CreaProducts Shark Tank Update – Shark Tank Season 7
CreaProducts: DIY Haircutting Tools and Beauty Accessories Pitched on Shark Tank Season 7. It secured a deal with one of the Sharks!
Author, speaker, and entrepreneur Mai Lieu introduces the Sharks to her internationally successful company, CreaProducts, in Shark Tank Season 7 Episode 27.
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About Crea Products
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Business Name | CreaProducts |
| Founder | Mai Lieu |
| Industry | Beauty and Personal Care |
| Product | DIY haircutting tools and beauty accessories |
| Deal Status | Deal secured with Lori Greiner |
| Investment Asked | $200,000 for 10% equity |
| Deal Outcome | $200,000 for 22.5% equity |
| Valuation | $2 million |
Lieu’s mainstay product and invention is the CreaClip, a clip that allows people to give themselves a hair salon-quality, layered haircut in the comfort of their own home. She uses a clip system that evenly combs and distributes the hair with a lock that secures it in place while you cut.
Lieu has other products, too. Her CreaNails nail stencils fit over fingers to prevent unwanted nail polish from getting all over your fingers. CreaLash, which she successfully funded on Kickstarter back in 2014, is a small shield that keeps mascara from getting onto unwanted areas of the face. She also sells Risque, a line of ” lingerie for your feet” that are slip-on foot stockings with a lacy, sexy appearance.
Lieu has taken the beauty accessories world by storm with her products and has international distribution. Her products are available on her website and on Amazon in dozens of countries. She likely wants a Shark to help take her business to the next level. Will a Shark create a deal for this business?
CreaProducts Shark Tank Recap
Mai comes to the Shark Tank offering 10% in return for $200,000. She demonstrates the CreaClips, trimming her own bangs and hair as the Sharks watch, dubious, until she finishes, showing that the clips work perfectly.
She then passes out samples of her other products, CreaNails stencils and CreaLash. The Sharks appear impressed, and Kevin O’Leary asks about sales to date. In the past year, Mai has sold $500,000 worth of CreaClips, her main product. She has 30,000 followers on YouTube and 20 million views.
When her video went viral, she sold 150,000 units in a single week. The CreaClip sells for $30. The CreaNails and CreaLash sell for $24.99. Her profits are 66% on the product line.
Did CreaProducts Get a Deal on Shark Tank?
Robert Herjavec can relate to Mai’s story. His father was a refugee as well, and he feels “nothing I can ever do will be as hard as what he did.” Robert doesn’t feel he’s the best partner for Mai, so he goes out.
Mark Cuban follows suit, saying that he’s not the right partner either. Kevin O’Leary comments that hair products are clearly not a line he’s able to promote. Only two Sharks are left- Barbara Corcoran and Lori Greiner.
The two Shark ladies discuss whether they are going to offer a deal. Barbara makes the joke that she’s willing to offer something unusual in the Tank- A full price offer… from Lori. When the chuckles subside, Barbara says that she doesn’t “see room for an investor” in the product, and although she wishes Mae the best and hopes she will succeed, she’s not making an offer.
Lori is the final Shark standing. She makes an offer of $200,000 in return for 25%. She feels there is some engineering work to be done. Mai counters at 20%, but Lori is only willing to meet her halfway, at 22.5%. Mai accepts and leaves the Tank with a Shark deal.
RESULT: DEAL with Lori for $200K for 22.5%
CreaProducts Shark Tank Update
The deal with Lori never closed, but the Shark Tank effect rocketed Crea Products’ sales by 5000%. Mai was featured as the model of Honokaa in a 2017 calendar, and visited Canada in August 2016 on a speaking tour.
Mai continues to build her business and her online presence. Her self-help hair-cutting and makeup application products are making her dreams of supporting her parents come true.
As of June 2022, the company is still in business with an annual revenue of $3 million.
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CreaProducts Company Information
CreaProducts are available for purchase on their official website and on Amazon. Check out their social media pages for more updates: Facebook and Twitter.
Quick Summary
- Mai Lieu pitches CreaProducts, seeking $200,000 for 10% equity in her company that offers DIY haircutting tools and beauty accessories.
- After showcasing her main product, the CreaClip, and achieving $500,000 in sales within a year, Mai secures a deal with Lori Greiner for $200,000 in exchange for 22.5% equity.
- Though the deal with Lori never closed, CreaProducts saw a 5000% boost in sales post-show, and by 2022, the company had $3 million in annual revenue.
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