AS Beauty is slated to be the next owner of Glansaol, the bankrupt owner of Laura Geller, Julep and Clark’s Botanicals, Glansaol chief executive Nancy Bernardini confirmed to WWD. AS Beauty, a joint venture between Alan and Joey Shamah, the founders of E.l.f. Beauty, and the Azrak family, who previously ran and sold a pajama business, plan to pay $18 million to take over the three brands, Joey Shamah told WWD. AS Beauty had served as the stalking-horse bidder for Glansaol, originally providing a $16.2 million bid. An auction was slated for Tuesday, but Shamah said “no credible bids” came in above AS Beauty’s $18 million offer. The sale still needs to be approved in U.S. bankruptcy court. A sale hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. Laura Geller, Julep and Clark’s Botanicals are the Shamahs’ first foray into prestige beauty. “The prestige space has always been very intriguing to me; growing up in the mass market, it was always like the cool older brother,” Shamah said. “It’s a unique opportunity to get not one, not two, but three great assets, and to play in the space from cosmetics to Korean skin care.” Bernardini, who joined the business from a Shiseido division in
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