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Campaign teardown · Douyin · Personal Care · Apr 2024

How Aekyung used Douyin family dramas to seed at-home hair dye

Aekyung built a 47-day, all-video push for 爱敬小猪瓶 (Aekyung Little Pig Bottle) around DIY colouring in family and friendship stories. Nineteen creators posted nineteen videos, moving from Mother's Day gifting into 618 warm-up with demonstrations and a salon-price comparison.

Illustration: 爱敬 makes at-home colour care a moment of closeness between generations.
Illustration · unrandom
Creators19Head Anchor Drove It
Posts19Video-led · 100% video
PeriodApr 4 – May 21, 2024Mother's Day · 618 · New Launch
Comments3,582On the campaign's posts
The idea

Make the home dye session the story, not just the product demo

The organising idea was 在家染发替代理发店 (dyeing hair at home instead of visiting a salon). Videos placed 爱敬小猪瓶 (Aekyung Little Pig Bottle), also identified as 爱敬双管染发剂 (Aekyung dual-tube hair dye), in mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, mother-daughter and close-friend plots, covering grey-hair coverage, mutual colouring and pre-travel makeovers. The recurring 痛点-解法-实测-对比理发店 (pain point–solution–hands-on test–salon comparison) sequence opened with grown-out colour, grey hair or salon cost, then showed dual-tube press application, a 30-minute wait and the post-wash finish. Voice-over explained the no-mix design, ammonia-free formula that can touch the scalp, and 250g size for repeated use; a product-testing endorsement added an authority cue. Internet memes supported an accessible, close-friend tone.

The campaign spoke to women aged 25-45, including urban professionals and mothers in lower-tier markets, with home-colouring convenience, value and grey-hair care for older family members as the entry points. Copy anchored value at under 100 yuan against a salon visit costing several hundred yuan, reinforced by the 250g format's repeated use. Mother's Day supplied the gifting frame before the run-up to 618, while the call to action sent viewers to search for the store or product showcase.

At a glance
Objective
Product Seeding
Occasion
Mother's Day · 618 · New Launch
Funnel
Consideration
Messaging
Value for Money · Family Warmth · Hands-on Testing · Ingredient and Tech
Scenes
Daily Life at Home · Gifting Scenario · Travel Scenario
Formats
Tutorial · Character Roleplay · Family Drama
Trust
Word of Mouth · Certifications
Discount
Light, Spend-save or Gifts
Against 1,025 Douyin Personal Care campaigns

What set it apart

ChoiceShare of campaigns
Distinctive
Family Drama8.2%1 in 12
Festival Gifting Promo9.8%1 in 10
Internet Meme11%1 in 9
Certifications13%1 in 8
Travel Scenario15%1 in 7
Family Warmth16%1 in 6
Gifting Scenario20%1 in 5
Typical
Ingredient and Tech62%6 in 10

Share of the 1,025 Douyin Personal Care campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.

Casting

A top-heavy, female-led pyramid: drama and lifestyle reach, reviews for proof

Follower range

358K–2.46M

19 creators with a public follower count

Casting

Head Ignite, Mid-tail Volume Pyramid

Top Heavy

Lean

Female Dominant

Playbook

The first step to copy

  1. 1
    Open with the hair problem, then make the product the solution

    Start with a recognisable trigger—grown-out colour, grey roots or the price of a salon visit—and move quickly into home application. Let the family or friendship scene carry the emotion; the product should enter as the practical answer, not as an opening specification sheet.

  2. 2+
    More steps in the full teardown

    Demonstration and authority cues, salon-price anchoring, tiered casting, seasonal scenes and sustained phasing

In unrandom

The full teardown adds

  • Reads and engagement for all 19 posts, ranked against similar creators
  • Estimated spend and cost per read
  • The breakout post, and why it led
  • What 3,582 comments asked for most
  • The rest of the playbook
  • Casting risks and smart moves

A public campaign observed on Douyin. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with 爱敬. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction