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Beauty Marketing

CeraVe Sold Sunscreen at a Boxing Match: The Casting Behind a 41.8% Lift

Beauty accounts are supposed to own the top of a beauty brand's chart. In July 2026 not one appeared in CeraVe's top five TikTok posts, and weekly likes in the week of the boxing card rose 41.8% over the three weeks before it.

Aug 17, 2026EN
Beauty Marketing

A single #whimsy video tags 5 to 15 brands: how to get on that list

TikTok whimsy posts rose 62% in four months, yet the top 20 brands share just 182 mentions and NYX leads with 8.8%. Here is how brands enter a tag as one line on a product list, and what to avoid doing.

Aug 16, 2026EN
Beauty Marketing

There Is No TikTok in India: Why K-Beauty Must Rebuild Its Strategy Around Instagram Reels

India has been a TikTok-free market since the platform was banned in 2020. In contrast, it is now the world’s largest Instagram market, with a potential advertising reach of approximately 481 million users, according to Meta’s advertising data. Yet not a single K-beauty brand ranks among the top 20 brands. This report uses data to explore how K-beauty brands should localize their Reels content and creator strategies to effectively reach Indian consumers.

Jul 18, 2026EN
Beauty Trends

Copper Peptides Climb Ingredient Rank 94→26 in 10 Months — and Brazil (31.2%) Co-Leads with the US

General peptides are saturated; copper peptides (GHK-Cu) climbed from ingredient rank 94 to 26 in 10 months. GLOWCAST data on the rise and the US–Brazil co-lead.

Jul 17, 2026EN
Beauty Trends

The Reversal of Retinal: Why 'Slow-aging' Ingredients are Trending in Japan Before the US

Mentions of the slow-aging ingredient 'retinal' have surged by 110% in just three months, with Japan (24.6%) surpassing the US as the leading market; this analysis explores generational shifts and market entry strategies based on Instagram and TikTok data.

Jul 15, 2026EN

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