"We're trying to position the Studio Collection with luxury cosmetics because that's where we think our premium tools belong," said Erik Hoover, Tweezerman's vice president of global marketing, who noted that the brand — carried at mass market retailers such as Duane Reade and CVS, as well as specialty stores such as Sephora, Dillard's and Bed Bath & Beyond — will target upscale fashion stores like Saks Fifth Avenue with the Studio Collection.

"The idea is that the packaging is new, modern and playful and the items are proven sellers — taking the risk factor out of selling Tweezerman at upper-end stores." Featuring an edited range of top performing beauty tools that are packaged in sleek clear tubes, items in the Studio Collection are priced from $5 for an eco-friendly callous stone to $100 for a Stainless Steel Slant Crystal Tweezer in Glorious Gold. Industry sources estimate the new range will generate roughly $8 million to $10 million in first-year retail sales.

Tweezerman aims to capture additional fashion consumers with the September launch of its Agatha Ruiz De la Prada Designer Series, which consists of three versions of Tweezerman's signature slant tweezer, printed with pink hearts, orange flowers and blue clouds, designed by Ruiz De la Prada. "This is our first collaboration with a fashion designer and it's really the first attempt for a beauty tools company to work with a designer," said Hoover.