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5-Day Live Online Programme

Build Your Beauty & Personal Care Brand with the ₹1 Crore SCALE Framework

Learn the complete system behind formulation briefs, contract manufacturing, compliance, packaging, costing, branding, Shopify and scaling a profitable skincare, haircare, cosmetics, fragrance or wellness brand.

Created by founders with 12+ years of consumer brand and D2C experience who have built their own brand and helped 50+ consumer brands grow.

Practical frameworks, live assignments and ready-to-use templates.

This programme teaches the systems required to build and scale a beauty and personal care brand. Business results depend on execution, product, investment and market conditions.

Beauty and personal care product range
5 Live Implementation Sessions
Beauty & Personal Care Framework
90-Day Growth Roadmap
Built by alumni from
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
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Monday, 10 August 2026 · 10:00 AM IST

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Don’t become part of the 0% of beauty brands that fail.

Learn what works, avoid costly mistakes, and build your way into the successful 1%.

Founders studying design
Why most brands struggle

A Brand Needs More Than a Logo.

01No clear positioning
02Wrong formulation and category choice
03Compliance and labelling gaps
04Poor costing and margins
05No system to scale

Build through a system. Not trial and error.

One framework · Five business systems

The ₹1 Crore Beauty Brand SCALE Framework

A five-stage operating system designed to help beauty and personal care founders move from an idea or struggling brand towards a structured, profitable and scalable business.

S
Select the Right Market

Beauty category, skin/hair concern and hero SKU defined with a measurable revenue model.

C
Create a Profitable Product

Formulation brief, contract manufacturing, stability testing, packaging and margin decisions.

A
Assemble a Brand That Converts

Brand story, claims, label design, Shopify structure and journey engineered for conversion.

L
Launch the Sales Engine

Content, ads, beauty creators and measurement combined into a repeatable acquisition system.

E
Expand and Scale

Replenishment, retention, marketplaces and a 90-day roadmap toward ₹1 crore monthly revenue.

SCALE Framework · Curriculum

Five Days. Five Systems. One Complete Beauty Brand Roadmap.

Monday to Friday · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST · Each day focuses on one essential system and ends with practical documents you can use for your own brand.

Day 1 — S: Select
Select a Winning Beauty OpportunityIndia's beauty and personal care market is crowded with me-too products. Category, concern and price architecture decide survival.
Core topic

Choose the right beauty category, concern-led customer and hero SKU with a unit-economics model that can fund growth.

Category & Customer
  • Category mapping: skincare, haircare, colour cosmetics, fragrance, bath & body, men's grooming, baby care, wellness
  • TAM / SAM / SOM for beauty and personal care in India
  • Concern-led segmentation: acne, pigmentation, hair fall, anti-ageing, sensitive skin
  • Consumer psychographics, routine-building behaviour and repeat cycles
  • Price elasticity across mass, masstige, premium and luxury tiers
Positioning & Hero SKU
  • Ingredient-led vs benefit-led vs ritual-led positioning
  • Clean, ayurvedic, dermat-backed and clinical claim territories
  • Hero-SKU selection and starter range architecture (3–6 SKUs)
  • Shade / variant / size ladder and pack-size strategy
  • MRP architecture across D2C, marketplace, quick-commerce and retail
Revenue Model
  • ₹1 crore monthly revenue mathematics for beauty AOVs
  • AOV, order velocity, replenishment cycle and contribution margin
  • LTV/CAC, payback period and repeat-rate driven cohort economics
  • Break-even, batch-size economics and cash-flow sensitivity
  • Personalised revenue model for your beauty category
Why it matters

Leave with a validated category, concern-led customer, hero SKU and a measurable unit-economics model.

Industry reality

Deliverables: Beauty Opportunity Map · Concern-Led Customer Canvas · Competitor Price Architecture · Hero-SKU Plan · Revenue & Unit-Economics Calculator.

Day 2 — C: Create
Create a Compliant, Profitable FormulationMargins and safety are decided at formulation, packaging and manufacturing — not at marketing.
Core topic

Convert a product idea into a manufacturable, stable and legally compliant beauty SKU with protected margins.

