Josh Carroll • --:--:-- • San Francisco, CA
06 / 08 • HRE Beauty
Creative Direction • Art Direction • Campaign System • Performance Creative • Lifecycle
2026 • Los Angeles, CA
Campaign + image-making

HRE Beauty

HRE Beauty was launching and promoting regularly from a modest library of product stills, packshots, and founder photography. The team needed a steady flow of fresh imagery without a new shoot for every launch.

HRE Beauty brand hero campaign composition
Challenge
Make a small source library carry holidays, seasonal moments, and product launches without the brand starting to feel repetitive.
My role
Over six months, I used Weavy, a node-based AI image tool, to turn the existing photography into new campaign imagery. I also designed the brand's lifecycle emails and e-commerce recommendations alongside Myosin's media team.
What changed
80 ad sets and HRE's first 24-email lifecycle program, all built from the expanded image library. The paid social it supported ran at around 2.2x ROAS.
Source Material

The Starting Point

HRE came with a limited library of product stills, packshots and founder photography. The challenge was making those images carry an ongoing stream of new campaigns—without an ongoing stream of new shoots.

Supplied HRE Beauty white studio packaging packshot
Supplied HRE Beauty six lip gloss shades line-up
Supplied HRE Beauty cosmetic swatch smears on neutral ground
Supplied HRE Beauty glossy lip application macro photograph
Supplied HRE Beauty studio model beauty portrait
Supplied HRE Beauty founder and model group portrait
Image Making

Building an Expandable Visual World

I used the existing photography as raw material for entirely new images. Products could move into new environments, appear alongside different models and adapt to each campaign’s idea without losing the details that made them recognizably HRE.

It opened up a much larger range: sunlit portraits, coastal landscapes, product still lifes and close-up beauty imagery, all built from the same small source library.

Process overview showing creative inputs, scene direction, product styling, and reference assets
Application

From Image to Campaign

Once there was more imagery to work with, the media team could give holidays, seasonal moments, and product launches their own point of view across paid social and lifecycle email. The new visual system also informed e-commerce design and UX recommendations.

HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Product anatomy callouts breaking down formula, applicator, and finish
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Customer testimonial quote design over gloss texture
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Daily wear and longevity showcase with model application
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Golden sunset coastal still life with product CTA
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: High-contrast model and gloss swatch pairing
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Hydrating skincare-meets-cosmetic benefits
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Clean beauty and ingredient transparency
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Promotional paid social offer
HRE Beauty 9:16 mobile ad: Shade range and hydrating formula breakdown
Full-length HRE Beauty summer campaign lifecycle email: hero header, editorial narrative, ingredient education, product merchandising, and CTA
The Summer Edit Editorial Campaign
Full-length HRE Beauty ingredient education email with clinical callouts and product benefits
Formula & Ingredients Product Education
Full-length HRE Beauty founder note email featuring Heather Rae and personal brand philosophy
Founder Note Brand Storytelling
Full-length HRE Beauty VIP loyalty and exclusive promotion email
VIP Loyalty Customer Retention

I used Weavy, a node-based AI image tool, to turn a small product library into a broader, usable visual world—giving Myosin’s media team fresh material to put to work across paid social, lifecycle email, and e-commerce recommendations. It became a practical way to make a lean production budget go further without making the brand feel repetitive.

Client HRE Beauty / Heather Rae Essentials
Year 2026
Scope Art Direction · AI Image Production · Paid Social · Lifecycle Email · E-commerce UX
Credits Josh Carroll, Design Director · Agency: Myosin · Imagery made with Weavy (AI)