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Beauty & Skincare14 ads decoded
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Benchmarked against 22 Beauty & Skincare advertisers
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
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22 brands
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14 ads decoded

Winning ads decoded from

Based Supplies
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
georgiemane
Gleam
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
Hey Bud Skincare
Hismile
Hismile
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MANSCAPED
MANSCAPED
Meet Blume
Meet Blume
Native
Native
OSEA
OSEA
Pleage
Pleage
Qure Skincare
Qure Skincare
rms beauty
rms beauty
Shark Ninja Panamá
Shark Ninja Panamá
Starface
Starface
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Ultra Violette
Ultra Violette
Vacation Inc
Vacation Inc
Based Supplies
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
georgiemane
Gleam
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
Hey Bud Skincare
Hismile
Hismile
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MANSCAPED
MANSCAPED
Meet Blume
Meet Blume
Native
Native
OSEA
OSEA
Pleage
Pleage
Qure Skincare
Qure Skincare
rms beauty
rms beauty
Shark Ninja Panamá
Shark Ninja Panamá
Starface
Starface
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Ultra Violette
Ultra Violette
Vacation Inc
Vacation Inc
Based Supplies
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
georgiemane
Gleam
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
Hey Bud Skincare
Hismile
Hismile
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MANSCAPED
MANSCAPED
Meet Blume
Meet Blume
Native
Native
OSEA
OSEA
Pleage
Pleage
Qure Skincare
Qure Skincare
rms beauty
rms beauty
Shark Ninja Panamá
Shark Ninja Panamá
Starface
Starface
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Ultra Violette
Ultra Violette
Vacation Inc
Vacation Inc
Based Supplies
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
georgiemane
Gleam
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
Hey Bud Skincare
Hismile
Hismile
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MAËLYS Cosmetics
MANSCAPED
MANSCAPED
Meet Blume
Meet Blume
Native
Native
OSEA
OSEA
Pleage
Pleage
Qure Skincare
Qure Skincare
rms beauty
rms beauty
Shark Ninja Panamá
Shark Ninja Panamá
Starface
Starface
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Tubby Todd Bath Co.
Ultra Violette
Ultra Violette
Vacation Inc
Vacation Inc

Heista decoded 14
of your meta ads.

We found 18 conversion gaps where your competitors are converting buyers you're not.

Product Demo

Product Demo

19s1 beats32d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion Seeking (Need for Closure)Open Loop / Information GapConfirmation Bias
Product Demo

Product Demo

26s1 beats32d
Hook: Contrast SetupClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasPattern Disruption
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

27s1 beats26d
Hook: Symptom StackCuriosity GapSelf-Referencing EffectMatch-and-Continue AttentionRecognition Probe
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

11s1 beats26d
Hook: Identity HookCuriosity GapIdentity HookSelective Attention
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

24s6 beats24d
Hook: Process TeaserThreat ReductionSpecificity BiasCommitment EscalationCuriosity Gap
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

58s7 beats24d
Hook: Discovery MomentCTA: Soft CTASocial ValidationCuriosity SpikeOpen Loop StatementNovelty Bias
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

38s6 beats17d
Hook: Open Loop StatementCTA: Open LoopLoss AversionOpen Loop StatementLoss AversionGoal-Gradient Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s6 beats16d
Hook: Parallel List OpenCTA: Save/Share PromptLoss AversionCompletion MotivationSpecificity BiasPrice Anchoring
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s7 beats16d
Hook: Data Point StartCTA: Soft CTALoss AversionSpecificity BiasLoss AversionValue Contrast Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

34s5 beats15d
Hook: Tribe Call-OutCTA: Soft CTANovelty RewardIdentity-Recognition BiasNovelty/Recency HeuristicSelf-Relevance Effect
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

14s1 beats14d
Hook: Open Loop StatementEmotional SpikeCompletion BiasPattern Interrupt
Lifestyle

Lifestyle

11s1 beats7d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasOpen LoopCuriosity Spike
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

33s6 beats7d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: RedirectThreat ReductionContrast SetupExpectation ViolationCognitive Fluency
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

59s6 beats5d
Hook: Direct Question HookCTA: Direct CTANovelty RewardDirect Answer ExpectationCuriosity GapSurprise Effect
Product Demo

Product Demo

19s1 beats32d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion Seeking (Need for Closure)Open Loop / Information GapConfirmation Bias
Product Demo

Product Demo

26s1 beats32d
Hook: Contrast SetupClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasPattern Disruption
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

27s1 beats26d
Hook: Symptom StackCuriosity GapSelf-Referencing EffectMatch-and-Continue AttentionRecognition Probe
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

11s1 beats26d
Hook: Identity HookCuriosity GapIdentity HookSelective Attention
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

24s6 beats24d
Hook: Process TeaserThreat ReductionSpecificity BiasCommitment EscalationCuriosity Gap
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

58s7 beats24d
Hook: Discovery MomentCTA: Soft CTASocial ValidationCuriosity SpikeOpen Loop StatementNovelty Bias
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

38s6 beats17d
Hook: Open Loop StatementCTA: Open LoopLoss AversionOpen Loop StatementLoss AversionGoal-Gradient Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s6 beats16d
Hook: Parallel List OpenCTA: Save/Share PromptLoss AversionCompletion MotivationSpecificity BiasPrice Anchoring
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s7 beats16d
Hook: Data Point StartCTA: Soft CTALoss AversionSpecificity BiasLoss AversionValue Contrast Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

34s5 beats15d
Hook: Tribe Call-OutCTA: Soft CTANovelty RewardIdentity-Recognition BiasNovelty/Recency HeuristicSelf-Relevance Effect
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

