Skincare - November - 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

November

2023

. 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 Summary: Boscia dominates the Skincare industry, sending an impressive 12.2 emails on average with a solid engagement rate of 56.03%. Ren Skincare closely follows, showcasing a good balance but struggling with promotions. Biossance and Tata Harper perform well in email frequency but lack in scoring and promotions. Dr. Brandt Skincare excels in scoring but needs improvement in promotions.

Email Deliverability Summary: HeyDay leads in deliverability with a commendable spam score of -1.86 and efficient email size management. Anese and Tata Harper also perform well in ensuring emails reach inboxes. However, Biossance and OSKIA Skincare face challenges, particularly in spam scores and email size. Curology and KraveBeauty are lagging in deliverability metrics.

Ads Performance Summary: HeyDay emerges as the advertising leader in the Skincare sector, displaying 86 new ads with a diverse copy. Curology and Boscia follow closely, showcasing effective ad strategies. However, Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare and Biossance struggle with ad velocity and diversity, while KraveBeauty and Activist Skincare lag behind with minimal ad presence.

Emails sent on average

12.2

Ads published on average

39

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 12.2 56.03%
HeyDay
5

❌ Poor

59.2%

⚠️ Fair

Tata Harper
18

✅ Good

49.67%

❌ Poor

Anese
9

❌ Poor

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Boscia
26

✅ Good

69.42%

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
7

❌ Poor

66.0%

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
6

❌ Poor

66.0%

✅ Good

Curology
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Kate Somerville
14

✅ Good

57.79%

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
10

❌ Poor

63.0%

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
17

✅ Good

65.71%

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
12

⚠️ Fair

49.08%

❌ Poor

cocokind
17

✅ Good

57.35%

⚠️ Fair

Biossance
19

✅ Good

35.05%

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
23

✅ Good

48.26%

❌ 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 -1.59 2,032.47 kb
HeyDay
✅ -1.86

✅ Good

2,915.1 kb

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
✅ -1.38

❌ Poor

4,411.7 kb

❌ Poor

Anese
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

1,627.83 kb

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
- -
Boscia
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

1,053.97 kb

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
✅ -3.09

✅ Good

3,446.7 kb

❌ Poor

KraveBeauty
✅ -1.27

❌ Poor

1,233.01 kb

✅ Good

Curology
- -
Kate Somerville
✅ -2.24

✅ Good

2,088.67 kb

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

905.93 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
✅ -2.02

✅ Good

1,436.43 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
✅ -1.51

⚠️ Fair

3,554.52 kb

❌ Poor

cocokind
🟧 0.92

❌ Poor

621.85 kb

✅ Good

Biossance
🟧 2.0

❌ Poor

3,147.78 kb

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
✅ -0.48

❌ Poor

1,244.52 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 38.8 18.27
HeyDay
86

❌ Poor

25

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
51

❌ Poor

18

⚠️ Fair

Anese
34

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
70

❌ Poor

16

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
10

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

-
Curology
74

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
32

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
34

✅ Good

17

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Brandt Skincare
60

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
13

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

cocokind
53

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Biossance
0

✅ Good

-
Ren Skincare
65

❌ Poor

19

⚠️ 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 263 319 54.81%
HeyDay
19

✅ Good

67

✅ Good

77.91%
Tata Harper
44

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

13.73%
Anese
16

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

52.94%
Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
27

✅ Good

43

✅ Good

61.43%
OSKIA Skincare
2

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

80.0%
KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Curology
27

✅ Good

47

✅ Good

63.51%
Kate Somerville
18

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

43.75%
Pai Skincare
18

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

47.06%
Dr. Brandt Skincare
36

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

40.0%
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
0

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

100.0%
cocokind
25

✅ Good

28

✅ Good

52.83%
Biossance
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ren Skincare
31

✅ Good

34

✅ Good

52.31%

Ads detected over time

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