Nivea – Beautiful Tan That Lasts.

Nivea

Nivea – Beautiful Tan That Lasts.

Beiersdorf

Claim: "Tan that stays"

Overview

The challenge for USP Demo Solutions was translating Nivea’s needs to a brand activation tool that enabled consumers touch and feel the brand, thus demonstrating the efficacy of their sunscreen.

The experts at USP Demo Solutions knew that to demonstrate product truth, they had to find a way to engage the consumers’ senses.

USP Demo Solutions developed concepts and mockups, which were sent to the Nivea team for review.

The Challenge

For the Beautiful Tan That Lasts., Nivea needed to make the "Tan that stays" promise something shoppers in the sun care category could see for themselves, not just read on a label. In the few seconds a shopper spends at shelf or in a consultation, copy and ingredient lists rarely land, especially when rival products advertise uv protection, freshness, damage protection claims.

The brief for the Beautiful Tan That Lasts. was to turn that abstract message into a tangible, repeatable proof point that retail staff, pharmacists or beauty advisors could run on demand, without lab equipment or specialist training, while staying on brand for Nivea.

The Approach

Nivea Germany was looking for a consumer engaging demo tool that would allow consumers to test the efficacy of their sun protection product, easily and within seconds, thus proving the product’s claim.

USP Demo Solutions built the Beautiful Tan That Lasts. for Nivea around the Sun Damage Demo - Sunburn & Tanning method, reducing the Tan that stays story to a single visible reaction the consumer can trigger themselves. That gives the conversation a clear before/after moment in the sun care aisle instead of a one-way pitch.

From the same physical interaction with the Beautiful Tan That Lasts., the demo substantiates claim areas such as uv protection, freshness, damage protection, so a single asset can carry several conversations across the Nivea range.

The Result

The result for Nivea is a educating customer, delivered through the Beautiful Tan That Lasts. as something the consumer experiences first-hand rather than has to take on trust.

By turning Nivea's "Tan that stays" message into a hands-on Sun Damage Demo - Sunburn & Tanning moment, the Beautiful Tan That Lasts. becomes a credible, science-backed conversation starter the shopper can repeat for a friend.

In the field, Nivea runs the Beautiful Tan That Lasts. primarily for retail activation, delivered in diagnostic tool so the same Sun Damage Demo - Sunburn & Tanning proof point travels from a pharmacist's counter to a beauty advisor's tablet without losing its logic.

Technology
Sun Damage Demo - Sunburn & Tanning
Benefit
Educating customer
Category
Sun Care
Brand
Nivea