Lion Pose Clinical Skincare for Diverse Skin Debuts at Sephora

Lion Pose, a new female-founded beauty brand, has launched exclusively at Sephora.  Today, Sephora mobile app users have exclusive access to purchase Lion Pose’s debut product, Unspotted 4X Acid Jelly Night Serum. It will be available on Sephora.com tomorrow before rolling out to select brick and mortar stores on August 28.

Founders & Developers

Founders Madhu Punjabi and Nisha Phatak are two BIPOC Silicon Valley software alums and Harvard MBA graduates. The company participated in Sephora Accelerate and Y Combinator

Lion Pose has raised $3 million from investors including beauty and wellness fund Ignite XL, Precursor Ventures, Rob Lowe's LH Capital, Howard Klein, Talia Frenkel (Founder of L. Brands), and former-CEO of Guthy Renker Ben VandeBunt.

Lion Pose is developed with Harvard-trained, actively-practicing dermatologists Dr. Laura Scott and Dr. Tia Paul who specialize in diverse skin and serve as active members of the Skin of Color Society. 

Scott and Paulhelped develop the brand's debut product—Unspotted 4X Acid Jelly Night Serum—which is idesigned to tackle hyperpigmentation, dark spots, and scarring safely and effectively on all skin tones. The formulation has a 15% active acid blend (including azelaic, glycolic, lactic, and tranexamic acids) along with antioxidants such as glutathione to lift away dead skin cells and visibly improve the evenness of skin tone. The product meets “Clean at Sephora” criteria.

Mindy Kaling Backs Lion Pose

Mindy Kaling has joined as an investor and brand ambassador,

“My decision to come on board Lion Pose was simple. I found an unbeatable product that was backed by a vision I have always believed in, and one that has informed everything I do in my career. That representation and inclusion are just good business. Madhu and Nisha are deeply committed to the idea that inclusivity in clinical skincare is not the goal, but the requirement for any good product. In raising the standards for clinical testing and research in beauty, Lion Pose has created better, more effective products, for even more skin colors and types,” said Kaling in a statement.