Skincare - September - 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

September

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: In the skincare industry, Kate Somerville leads in email marketing, with a high number of emails sent and good email scoring. Boscia and cocokind also perform well in email marketing. Tata Harper, however, needs improvement as it sends many promotional emails.

Email Deliverability Summary: HeyDay excels in email deliverability with a good spam score and optimized email size. Tata Harper and Anese also perform well in email deliverability. Brands like Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare lag behind in their email deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Curology and HeyDay dominate in advertising, with the highest number of new ads detected and good unique copy performance. Kate Somerville and Ren Skincare also perform well in advertising. Brands like KraveBeauty and Activist Skincare need to improve their advertising efforts.

In summary, Kate Somerville is a leader in email marketing within the skincare industry. HeyDay excels in email deliverability, and Curology and HeyDay are leading in advertising efforts. However, some brands like Tata Harper and Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare need to enhance their marketing strategies.

Emails sent on average

10.3

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 10.33 58.5%
HeyDay
4

❌ Poor

65.0%

✅ Good

Tata Harper
16

✅ Good

49.31%

❌ Poor

Anese
13

✅ Good

58.46%

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
2

❌ Poor

41.5%

❌ Poor

Boscia
17

✅ Good

87.24%

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
4

❌ Poor

57.5%

⚠️ Fair

KraveBeauty
4

❌ Poor

62.75%

⚠️ Fair

Curology
11

⚠️ Fair

52.55%

❌ Poor

Kate Somerville
20

✅ Good

58.95%

⚠️ Fair

Pai Skincare
9

❌ Poor

56.0%

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Brandt Skincare
15

✅ Good

62.4%

⚠️ Fair

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
10

⚠️ Fair

39.9%

❌ Poor

cocokind
16

✅ Good

55.44%

⚠️ Fair

Biossance
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Ren Skincare
14

✅ Good

52.0%

❌ 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 -1.64 1,698.19 kb
HeyDay
✅ -1.33

❌ Poor

2,006.88 kb

❌ Poor

Tata Harper
✅ -2.4

✅ Good

4,791.64 kb

❌ Poor

Anese
✅ -0.9

❌ Poor

1,710.98 kb

⚠️ Fair

Activist Skincare
⚠️ 4.4

❌ Poor

964.93 kb

✅ Good

Boscia
✅ -2.79

✅ Good

458.74 kb

✅ Good

OSKIA Skincare
✅ -3.0

✅ Good

2,254.95 kb

❌ Poor

KraveBeauty
✅ -2.28

✅ Good

1,743.21 kb

⚠️ Fair

Curology
✅ -2.83

✅ Good

1,338.89 kb

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
✅ -2.01

✅ Good

1,232.81 kb

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
✅ -0.41

❌ Poor

849.74 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
✅ -2.33

✅ Good

1,278.41 kb

✅ Good

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
✅ -0.91

❌ Poor

3,034.59 kb

❌ Poor

cocokind
🟧 1.39

❌ Poor

810.92 kb

✅ Good

Biossance
- -
Ren Skincare
✅ -3.17

✅ Good

1,502.36 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 33.13 15.2
HeyDay
107

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Tata Harper
20

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Anese
35

⚠️ Fair

10

✅ Good

Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
46

❌ Poor

16

⚠️ Fair

OSKIA Skincare
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

-
Curology
108

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

Kate Somerville
55

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Pai Skincare
19

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Dr. Brandt Skincare
44

❌ Poor

27

❌ Poor

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
4

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

cocokind
4

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

Biossance
0

✅ Good

-
Ren Skincare
50

❌ Poor

36

❌ 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 207 282 56.74%
HeyDay
12

✅ Good

95

✅ Good

88.79%
Tata Harper
17

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

15.0%
Anese
31

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

11.43%
Activist Skincare
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Boscia
20

✅ Good

26

✅ Good

56.52%
OSKIA Skincare
1

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

80.0%
KraveBeauty
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Curology
48

✅ Good

58

✅ Good

53.7%
Kate Somerville
12

✅ Good

43

✅ Good

78.18%
Pai Skincare
10

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

31.58%
Dr. Brandt Skincare
37

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

15.91%
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
0

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

100.0%
cocokind
0

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

75.0%
Biossance
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ren Skincare
19

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

58.0%

Ads detected over time

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