Formulation & Product
  • Formulation basics: emulsions, serums, gels, surfactant systems, anhydrous bases
  • Actives and percentages: niacinamide, salicylic acid, retinol, peptides, AHA/BHA
  • INCI list, pH, preservative systems and shelf-life fundamentals
  • Fragrance notes, concentration (EDP/EDT) and evaporation profile
  • Writing a formulation brief and evaluating lab samples
Manufacturing & Compliance
  • Third-party / contract manufacturer selection and capability audit
  • MOQ, batch size, lead time and per-unit cost negotiation
  • Sample rounds, stability testing, challenge test and dermatology testing
  • CDSCO cosmetic manufacturing licence, GMP and AYUSH basics
  • Legal Metrology labelling, claim compliance and batch/expiry coding
Packaging & Costing
  • Primary packaging: bottles, jars, tubes, pumps, droppers, airless
  • Secondary packaging: mono cartons, labels, shrink and tamper seals
  • Landed cost: formulation, packaging, filling, freight, GST
  • MRP architecture, gross margin and marketplace commission impact
  • Working-capital cycle, batch inventory and margin protection levers
Why it matters

Leave with a formulation brief, manufacturer shortlist, compliant label plan and a full costing sheet.

Industry reality

Deliverables: Formulation Brief · Manufacturer Comparison Sheet · Packaging Spec · Label & Compliance Checklist · Product Costing Sheet.

Day 3 — A: Assemble
Assemble a Beauty Brand That ConvertsBeauty sells on trust. Identity, claims, proof and pack design decide whether a first-time buyer adds to cart.
Core topic

Build a credible beauty brand with a conversion-focused Shopify store, compliant claims and a retention loop.

Brand Identity
  • Brand pyramid, positioning statement and tone of voice
  • Naming, logo lockups and beauty-shelf visual identity
  • Colour psychology, typography and pack dieline design
  • Carton, label and unboxing experience for gifting and PR
  • Founder narrative and ingredient storytelling
Shopify & Conversion
  • Store structure by concern, category and routine
  • Ingredient-led PDP: percentages, how-to-use, patch test, texture
  • Before/after proof, dermat validation and review strategy
  • Routine bundles, minis, refills and subscription mechanics
  • Checkout, COD and mobile conversion levers
Content & Journey
  • Product, texture, swatch and model photography direction
  • Campaign shoot brief and AI-assisted beauty imagery
  • Launch offers, sampling kits and scarcity triggers
  • Welcome flow, replenishment reminders and post-purchase upsells
  • WhatsApp/email automation and UGC seeding
Why it matters

Leave with a brand system, Shopify wireframe and customer-journey map built for beauty conversion.

Industry reality

Deliverables: Brand Positioning Statement · Visual Identity Direction · PDP & Homepage Wireframe · Launch Offer Stack · Shoot Brief · Retention Flow Map.

Day 4 — L: Launch
Launch the Beauty Sales EngineBeauty is a creator-led category. Distribution needs content, paid ads, creators and marketplaces working together.
Core topic

Design a repeatable acquisition system across content, Meta ads, beauty creators and marketplaces.

Launch Plan & Content
  • GTM plan, waitlist and pre-launch sampling
  • 30-day content calendar: routines, demos, ingredient education
  • Content pillars, hook rate and thumb-stop ratio
  • Beauty creator seeding, PR kits and dermat collaborations
  • UGC, affiliate and community-led distribution
Ads & Marketplaces
  • Meta Ads structure: TOFU, MOFU and BOFU campaigns
  • Audience layering, lookalikes and concern-based targeting
  • Pixel + CAPI events, attribution windows and frequency
  • Creative testing matrix, catalog ads and dynamic creative
  • Nykaa, Amazon, Myntra Beauty and quick-commerce onboarding
Measurement
  • CAC, blended ROAS, POAS, MER and conversion rate
  • CTR, CPC, CPM, AOV and repeat-purchase signals
  • Daily/weekly dashboards and cohort reporting
  • Reading numbers like a founder, not a marketer
Why it matters

Leave with a launch calendar, ad-account structure, creator plan and KPI dashboard.

