Skincare - 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.

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

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

In July, Kate Somerville maintained again the leading position with 29 emails, followed by Boscia with 23 emails sent.

When it comes to advertising, Curology and HeyDay are the top brands, creating 90 and 78 new ads, respectively. HeyDay utilized the highest number of ad copies (43) among all benchmark brands for July.

Regarding ad strategy, both Curology and HeyDay favored videos over images. Curology used 57 videos vs. 33 images, while HeyDay employed 68 videos and only 10 images in their July ads.

Emails sent on average

11.6

Ads published on average

39

Average Spam Score

2.0

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 11.6 59.48%
HeyDay
1

❌ Poor

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

Tata Harper
12

⚠️ Fair

50.75%

❌ Poor

Anese
16

✅ Good

56.94%

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
2

❌ Poor

42.5%

❌ Poor

Boscia
23

✅ Good

66.35%

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
6

❌ Poor

70.83%

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
10

❌ Poor

64.0%

⚠️ Fair

Curology
7

❌ Poor

62.14%

⚠️ Fair

Kate Somerville
29

✅ Good

54.14%

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
8

❌ Poor

69.88%

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
12

⚠️ Fair

58.25%

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
9

❌ Poor

48.44%

❌ Poor

cocokind
21

✅ Good

58.76%

⚠️ Fair

Biossance
1

❌ Poor

68.0%

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
17

✅ Good

64.47%

⚠️ 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 -1.95 1,854.02 kb
HeyDay
✅ -5.1

✅ Good

3,534.7 kb

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
✅ -2.17

✅ Good

4,603.67 kb

❌ Poor

Anese
✅ -2.18

✅ Good

1,661.29 kb

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
🟧 0.15

❌ Poor

966.89 kb

✅ Good

Boscia
✅ -2.72

✅ Good

3,351.46 kb

❌ Poor

OSKIA Skincare
✅ -1.67

❌ Poor

792.47 kb

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
✅ -2.21

✅ Good

2,432.31 kb

❌ Poor

Curology
✅ -2.23

✅ Good

1,156.03 kb

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
✅ -1.31

❌ Poor

1,173.74 kb

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
✅ -2.43

✅ Good

565.87 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
✅ -2.08

⚠️ Fair

1,421.48 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
✅ -3.2

✅ Good

2,441.49 kb

❌ Poor

cocokind
✅ -0.85

❌ Poor

1,205.18 kb

✅ Good

Biossance
✅ 0.0

❌ Poor

174.58 kb

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
✅ -1.99

⚠️ Fair

1,057.17 kb

✅ Good

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 39.13 21.27
HeyDay
78

❌ Poor

29

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
37

⚠️ Fair

26

❌ Poor

Anese
60

❌ Poor

14

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
26

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
4

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

-
Curology
90

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
51

❌ Poor

14

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
16

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
69

❌ Poor

25

❌ Poor

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
32

✅ Good

26

❌ Poor

cocokind
35

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

Biossance
66

❌ Poor

37

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
23

✅ Good

13

✅ 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 194 386 65.76%
HeyDay
10

✅ Good

68

✅ Good

87.18%
Tata Harper
22

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

37.84%
Anese
29

✅ Good

31

✅ Good

51.67%
Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
2

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

84.62%
OSKIA Skincare
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

25.0%
KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Curology
33

✅ Good

57

✅ Good

63.33%
Kate Somerville
11

✅ Good

40

✅ Good

78.43%
Pai Skincare
10

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

25.0%
Dr. Brandt Skincare
52

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

21.74%
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
0

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

100.0%
cocokind
9

✅ Good

26

✅ Good

74.29%
Biossance
4

✅ Good

62

✅ Good

93.94%
Ren Skincare
9

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

60.87%

Ads detected over time

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