How 3CE built a festive Douyin launch for 3CE唇绒 (3CE Lip Velvet) with twelve creators
From 11–31 December 2024, 3CE used twelve Douyin creators and twelve videos to introduce 3CE唇绒 (3CE Lip Velvet). The launch tied low-saturation shades and a cashmere-like texture to Christmas and year-end makeup, gifting and couple scenes.
Make the lip colour a carrier of festive mood
3CE presented the new lip product as 秋冬节日氛围感必备色 (a must-have colour for an autumn/winter festive mood), linking shades such as 零九围炉棕 (09 Fireside Brown), 零五慵懒蔷薇 (05 Languid Rose) and 零七编织晨曦 (07 Woven Dawn) to romantic looks from Christmas through the year-end countdown. The product story paired a soft, cashmere-like feel that does not catch in lip lines with an embossed Roman-column metal case and cashmere-weave detailing. Swatch tutorials, collection edits and lifestyle vlogs demonstrated the colours within Korean-inspired makeup, festive gifting and couple scenes; every post was video.
The audience was urban young women seeking Korean-style atmosphere and year-end ritual, including white-collar workers and Gen Z students, with texture, sophisticated colour and gifting needs central to the pitch. There was no discount, gift-with-purchase mechanic, urgency device or direct conversion call to action. The offer was simply the product framed as a festive lip colour and gift, with celebrity endorsement used as a trust device.
- Objective
- Product Launch
- Occasion
- Christmas · New Launch
- Funnel
- Consideration
- Messaging
- Design and Aesthetics · Healing and Relaxation · Hands-on Testing · Love and Romance
- Scenes
- Couple Scenario · Gifting Scenario · Festival Scene
- Formats
- Tutorial · Collection List · Vlog Narrative
- Trust
- Celebrity Endorsement
- Discount
- No Discount, Pure Brand Push
What set it apart
| Choice | Share of campaigns |
|---|---|
| Distinctive | |
| Healing and Relaxation | 3.3%1 in 30 |
| Celebrity Endorsement | 3.8%1 in 26 |
| Festival Scene | 4.7%1 in 21 |
| Collection List | 14%1 in 7 |
| Vlog Narrative | 16%1 in 6 |
| Typical | |
| Hands-on Testing | 64%6 in 10 |
Share of the 963 Douyin Beauty campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.
A head-heavy beauty pyramid, with male story creators widening the scenes
623K–4.17M
12 creators with a public follower count
Head Ignite, Mid-tail Volume Pyramid
Top Heavy
Female Dominant
The first step to copy
- 1
Anchor the launch in a seasonal colour story
Choose the seasonal hook before the formats: map each new shade to a Christmas or year-end mood, then keep the texture and packaging language consistent across swatches, tutorials and creator voiceovers.
- 2+
More steps in the full teardown
Creator casting, repeatable product scripts, scene-led formats and the gift-led retail frame
The full teardown adds
- Reads and engagement for all 12 posts, ranked against similar creators
- Estimated spend and cost per read
- The breakout post, and why it led
- What 12,328 comments asked for most
- The rest of the playbook
- Casting risks and smart moves
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