Industry reality

Deliverables: 30-Day Launch Calendar · 10 Ad Hooks · Creative Testing Matrix · Meta Ads Structure · Creator Outreach Template · Marketing KPI Dashboard.

Day 5 — E: Expand
Expand Towards ₹1 Crore in Monthly RevenueBeauty scales on repeat purchase. Replenishment, range extension and inventory discipline drive the next crore.
Core topic

Connect range, inventory, retention and operations into a 90-day roadmap for sustainable scale.

Scale Levers
  • Traffic, conversion, AOV and repeat-rate levers
  • Hero-SKU scaling, range extension and SKU rationalisation
  • Identifying winning products and margin expansion
  • Attribution and incrementality basics
Inventory & Retention
  • Batch planning, shelf life, sell-through and near-expiry risk
  • GMROI, reorder point, safety stock and weeks of cover
  • Subscriptions, refills, bundles and loyalty mechanics
  • CLV, NPS and RFM-based retention segmentation
  • Sampling and mini-size strategy for trial
Operations & Roadmap
  • Return/exchange SLA and customer-support SOPs
  • COD reconciliation, payment gateways and 3PL warehousing
  • Marketplace and quick-commerce margin structures
  • Distributor, salon and modern-trade margin architecture, GST basics
  • 90-day OKR roadmap and founder KPI dashboard
Why it matters

Leave with a 90-day roadmap, inventory system and founder KPI dashboard for scale.

Industry reality

Deliverables: 90-Day Growth Roadmap · Monthly Revenue Target Sheet · Batch & Replenishment System · Retention Plan · Founder KPI Dashboard · Scale-Readiness Audit.

Prefer to read it offline?

Download the full 5-day curriculum as a PDF.

Outcomes

5 Days. 5 Clear Outcomes.

Day 1 · S · Outcome

Select · Winning Opportunity

Map the beauty category, concern-led customer and price architecture to select a winning hero SKU.

Category · Concern · Unit economics

A real beauty brand foundation — model to formulation to manufacturing to compliance to a live D2C store.

The maths of ₹1 crore / month

₹1 Crore Is a Business Model, Not a Motivational Statement.

The course breaks the revenue target into average order value, daily orders, website conversion, customer-acquisition cost and repeat purchases.

Average Order Value
₹799
≈ 12,516 monthly orders
≈ 417 daily orders
Average Order Value
₹1,499
≈ 6,671 monthly orders
≈ 222 daily orders
Average Order Value
₹2,499
≈ 4,002 monthly orders
≈ 133 daily orders

Participants will calculate a personalised revenue model based on their own category, pricing and margins.

Investment

Join The Online Course

Everything you need to move from a brand idea to a structured launch blueprint — at a limited-time launch price.

Gen Next Brands Beauty & Personal Care Brand Building Programme
₹14,500₹5,999
Limited-Time Launch Offer
  • 5 live online classes
  • 10+ hours learning
  • Vendor database access
  • Recordings included
  • Templates and worksheets included
  • Certificate of participation
This is a limited-time launch offer for the upcoming batch. The price may increase for future batches.
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Meet Your Course Mentors

Learn From Founders Who Have Built and Scaled Consumer Brands

The course is led by founders with over 12 years of practical experience across consumer brands, sourcing, manufacturing, operations, branding, ecommerce and digital growth.

Portrait of Praween Kr, Co-Founder and Course Mentor at Gen Next Brands
Brand Strategy, Digital Marketing & AI

Praween Kr

Co-Founder & Course Mentor

NIFT Graduate · Fashion Founder · Brand Strategist · 12+ Years of Experience

Recognition
  • Recognised Among the 50 Most Influential Marketers
  • Honoured by CII and Industry Institutions
Portrait of Sindhuja K, Co-Founder and Course Mentor at Gen Next Brands
Fashion Business, Sourcing & Operations

Sindhuja K

Co-Founder & Course Mentor

NIFT Batch Topper · Postgraduate from IMM · 12+ Years in Fashion & Textiles

Recognition
  • Women Entrepreneur of the Year — 2022
  • Recognised by CII

We’re not business coaches — we’re founders with 12+ years in design, management, fashion, and D2C. We’ve scaled our own brand and helped 250+ others grow.

