FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bare Escentuals, Inc. Prices Public Offering of Common Stock

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 13, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BARE) announced today the pricing of a public offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $34.50 per share. Of these shares, 575,000 shares of common stock are being sold by Bare Escentuals and 11,425,000 shares of common stock are being sold by certain stockholders of the Company, including funds affiliated with Berkshire Partners LLC, funds affiliated with JH Partners, LLC and certain members of Bare Escentuals' management.

In addition, certain of the selling stockholders have granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 shares at the public offering price.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as sole book runner for the offering and CIBC World Markets is acting as co-lead manager. Banc of America Securities LLC, Piper Jaffray, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are acting as co-managers.

Any offer or sale will be made only by means of the written prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 which can be reached by fax at 212-902-9316 or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2007. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.