How Ulike used drama creators to seed its Air4 hair removal device on Douyin
Ulike put its Air4 device inside relationship, comedy and family storylines rather than beauty reviews. Eighteen creators used conflict and plot twists to frame at-home hair removal as an alternative to costly, painful salon routines.
Let an immersive life drama carry the product pitch
From July 11 to September 8, 2025, Ulike ran 18 video posts with 18 Douyin creators through Xingtu. Beauty-salon spending traps, relationship betrayal, friend gatherings and family or marriage scenes supplied the conflict. Creators played multiple roles or used plot twists, then introduced Air4 at the story's solution point. The product story centred on sapphire ice-cooling and three experience cues: cool on skin, no pain and thorough hair removal, with lasting results also included. The sustained, head-weighted placement used entertainment to reach beyond the beauty vertical.
The audience was young urban women, including office workers and Gen Z students, who follow relationship and general entertainment content and want convenient at-home hair removal without high salon spending or the pain associated with traditional methods. There was no discount, urgency device or explicit conversion prompt; the drama-led seeding was designed to encourage search.
- Objective
- Product Seeding
- Occasion
- No Specific Peg
- Funnel
- Awareness
- Messaging
- Nostalgia · Value for Money · Love and Romance · Family Warmth
- Scenes
- Couple Scenario · Daily Life at Home
- Formats
- Character Roleplay · Comedy Skit · Plot-twist Drama
- Activation
- Controversy Bait
- Discount
- No Discount, Pure Brand Push
What set it apart
| Choice | Share of campaigns |
|---|---|
| Distinctive | |
| Nostalgia | 3.6%1 in 28 |
| Controversy Bait | 8.9%1 in 11 |
| Plot-twist Drama | 13%1 in 8 |
| Family Warmth | 16%1 in 6 |
Share of the 56 Douyin Looks campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 4, 2026.
A head-led, female-dominant cast of 18 drama and comedy creators
314K–7.89M
18 creators with a public follower count
Head Ignite, Mid-tail Volume Pyramid
Top Heavy
Female Dominant
The first step to copy
- 1
Start with entertainment creators, not beauty reviewers
Cast head-tier relationship, comedy and family-story creators. Use one performer in several roles or a plot twist to build conflict around salon cost, razor pain or hair-removal cream allergies; introduce Air4 only when the story reaches its solution.
- 2+
More steps in the full teardown
story conflict, experience-led product scripting and search-led seeding
The full teardown adds
- Reads and engagement for all 18 posts, ranked against similar creators
- Estimated spend and cost per read
- The breakout post, and why it led
- What 64,923 comments asked for most
- The rest of the playbook
- Casting risks and smart moves
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A public campaign observed on Douyin. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with Ulike. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 4, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction