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Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Nature of operations | Nature of operations e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “we”) was formed as a Delaware corporation on December 20, 2013 under the name J.A. Cosmetics Holdings, Inc. and we changed our name to e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. in April 2016. The Company conducts business under the name e.l.f. Cosmetics and offers high-quality, prestige-inspired cosmetic and skin care products at extraordinary value. Initial public offering On September 27, 2016, the Company completed the initial public offering of 9,583,333 shares of its common stock, including the underwriters’ exercise of their overallotment option, at an initial offering price to the public of $17.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $162.9 million. The Company received net proceeds of $54.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, including offering expenses paid prior to the initial public offering. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of 5,583,333 shares of its common stock by the existing stockholders in the initial public offering. As part of the initial public offering, the outstanding shares of the Company’s convertible preferred stock were converted into an aggregate of 37,271,375 shares of common stock.

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