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Personal care & beauty

Personal care and beauty product testing that wins the shelf.

From first swatch to repurchase. Test texture, scent, claims, and packaging with the consumers who will actually reach for it every morning.

Top-box appeal
80%▲ 18 pts
vs control
0control 62100
Driver scores
Texture90
Scent76
After-feel64
Highlight AIFinding
Scent drives repurchase more than claims do.
+19 pts
intent lift
0.68
repeat corr.
Presentation
PDF
Purchase intent
6 concepts · 300 testers1 / 8
Personal care & beauty
Built for beauty

Custom efficacy and sensory testing, on your timeline

Beauty is felt before it’s believed. We design tests around the moments that matter — the glide, the scent, the after-feel, the second-week verdict — and run them with people in your exact demo.

Claims substantiation, blind comparisons, in-home usage over real routines, and packaging that has to survive a crowded vanity. Rigorous protocols, honest reactions.

Explore turnkey logistics
Why teams choose Highlight

Turnkey, targeted, and fast

Three reasons beauty teams stop guessing.

End to end, hands-off

Recruitment, procurement, and fulfillment handled. You run everything from concept to claims in one dashboard.

The right faces, every time

60k+ Highlighters, 90% completion, rich photo and video responses. Target by skin type, hair type, routine, or concern.

Data in under a week

Catch a formula or packaging miss before launch and cut time-to-insight by up to 50%.

Case study · Aeston West

How skincare brand Aeston West used Highlight for claims testing

  • Validated claims with Highlight product testers to prove visible, tangible results
  • Measured repurchase intent with unbiased opinions from real potential customers
  • Complemented clinical sensitivity tests with blinded IHUT to understand how sensitive-skin consumers felt after use
  • 100% completion rate — including qualitative video feedback — gave the team the insights they needed for launch
Read the case study

The platform was so accessible. It was so nice to see everything happening and to have that visibility throughout the process.

100%completion rate
Kaitlyn Schneider
VP of Brand & Product Development, Beauty at Swim USA