Subtl Beauty is a verifiable, successful Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brand with significant revenue (>$5M annual est.) and over 300,000 lifetime customers, solving a clear pain point in portable makeup. However, the project submission itself was of extremely low quality, containing hyperbolic claims ('everyone', 'most people'), vague descriptors ('Machinery'), and inaccurate data (Team Size 125 vs verified ~7-15). The score reflects the high verifiable traction and utility, heavily penalized by the poor response quality and lack of technical detail in the submission.
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