wholesale, company-owned boutiques, spas and salons, and online shopping. Bare Escentuals offers its products under various brand names, including the bareMinerals, bareVitamins, md formulations, RareMinerals, and Bare Escentuals The company, formerly known as STB Beauty, Inc. was founded in 1976 and changed its name to Bare Escentuals Inc. in 2006. Bare Escentuals Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

For the thirty nine weeks ended 1 October 2006, Bare Escentuals, Inc.'s revenues increased 58% to $284M. Net income increased 78% to $33.9M. Revenues reflect continued growth in sales of Bare Minerals line of cosmetics due to the broadening of distribution throughout sales channels. Net income also reflects higher operating margins, decreased debt extinguishment costs and the absence of asset impairment charges.