Skincare - January - 2024


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.

Skincare

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

Skincare

industry, for the month of

February

2024

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

Email Marketing Performance: Biossance leads the Skincare Brands industry with 29 emails sent, demonstrating a good performance score of 47.03% but requiring improvements in email scoring and promotional strategies. Kate Somerville closely follows with 26 emails, showcasing a commendable performance score and a moderate promotion approach (23%). Curology exhibits potential with 22 emails, boasting a high performance score and effective promotional strategies. Tata Harper and cocokind present promising performances with 21 and 16 emails, respectively, but need refinements in email scoring and promotion strategies to maximize engagement and competitiveness. Ren Skincare, Boscia, Dr. Brandt Skincare, and other brands require enhancements in both performance and promotion strategies to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive in the Skincare Brands industry.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: HeyDay excels in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management. Tata Harper demonstrates positive spam scores but requires improvements in email size management. Anese exhibits positive spam scores and efficient email size management. Activist Skincare shows potential in spam scores but needs enhancements in email size management to optimize email deliverability. Boscia, OSKIA Skincare, KraveBeauty, and other brands face challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to improve email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Curology leads in advertising with 75 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content. HeyDay closely follows with 61 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. Dr. Brandt Skincare and Pai Skincare demonstrate potential in advertising but require enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Skincare Brands industry. Kate Somerville, Tata Harper, cocokind, and other brands face challenges in advertising volume and diversity, necessitating strategic adjustments to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.

Emails sent on average

13.8

Ads published on average

33

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 55.5%
HeyDay
10

❌ Poor

62.8%

✅ Good

Tata Harper
21

✅ Good

50.38%

⚠️ Fair

Anese
12

❌ Poor

57.58%

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
2

❌ Poor

55.5%

⚠️ Fair

Boscia
14

⚠️ Fair

54.0%

⚠️ Fair

OSKIA Skincare
5

❌ Poor

59.8%

⚠️ Fair

KraveBeauty
7

❌ Poor

65.57%

✅ Good

Curology
22

✅ Good

62.05%

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
26

✅ Good

50.54%

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
10

❌ Poor

65.5%

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
13

⚠️ Fair

55.08%

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
6

❌ Poor

54.17%

⚠️ Fair

cocokind
16

✅ Good

61.31%

✅ Good

Biossance
29

✅ Good

47.03%

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
14

⚠️ Fair

54.79%

⚠️ Fair

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 -1.62 2,308.11 kb
HeyDay
✅ -1.86

✅ Good

1,863.25 kb

✅ Good

Tata Harper
✅ -2.12

✅ Good

5,062.23 kb

❌ Poor

Anese
✅ -2.52

✅ Good

2,158.14 kb

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
🟧 2.25

❌ Poor

959.79 kb

✅ Good

Boscia
✅ -1.71

⚠️ Fair

3,088.91 kb

❌ Poor

OSKIA Skincare
✅ -1.2

❌ Poor

4,398.32 kb

❌ Poor

KraveBeauty
✅ -1.36

❌ Poor

1,345.79 kb

✅ Good

Curology
✅ -2.37

✅ Good

2,095.89 kb

⚠️ Fair

Kate Somerville
✅ -1.96

✅ Good

2,661.81 kb

❌ Poor

Pai Skincare
✅ -2.8

✅ Good

586.96 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
✅ -1.45

❌ Poor

2,595.96 kb

❌ Poor

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
✅ -3.13

✅ Good

1,869.23 kb

✅ Good

cocokind
🟧 0.49

❌ Poor

663.7 kb

✅ Good

Biossance
✅ -1.28

❌ Poor

1,326.14 kb

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
✅ -0.41

❌ Poor

2,509.98 kb

⚠️ Fair

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 33.47 13.53
HeyDay
61

❌ Poor

17

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
46

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Anese
20

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
22

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
27

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

-
Curology
75

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
47

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
50

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
60

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
31

⚠️ Fair

13

⚠️ Fair

cocokind
34

⚠️ Fair

9

✅ Good

Biossance
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
22

✅ Good

17

❌ Poor

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 262 240 47.81%
HeyDay
14

✅ Good

47

✅ Good

77.05%
Tata Harper
39

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

15.22%
Anese
13

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

35.0%
Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
7

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

68.18%
OSKIA Skincare
7

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

74.07%
KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Curology
43

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

42.67%
Kate Somerville
41

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

12.77%
Pai Skincare
39

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

22.0%
Dr. Brandt Skincare
38

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

36.67%
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
0

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

100.0%
cocokind
16

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

52.94%
Biossance
0

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

100.0%
Ren Skincare
5

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

77.27%

Ads detected over time

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