Buoyed by financial backing from Warburg Pincus and led by former Revlon CEO Alan Ennis, Glansaol has leaped on the prestige beauty scene with the acquisition of Laura Geller, Julep and Clark's Botanicals. Julep and Clark's Botanicals are expected to close shortly. Terms were not disclosed.


"Our objective is to build Glansaol into a world-class, global beauty and personal care company by acquiring, integrating, and growing a portfolio of premium, complementary brands, managed by a team of seasoned executives," said Ennis, president and CEO of Glansaol. "I am delighted to be taking this first bold step. Each of the three brands we are acquiring today plays a specific and important role in our portfolio and will retain their individual brand autonomy and culture. I believe that our unique long-term view of building the next great beauty company, is appealing to both brand owners and the capital markets.


According to the company, Glansaol means "pure life" in the Irish language and is pronounced Glan-Sale. It will operate an integrated portfolio of global beauty and personal care brands, diversified across segments, channels and geographies.


"We are excited to support the acquisition of these three strong and growing brands with diversified demographics, and believe they will benefit from enhanced scale, marketing and distribution capabilities as part of the Glansaol platform," said Annette Rodriguez, managing director, Warburg Pincus. "Alan, along with Martine Williamson,chief marketing officer, bring invaluable insights into beauty and personal care, and we see meaningful opportunities for growth and expansion.  We look forward to investing behind Glansaol as it makes additional acquisitions of complementary brands over time."