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LUS Brands (YC W18) — Hair care products for curly hair

LUS (Love Ur Self) Brands is a "non-beauty"​ beauty brand startup based in Toronto, Canada. Launched as an e-Commerce brand in Jan 2017, LUS aims to create innovative products that help consumers embrace their own natural and unique features, instead of altering or masking them.

LUS Brands is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Hair care products for curly hair. The founder listed is Sahar Saidi (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 3, 2017).

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LUS Brands

New accelerator entry · 2017-11-03 · the record

Winter 2018
batch
20
people
Early
stage
Canada
region
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BatchWinter 2018
Announced2017-11-03
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size20
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Apparel and Cosmetics
SectorsBeauty
RegionsCanada, America / Canada
BasedToronto, ON, Canada
HiringNo
Sitehttp://lusbrands.com
Previously known asLUS Brands Inc.

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LUS (Love Ur Self) Brands is a "non-beauty"​ beauty brand startup based in Toronto, Canada. Launched as an e-Commerce brand in Jan 2017, LUS aims to create innovative products that help consumers embrace their own natural and unique features, instead of altering or masking them. Our first product line, Love Ur Curls, consists of a simplified 3-step system for consumers with naturally curly/textured hair. Our innovative styling products are water-activated and customized for different hair types: wavy, curly, and kinky-coily.

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