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Campaign teardown · Douyin · Skincare · Sep 2024

How MARUBI seeded its collagen serum on Douyin through family life

From early September 2024 to early January 2025, MARUBI used 61 Douyin creators and 61 videos to seed 二代丸美胶原小金针精华 (Second-Generation MARUBI Collagen Little Golden Needle Serum) around childcare, travel and family meals. A head-heavy casting mix paired everyday storytelling with an authority-led ingredient story.

Illustration: 丸美 explores repair and renewal converging in one quiet moment of self-reward.
Illustration · unrandom
Creators61Head Anchor Drove It
Posts61Video-led · 100% video
PeriodSep 3, 2024 – Jan 2, 2025Mid-Autumn · Double 11 · Double 12 · New Launch
Comments65,981On the campaign's posts
The idea

Put anti-ageing science inside ordinary moments of care

The campaign placed the single-dose anti-ageing serum in family-life vlogs, couple dramas and comic everyday videos rather than making ingredient education the main format. Childcare, outings, family dinners, gifting and work-life turning points supplied the settings, while seasonal sensitivity and a tired, lined face after late nights introduced the need. Spoken scripts consistently linked 重组双胶原 (recombinant dual collagen), 抗老修护二合一 (two-in-one anti-ageing and repair) and the brand's role as 重组胶原蛋白行业标准制定者 (an industry-standard setter for recombinant collagen), with efficacy claims on the packaging supporting the trust message.

The audience was urban women aged 25–40, especially office workers and new mothers managing early-ageing concerns, sensitive seasonal skin and late nights. The positioning offered convenient anti-ageing and repair in one step, framed as personal care within busy family routines. Activity covered the launch period, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double 11, Double 12 and the run-up to New Year's Day, but used no discount, gift mechanism, urgency device or direct conversion prompt.

At a glance
Objective
Product Seeding
Occasion
Mid-Autumn · Double 11 · Double 12 · New Launch
Funnel
Consideration
Messaging
Family Warmth · Ingredient and Tech · Pain-point Hook · Love and Romance
Scenes
Gifting Scenario · Family and Parenting · Daily Life at Home
Formats
Vlog Narrative · Family Drama · Couple Drama
Trust
Word of Mouth · Certifications
Discount
No Discount, Pure Brand Push
Against 2,150 Douyin Skincare campaigns

What set it apart

ChoiceShare of campaigns
Distinctive
Couple Drama6.5%1 in 15
Family and Parenting7.1%1 in 14
Family Drama7.4%1 in 14
Certifications13%1 in 7
Family Warmth14%1 in 7
Typical
Ingredient and Tech80%8 in 10
Pain-point Hook77%8 in 10

Share of the 2,150 Douyin Skincare campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.

Casting

A head-heavy, female-led roster of 61 family, drama and beauty creators

Follower range

202K–14M

61 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
    Start with the life scene, then introduce the skin problem

    Build the main content line around recognisable routines such as childcare, travel and family meals. Bring the serum in when seasonal sensitivity or late nights creates a visible skincare need, so the ingredient story supports the narrative instead of replacing it.

  2. 2+
    More steps in the full teardown

    a consistent authority script, creator phasing and the pure-seeding offer

In unrandom

The full teardown adds

  • Reads and engagement for all 61 posts, ranked against similar creators
  • Estimated spend and cost per read
  • The breakout post, and why it led
  • What 65,981 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 丸美. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction