Pond’s – Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test

Pond’s

Pond’s – Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test

Unilever

Claim: "Reduced wrinkles"

Overview

Our experts at USP knew that the key ingredient for a highly engaging tool is the understanding and translation of the POND’s team’s needs. Paired with a haptic experience, that stimulates the consumer’s senses, the sought-after solution promised true consumer engagement.

As a first step, initial concepts and prototypes, differing in size and shape, were sent to the POND’S team. Our 2D Wrinkle Test technology was evaluated as the best technological fit for this campaign.

After deciding on how the sensory marketing tool will be used in the campaign, the USP experts took the lead in handling artwork, printing and on-time delivery in the usual, professional manner.

The Challenge

For the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test, Pond’s needed to make the "Reduced wrinkles" promise something shoppers in the skin 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 anti-aging claims.

The brief for the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test 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 Pond’s.

The Approach

For their upcoming activation in South East Asia, the POND’S team was looking for a demo tool to prove claim truth and product superiority – easily, reliably and with no risk.

USP Demo Solutions built the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test for Pond’s around the Wrinkle Test method, reducing the Reduced wrinkles story to a single visible reaction the consumer can trigger themselves. That gives the conversation a clear before/after moment in the skin care aisle instead of a one-way pitch.

From the same physical interaction with the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test, the demo substantiates claim areas such as anti-aging, so a single asset can carry several conversations across the Pond’s range.

The Result

The result for Pond’s is a indirect selling, delivered through the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test as something the consumer experiences first-hand rather than has to take on trust.

By turning Pond’s's "Reduced wrinkles" message into a hands-on Wrinkle Test moment, the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test becomes a credible, science-backed conversation starter the shopper can repeat for a friend.

In the field, Pond’s runs the Age Miracle – Wrinkle Test primarily for retail activation, delivered in diagnostic tool so the same Wrinkle Test proof point travels from a pharmacist's counter to a beauty advisor's tablet without losing its logic.

Technology
Wrinkle Test
Benefit
Indirect Selling
Category
Skin Care
Brand
Pond’s