Makeup - July - 2023


The result? A comparative analysis that highlight the best performers of any ecommerce DTC niche, for any given month.

This benchmark analyze the behaviour of 15 Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) brands in the Supplement industry. Our goal is to compare their marketing velocity (how active they are in their digital marketing strategy) and how to they perform vs. each other.

Makeup

This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the

Makeup

industry, for the month of

July

2023

. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

During July, ColorPop remains the leader in emails with 44, while Glossier secures the second position with 26 emails.

When it comes to advertising, Glossier continues to maintain its top position with 137 new ads created and the highest number of ad copies (35) this month. Jones Road Beauty follows with 75 new ads.

Regarding their ad strategy, Glossier prioritizes images, while Jones Road Beauty utilizes more videos. Glossier uses 72 images vs. 65 videos, while Jones Road Beauty employs 55 videos vs. 20 images.

Emails sent on average

13.8

Ads published on average

27

Average Spam Score

1.6

Email Marketing Benchmark Breakdown

Email Marketing Performances

In this table, we benchmark how many emails brands have send and their average email scores, which we calculate using over 50 datapoints that measure how much best practices are ensured (spam score, email authenticiation & certificates, email size, subject line lenght, word & links count etc.)

Brand # Emails Sent Performance Email Scoring Performance
Average 13.8 56.52%
Axiology
5

❌ Poor

51.0%

⚠️ Fair

Saie
11

❌ Poor

57.27%

⚠️ Fair

Fenty Beauty
18

✅ Good

45.5%

❌ Poor

MOB
3

❌ Poor

68.0%

✅ Good

Milk Makeup
16

✅ Good

66.31%

✅ Good

Aisling Organic
8

❌ Poor

56.88%

⚠️ Fair

r.e.m. beauty
5

❌ Poor

62.8%

✅ Good

19/99 Beauty
5

❌ Poor

54.8%

⚠️ Fair

Glossier
26

✅ Good

53.81%

⚠️ Fair

ColourPop
44

✅ Good

68.55%

✅ Good

The Original MakeUp Eraser
15

⚠️ Fair

49.8%

❌ Poor

Haleys
11

❌ Poor

51.36%

⚠️ Fair

Rare Beauty
9

❌ Poor

61.33%

⚠️ Fair

Jones Road Beauty
12

❌ Poor

69.42%

✅ Good

Smashbox
19

✅ Good

30.32%

❌ Poor

Email Deliverability Performances

In this table, we benchmark how much the emails are optimized for delivery ie. if they're likely to pass spam filters and not land in the Promotions tab.

Brand Average Spam Score Performance Email Size Performance
Average -1.61 2,859.79 kb
Axiology
✅ -0.52

❌ Poor

6,354.73 kb

❌ Poor

Saie
✅ -1.42

❌ Poor

2,691.84 kb

⚠️ Fair

Fenty Beauty
✅ -0.96

❌ Poor

1,333.28 kb

✅ Good

MOB
✅ -4.83

✅ Good

747.86 kb

✅ Good

Milk Makeup
✅ -1.59

⚠️ Fair

800.57 kb

✅ Good

Aisling Organic
- 2,339.26 kb

✅ Good

r.e.m. beauty
✅ -3.1

✅ Good

3,105.8 kb

⚠️ Fair

19/99 Beauty
✅ -1.74

⚠️ Fair

3,150.71 kb

❌ Poor

Glossier
✅ -1.23

❌ Poor

3,675.88 kb

❌ Poor

ColourPop
✅ -2.68

✅ Good

1,443.94 kb

✅ Good

The Original MakeUp Eraser
✅ -1.69

⚠️ Fair

6,217.2 kb

❌ Poor

Haleys
✅ -2.94

✅ Good

3,000.84 kb

⚠️ Fair

Rare Beauty
✅ -2.36

✅ Good

2,354.0 kb

✅ Good

Jones Road Beauty
✅ -2.82

✅ Good

2,011.97 kb

✅ Good

Smashbox
🟧 3.25

❌ Poor

5,833.76 kb

❌ Poor

Email sent over time

Advertising performances and activity

Ad Velocity

In this table, we benchmark the brands velocity and performances - how much ads they've been publishing, and how many different copy has been used.

Brand New Ads Detected Performance Unique Copy Performance
Average 27.33 10.73
Axiology
17

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Saie
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Fenty Beauty
11

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

MOB
0

✅ Good

-
Milk Makeup
17

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Aisling Organic
0

✅ Good

-
r.e.m. beauty
29

⚠️ Fair

3

✅ Good

19/99 Beauty
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Glossier
137

❌ Poor

21

❌ Poor

ColourPop
47

❌ Poor

15

❌ Poor

The Original MakeUp Eraser
50

❌ Poor

30

❌ Poor

Haleys
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Rare Beauty
10

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Jones Road Beauty
75

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

Smashbox
0

✅ Good

-

Ad Diversity (Images vs. Videos ratio)

In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.

Brand New Images Performance New Videos Performance Video Proportion
Average 211 198 48.29%
Axiology
15

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

11.76%
Saie
6

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

14.29%
Fenty Beauty
11

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
MOB
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Milk Makeup
10

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

41.18%
Aisling Organic
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
r.e.m. beauty
13

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

55.17%
19/99 Beauty
3

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

40.0%
Glossier
72

✅ Good

65

✅ Good

47.45%
ColourPop
27

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

40.43%
The Original MakeUp Eraser
23

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

54.0%
Haleys
2

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

60.0%
Rare Beauty
9

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

10.0%
Jones Road Beauty
20

✅ Good

55

✅ Good

73.33%
Smashbox
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-

Ads detected over time

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Some of the assets (emails, ads) used in this benchmark to measure performance

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