In 2025, the beauty and wellness world doesn’t just live on shelves, it blossoms on screens. With TikTok Shop and Instagram Shop, your next serum, hair oil, or wellness tea might be just a tap away whilst you’re scrolling through GRWM tutorials or redecorating videos. For beauty and wellness brands, these platforms aren’t just online stores, they’re digital runways where products can shine in front of millions.
Why TikTok & Instagram Shops Are the New Beauty Counters Traditionally, shoppers would read reviews, watch YouTube hauls, or visit a store before buying. Now, the journey is instant. A creator shows off their skincare routine, a “Shop Now” button pops up, someone buys your product without leaving the app.
TikTok has recently unveiled its first-ever UK Shopping Report, offering a fascinating look into the nation’s buying habits. The report explores the most influential shopping trends and standout products across fashion, beauty, tech, and home. TikTok Shop is transforming the way the UK shops, earning the title of the country’s fastest-growing* online retailer in 2024.
Why it works so well:
Instagram Shop: The Curated Beauty Aisle
Instagram Shop isn’t just a feature; it’s a built-in storefront that merges content and commerce so seamlessly that buying feels like part of the browsing experience. For beauty and wellness brands, it acts like a 24/7 pop-up shop sitting inside a platform with over 1 billion monthly active users.
Why it works so well for beauty & wellness:
If TikTok Shop is the energetic street market where trends explode overnight, Instagram Shop is the chic, well-curated boutique where shoppers linger, compare, and carefully select their new go-to beauty finds. The magic happens when brands use both, catching attention on TikTok and converting long-term customers on Instagram.
Working with Bespoke Advantage
Bespoke Advantage is a London based international beauty brand consultancy. We are a team of experts, associates and business partners specialising in supporting our clients – award-winning entrepreneurs, well established beauty and wellness businesses, retailers, investors, trade bodies and embassies – in developing and growing their brands across the beauty and wellness marketplace. If you are looking to launch a beauty or wellness brand or you are looking for support in expanding your brand across markets, get in touch, we would love to hear from you – Get in touch.
Bespoke is a brand management expert with deep industry knowledge, extensive experience and a comprehensive understanding of the beauty and personal industry in the UK and Europe, complemented by an extensive network of contacts in the relevant market segments. Bespoke’s expertise, experience and contacts significantly contributed the success of the UK/Europe project with the companies that Bespoke assisted successfully entering or well on track to enter the UK and European markets. The Bespoke team was very professional, responsive and obliging and always delivered within timeframes. It was a pleasure to work with them.
Working with Janet over the past year has been a real pleasure, she has fantastic industry experience and knowledge of the UK beauty market. She has delivered a number of webinars for my clients looking at how to enter the UK market, providing an overview of the market and how to build a strategy. She took the briefs we provided and added real value to them, included key insights and information that my clients have found incredibly useful. Feedback on these sessions has been very positive. Janet is a clear communicator and has always delivered as agreed and on time. We are continuing to work together on other projects and I very much value the conversations we share.
‘Janet has a wealth of experience across retail, buying and marketing. She conducted a full strategic review of our cross functional business and the travel retail market to develop a comprehensive buying and quality control strategy that was signed off at board level. I highly recommend her as an asset to any business.’
‘As a Queensland-based company, we were determined to tap into the European market and establish a strong presence. From the very beginning, Bespoke Advantage demonstrated a deep understanding of our export goals and objectives. Their comprehensive knowledge of the European market, coupled with their extensive network of contacts, enabled them to connect us with key decision-makers and influential stakeholders in our target countries. Their strategic guidance and insights were invaluable in shaping our export strategy and positioning us for long-term success.’
‘Through Janet’s management skills, expertise and proven track record on the job she successfully managed the purchasing of our retail operations and ensured the integrity of our brands in-stores. Her enthusiasm and total dedication, delivered results in any project she was involved in.’
‘Janet has excellent beauty market knowledge. Level headed with clear vision, direction and the ability to drive business forward, Janet led the teams through a complete product design change advising on what the key marketing messages should be, incorporating her technical knowledge and beauty expertise.’
‘Absolutely fantastic course. Condensed learning from Janet, an expert in developing beauty brands. Also, valuable introductions to expert professionals, in the Masterclass sessions. In 12 weeks, you will learn from Janet, what would take years to learn by yourself. A very worthwhile investment’
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