Skincare - June - 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

June

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 June, the top performer in emails is again Kate Somerville, with a total of 28 emails sent, closely followed by Boscia with 27 emails.

Shifting to the creation of ads, HeyDay takes the lead with 117 new ads, featuring the highest number of unique ad copies used this month (35). Curology secures the second position with 114 new ads.

When it comes to ad media in the month of June, both HeyDay and Curology prioritize videos. Both brands utilize the same number of videos (69). In terms of images, HeyDay incorporates 48 images, while Curology uses 45 images.

Emails sent on average

12.3

Ads published on average

44

Average Spam Score

1.8

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 12.33 57.28%
HeyDay
2

❌ Poor

61.0%

⚠️ Fair

Tata Harper
19

✅ Good

48.58%

❌ Poor

Anese
14

✅ Good

54.14%

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
1

❌ Poor

66.0%

✅ Good

Boscia
27

✅ Good

60.33%

⚠️ Fair

OSKIA Skincare
7

❌ Poor

70.71%

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
11

❌ Poor

59.0%

⚠️ Fair

Curology
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Kate Somerville
28

✅ Good

64.11%

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
8

❌ Poor

68.88%

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
12

⚠️ Fair

58.83%

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
7

❌ Poor

52.0%

⚠️ Fair

cocokind
20

✅ Good

55.0%

⚠️ Fair

Biossance
12

⚠️ Fair

37.75%

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
17

✅ Good

57.94%

⚠️ 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 -1.84 1,842.36 kb
HeyDay
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

2,254.05 kb

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
✅ -1.69

⚠️ Fair

4,585.86 kb

❌ Poor

Anese
✅ -2.24

✅ Good

3,468.36 kb

❌ Poor

Activist Skincare
✅ -1.1

❌ Poor

440.98 kb

✅ Good

Boscia
✅ -1.62

❌ Poor

1,743.25 kb

⚠️ Fair

OSKIA Skincare
✅ -4.51

✅ Good

868.39 kb

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

3,210.27 kb

❌ Poor

Curology
- -
Kate Somerville
✅ -2.34

✅ Good

489.79 kb

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
✅ -1.8

⚠️ Fair

534.92 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
✅ -2.08

✅ Good

1,336.27 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
✅ -2.86

✅ Good

2,928.92 kb

❌ Poor

cocokind
🟧 0.06

❌ Poor

1,234.76 kb

✅ Good

Biossance
- 1,546.05 kb

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
✅ -0.95

❌ Poor

821.19 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 44.27 17.47
HeyDay
117

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Tata Harper
20

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

Anese
91

❌ Poor

16

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
26

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
3

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
3

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Curology
134

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
60

❌ Poor

17

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
18

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
38

✅ Good

18

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
42

⚠️ Fair

18

⚠️ Fair

cocokind
11

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Biossance
56

❌ Poor

8

✅ Good

Ren Skincare
45

⚠️ Fair

18

⚠️ Fair

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 305 354 53.31%
HeyDay
48

✅ Good

69

✅ Good

58.97%
Tata Harper
14

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

30.0%
Anese
73

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

19.78%
Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
4

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

76.92%
OSKIA Skincare
2

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

33.33%
KraveBeauty
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Curology
54

✅ Good

78

✅ Good

58.21%
Kate Somerville
26

✅ Good

34

✅ Good

56.67%
Pai Skincare
7

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

61.11%
Dr. Brandt Skincare
32

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

13.16%
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
6

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

85.71%
cocokind
0

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

100.0%
Biossance
11

✅ Good

45

✅ Good

80.36%
Ren Skincare
25

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

44.44%

Ads detected over time

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