Lilac Flower

最初回之心動接觸 — UL·OS x Sin Tik Kei

Men don't buy skincare because someone told them to. They buy it because it gets them closer to something — or someone — they already want.

Client

Client

Otsuka

Otsuka

Deliverables

Deliverables

Master KV Event Design Social Content

Master KV Event Design Social Content

Role

Role

Senior Art Director

Senior Art Director

Year

Year

2024

2024

UL·OS is Otsuka's male skincare line — an underdog category in a market where most men still over-index on "I'll just use whatever's in the shower." The brief: convert online buzz into measurable retail action at Watsons, drive sell-through on a limited gift box drop, and prove UL·OS could move product offline, not just generate impressions.

The Real Problem

Male grooming campaigns usually try to convince men they should care. That's the wrong fight. Men who are already curious about skincare don't need persuasion — they need a reason that doesn't feel like a reason. Fan culture is one of the only honest motivators in the category: you'll buy the product if it gets you closer to the person you already follow.

The strategic idea — 「最初回の心動接觸」 (The Heartbeat Encounter). Built around Sin Tik Kei (冼迪琦 / 小迪), a Taiwanese professional baseball cheerleader and idol with a male fanbase that maps directly onto UL·OS's target. The product became the entry ticket: buy UL·OS at Watsons, upload your receipt to a dedicated portal, and 40 winners earned a close-contact moment with her at the event. The skincare ritual wasn't decoration — use a UL·OS Face Sheet to "cleanse" before meeting her. Skincare reframed as the rite of passage.

UL·OS is Otsuka's male skincare line — an underdog category in a market where most men still over-index on "I'll just use whatever's in the shower." The brief: convert online buzz into measurable retail action at Watsons, drive sell-through on a limited gift box drop, and prove UL·OS could move product offline, not just generate impressions.

The Real Problem

Male grooming campaigns usually try to convince men they should care. That's the wrong fight. Men who are already curious about skincare don't need persuasion — they need a reason that doesn't feel like a reason. Fan culture is one of the only honest motivators in the category: you'll buy the product if it gets you closer to the person you already follow.

The strategic idea — 「最初回の心動接觸」 (The Heartbeat Encounter). Built around Sin Tik Kei (冼迪琦 / 小迪), a Taiwanese professional baseball cheerleader and idol with a male fanbase that maps directly onto UL·OS's target. The product became the entry ticket: buy UL·OS at Watsons, upload your receipt to a dedicated portal, and 40 winners earned a close-contact moment with her at the event. The skincare ritual wasn't decoration — use a UL·OS Face Sheet to "cleanse" before meeting her. Skincare reframed as the rite of passage.

The six-SKU answer — gift box. The campaign had to lift the full line simultaneously, not a single hero product. We bundled all six SKUs into a single limited-edition gift box — turning a complicated multi-line push into one collectable purchase decision, and giving the receipt mechanic something worth the trip to Watsons.


The event build — 「UL·OS點點迪迪碰面會」 at The FOREST, Mong Kok.
This was where the campaign lived or died. Outdoor venue meant a rain contingency engineered into the booth from day one — every structural element designed to hold up under either weather.


The set was built as a stylised UL·OS sculptural environment in the brand's signature green, with the oversized product shots the client wanted front and centre integrated into the architecture rather than tacked on. Designed every in-event touchpoint — backdrop, photo moments, lip cards, queue flow — so each interaction generated a shareable artefact and reinforced the product hierarchy at the same time.

The visual world. Went "first love" aesthetic across the campaign film and social feeds — soft focus, bright natural lighting, blue-and-white palette tied directly to the packaging. Broke decisively from the clinical sterile look that defines pharmaceutical-affiliated skincare. The look did the work the copy didn't have to.

Supported by city-wide bus shelters and billboards to push critical mass into the retail window.

Sold out the 300 limited-edition gift boxes at Watsons within the campaign window — moving the full six-SKU line through a single bundle. The May 12 event filled The FOREST and turned a fan moment into a measurable sales conversion. The campaign generated active discussion across Instagram and LIHKG, earning the kind of organic conversation male skincare rarely gets. Repositioned UL·OS as the witty, audience-aware leader in the category — a brand that understands what actually motivates its customer.