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Inside Cerave’s marketing strategy, post-TikTok fame 

The drugstore skincare brand took off on TikTok in 2020. It’s since maintained its trajectory by partnering with unexpected creators while still leaning into its dermatology-backed roots.
Inside Ceraves marketing strategy postTikTok fame
Photo: Maria Korneeva

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One of the most-watched user-generated TikToks featuring Cerave, the affordable drugstore skincare line owned by L’Oréal, is not a skincare routine or an ingredient explainer. It’s a movie in miniature, featuring a protagonist treated to a facial by a man only wearing the top half of a suit, who paints his face like a clown, covers him in toast crumbs and then proudly displays Cerave’s cleanser by balancing it on his foot.