Learn what actually works, what fails, and what to avoid.

Recognition

Founder Credibility, Awards & Recognition

The programme is led by founders with real consumer brand experience, industry recognition, public speaking exposure, and hands-on D2C brand-building success.

Most Influential Global Youth Marketing certificate
2018
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Most Influential Global Youth Marketing

Honoured for shaping youth-first brand narratives and building fashion communities that drove real engagement and loyalty.

Young Inspiration India certificate
2019
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Young Inspiration India

Recognised as a role model for young entrepreneurs building businesses with purpose, creativity, and resilience.

In Media — Scaled Our In-House Brand to ₹20Cr+ certificate
2020
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In Media — Scaled Our In-House Brand to ₹20Cr+

Featured for scaling a bootstrapped fashion label into a multi-crore D2C brand through product-led growth.

Addressing Business Leaders at Young Indian certificate
2021
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Addressing Business Leaders at Young Indian

Invited to share the founder journey with business leaders, policymakers, and emerging entrepreneurs.

Atmanirbhar Bharat Award certificate
2022
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Award

Awarded for building a self-reliant Indian fashion brand rooted in local manufacturing and Make-in-India values.

Women Entrepreneur of the Year certificate
2022
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Women Entrepreneur of the Year

Celebrated for leadership in building a women-led fashion business and inspiring the next generation of founders.

Guest of Honour at MBA University certificate
2024
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Guest of Honour at MBA University

Called back to academia as a guest of honour to mentor MBA students on brand building and D2C strategy.

Final call

Stop Guessing. Start Building with the SCALE Framework.

Join the five-day live programme and create a practical roadmap for building and scaling your beauty and personal care brand.

5-Day Live Cohort

Starts Monday, 10 August 2026 · 10 AM – 12 PM IST.

Live Online Classes

Interactive Zoom sessions with the founders.

Vendor Database

Direct connects with vetted manufacturers.

Templates Included

Costing, tech pack & launch playbooks.

Built by Alumni

From NIFT & IIM Calcutta founders.

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· Starts Monday, 10 August 2026
· 10 AM – 12 PM IST
· Monday to Friday
Who is it for?

Built for Beauty Founders at Every Stage

01

First-Time Beauty Founders

You are preparing to launch and want a proven system before spending on formulation and inventory.

02

Skincare & Haircare Brands

Get clarity on actives, formulation briefs, claims and margins that survive discounting.

03

Colour Cosmetics Brands

Shade ranges, palettes, packaging tooling and MOQ realities for lipsticks, kajal and complexion.

04

Fragrance & Perfume Brands

Fragrance notes, concentration, sourcing houses, bottling and premium price architecture.

05

Wellness & Ayurvedic Brands

Ingredient stories, AYUSH/CDSCO basics, compliant claims and trust-led positioning.

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Creators, Salons & Family Businesses

Turn an audience, salon or legacy business into a modern, conversion-focused beauty D2C brand.

Core learning pillars

What You Will Learn Inside The Programme

01

Beauty Product Knowledge

Actives, INCI lists, pH, emulsions, serums, surfactants, fragrance notes, shelf life, stability and patch testing.

02

Brand Strategy & Positioning

Category gap, concern-led persona, price positioning, naming, identity system, claim storytelling and beauty category differentiation.

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Vendor & Manufacturing System

Contract manufacturer (third-party) selection, MOQ negotiation, sample rounds, batch production, packaging sourcing, costing and margin control.

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Website & D2C Commerce

Shopify structure, ingredient-led PDPs, before/after proof, reviews, routine bundles, subscriptions, retention and customer journey.

