MIRA BEAUTY, the most comprehensive beauty shopping platform for everything makeup & skincare, has announced that they have raised $9 million in fresh funding.

The funding round was led by Unilever Ventures and 14W. The company plans to use the fresh capital injection in order to “take a verticalized approach to beauty shopping,” the company recently said in a statement. MIRA’s plans include phasing out the beta mobile app, redesigning their web site, and expanding user growth.

MIRA BEAUTY launched live online back in 2019 with a very distinct goal to really help increase engagement in e-commerce. Their beauty app is set up to guide users through a question-and-answer process that results in more personalized makeup & skincare product recommendations. Consumers can also access millions of real user ratings & reviews from people who look similar or have similar skin types so they can choose the beauty products that are likely best suited for their personal needs.

“Beauty consumers increasingly want to interact with brands and purchase products online in a way that feels authentic, frictionless and collaborative, and today’s specialty retailers, direct-to-consumer stores and marketplaces are ill-equipped to retrofit their businesses to this new reality,” said Mira cofounder and chief executive officer Jay Hack in a statement.

Ally Tam, who led the deal for 14W, compared MIRA BEAUTY to Netflix, noting that the service provides “exactly what you want to see.”

“We believe this new capital will help the company scale their services to meet the demands of a rapidly growing online audience,” she added.

MIRA BEAUTY is on a quest to capture and impart the knowledge, insights, and experiences of the worldwide beauty community. A resource where transparency and authenticity meet, MIRA empowers its members to learn more about beauty topics that are important to them and to find the right beauty solutions more quickly, easily, and inclusively than ever before.

MIRA BEAUTY is the world’s first universal beauty store and collaborative library for makeup and skincare – made up of over 100,000 products and counting, which then helps to translate over 10 million product pages, reviews, and videos into one clear, simple, and personalized shopping experience. Community members (professionals to novices) are able to add products, post reviews, and answer each other’s questions based on their own, unbiased experience, all while shopping for the best products for their unique features and approach to beauty.

For more information, please visit MiraBeauty.com