05

Launch Readiness

CDSCO cosmetic licence basics, Legal Metrology labelling, claim compliance, shoot planning, PDP copy, shipping and COD readiness.

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Introduction to Growth

D2C growth, Nykaa/Amazon/Myntra Beauty readiness, performance marketing, CAC, ROAS, retargeting and first 100 orders strategy.

What you get

Everything You Need To Build A Brand — Content Worth ₹15,000 Included In The Course

5 live online classes
10+ hours of structured learning
Session recordings
Vendor database access
Beauty brand launch workbook
Brand positioning worksheet
First product range planning sheet
Ingredient & INCI checklist
Formulation brief format
Contract manufacturer inquiry format
Sampling & stability testing checklist
Costing calculator
MOQ comparison sheet
Product range planning sheet
Shopify website launch checklist
Product page copy framework
Nykaa / Amazon Beauty readiness checklist
Photoshoot planning checklist
Basic launch calendar
Founder self-review checklist
Certificate of participation
Programme outcomes

By The End Of This Programme, You Will Have Clarity On

01Your beauty brand positioning
02Your target customer and skin/hair concern
03Your first product category
04Your first product range structure
05Your formulation and ingredient direction
06Your contract manufacturer communication process
07Your costing, MRP and margin logic
08Your first batch and shelf-life planning
09Your label and compliance checklist
10Your Shopify website and PDP structure
11Your launch readiness checklist
12Your D2C and beauty marketplace growth direction
Supply chain access

A vetted manufacturer network from day one

We share direct connects of these industry vendors with you so you can start building your supply chain from day one — from raw actives to a finished, labelled and sealed retail unit.

Contract manufacturer
Cosmetic formulation lab
Ayurvedic / herbal unit
Fragrance house
Actives & raw material supplier
Contract manufacturer
Cosmetic formulation lab
Ayurvedic / herbal unit
Fragrance house
Actives & raw material supplier
Emulsifier & base supplier
Essential oil supplier
Filling & sealing line
Bottle & jar vendor
Tube & pump vendor
Emulsifier & base supplier
Essential oil supplier
Filling & sealing line
Bottle & jar vendor
Tube & pump vendor
Airless & dropper vendor
Colour cosmetics tooling vendor
Label printing vendor
Mono carton vendor
Shipper & mailer vendor
Airless & dropper vendor
Colour cosmetics tooling vendor
Label printing vendor
Mono carton vendor
Shipper & mailer vendor
Shrink & tamper-seal vendor
Stability & microbiology lab
Dermatology test lab
CDSCO / licensing consultant
3PL & beauty logistics partner
Shrink & tamper-seal vendor
Stability & microbiology lab
Dermatology test lab
CDSCO / licensing consultant
3PL & beauty logistics partner
Registration

Register For The Online Course

Fill in your details and our team will reach out with next steps for the batch starting Monday, 10 August 2026.

By submitting, you agree to receive joining details and course updates from Gen Next Brands on WhatsApp and email.

Frequently asked

Programme FAQs

01Is this course online?

Yes, this is a live online programme conducted from Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 12 PM IST.

02Which beauty categories does this cover?

Skincare, haircare, colour cosmetics, fragrance, bath and body, men’s grooming, baby care and wellness/ayurvedic personal care.

03Will I get manufacturer contacts?

Yes. You get a vendor database across contract manufacturers, formulation labs, packaging, labelling, testing labs, logistics and ecommerce support.

04Will recordings be available?

Yes, session recordings will be provided.

05Is this a marketing course?

This course includes an introduction to launch, D2C growth, marketplace scaling, and performance marketing. A separate advanced marketing and scaling course will be launched later.

06Do I need a beauty or chemistry background?

No. The programme is built for founders, creators and entrepreneurs who want practical clarity on formulation, compliance and business before starting.

07Will this help me build my Shopify website?

Yes. You will learn the structure, ingredient-led product pages, CRO elements and launch checklist needed for a beauty Shopify store.

08Will I be able to start production after the course?

You will understand formulation briefs, manufacturer communication, MOQs, costing, sampling, testing and licensing so you can start conversations with clarity.

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