14s1 beats14d
Hook: Open Loop StatementEmotional SpikeCompletion BiasPattern Interrupt
Lifestyle

Lifestyle

11s1 beats7d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasOpen LoopCuriosity Spike
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

33s6 beats7d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: RedirectThreat ReductionContrast SetupExpectation ViolationCognitive Fluency
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

59s6 beats5d
Hook: Direct Question HookCTA: Direct CTANovelty RewardDirect Answer ExpectationCuriosity GapSurprise Effect
Product Demo

Product Demo

19s1 beats32d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion Seeking (Need for Closure)Open Loop / Information GapConfirmation Bias
Product Demo

Product Demo

26s1 beats32d
Hook: Contrast SetupClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasPattern Disruption
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

27s1 beats26d
Hook: Symptom StackCuriosity GapSelf-Referencing EffectMatch-and-Continue AttentionRecognition Probe
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

11s1 beats26d
Hook: Identity HookCuriosity GapIdentity HookSelective Attention
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

24s6 beats24d
Hook: Process TeaserThreat ReductionSpecificity BiasCommitment EscalationCuriosity Gap
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

58s7 beats24d
Hook: Discovery MomentCTA: Soft CTASocial ValidationCuriosity SpikeOpen Loop StatementNovelty Bias
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

38s6 beats17d
Hook: Open Loop StatementCTA: Open LoopLoss AversionOpen Loop StatementLoss AversionGoal-Gradient Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s6 beats16d
Hook: Parallel List OpenCTA: Save/Share PromptLoss AversionCompletion MotivationSpecificity BiasPrice Anchoring
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

54s7 beats16d
Hook: Data Point StartCTA: Soft CTALoss AversionSpecificity BiasLoss AversionValue Contrast Effect
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

34s5 beats15d
Hook: Tribe Call-OutCTA: Soft CTANovelty RewardIdentity-Recognition BiasNovelty/Recency HeuristicSelf-Relevance Effect
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

14s1 beats14d
Hook: Open Loop StatementEmotional SpikeCompletion BiasPattern Interrupt
Lifestyle

Lifestyle

11s1 beats7d
Hook: Open Loop StatementClosure DeliveryCompletion BiasOpen LoopCuriosity Spike
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

33s6 beats7d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: RedirectThreat ReductionContrast SetupExpectation ViolationCognitive Fluency
Talking Head Product

Talking Head Product

59s6 beats5d
Hook: Direct Question HookCTA: Direct CTANovelty RewardDirect Answer ExpectationCuriosity GapSurprise Effect
Creative Intelligence Report

OSEA's ads lean on Open Loop hooks and Loss Aversion, with 43% of ads closing on a Soft CTA.

Heista identified 18 untapped opportunities across hooks, formats, psychology, and closing.

Your category is reaching buyers you're not.

OSEA Creative Playbook

What winning ads look like

Ad Format
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57%Talking Head Product
Talking Head Product57%
Voiceover B-Roll21%
Product Demo14%
Lifestyle7%
Hook
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29%Open Loop Statement
Open Loop Statement29%
Contrast Setup14%
Identity Hook7%
Symptom Stack7%
Process Teaser7%

How OSEA Sells

The strategy behind the pitch

Marketing Angle
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43%Product Launch
Product Launch43%
Offer Urgency21%
Value Stack14%
Problem Solution7%
Seasonal Trigger7%

How OSEA Closes

What drives the purchase

Buying Trigger
OSEA
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21%Loss Aversion
Loss Aversion21%
Closure Delivery21%
Curiosity Gap14%
Novelty Reward14%
Threat Reduction14%
CTAs
OSEA
OSEA
OSEA
21%Soft CTA
Soft CTA21%
Open Loop7%
Save/share Prompt7%
Redirect7%
Direct CTA7%

OSEA Ad Formula

The production blueprint

OSEA Creative Playbook

Inside your ads. Decoded.

OSEA HOOKS
OSEA
OSEA
OSEA
OSEA
Open Loop Statement
29%of openings
Open Loop Statement
29%
Contrast Setup
14%
Identity Hook
7%
Symptom Stack
7%
Process Teaser
7%
OSEA FORMATS
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+4
Talking Head Product
57%of all ads
Talking Head Product
57%
Voiceover B-Roll
21%
Product Demo
14%
LIFESTYLE
7%
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Loss Aversion
21%of all ads
Loss Aversion
21%
Closure Delivery
21%
Curiosity Gap
14%
Novelty Reward
14%
Threat Reduction
14%
OSEA CTAs
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Soft CTA
21%of closings
Soft CTA
21%
Open Loop
7%
Save/Share Prompt
7%
Redirect
7%
Direct CTA
7%
Ad formulas your category is scaling with

20 winning ad formulas
OSEA could be using.

OSEA HOOKS
5New entry points to test

Curiosity Spike runs at 13% across your category. It doesn't appear once in your decoded ads.

Open loop statement hooks dominate at 29% of your sample. Curiosity Spike, a category staple at 13%, doesn't appear in your decoded ads. Contradiction Hook runs at 8% across the category and is also missing. Each missing hook is an audience segment that never sees your ads.

Hook Gaps
Process TeaserUnderused
Cat 16%You 7%
Curiosity SpikeUntapped
Cat 13%You 0%
Contradiction HookUntapped
Cat 8%You 0%
Past-self OpenUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Challenge IntroUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
OSEA FORMATS
5Format expansion opportunities

Talking Head Product is performing at 57%. But the category's top format is Talking Head B-Roll at 16%.

Talking Head Product dominates your formats at 57%. Missing formats like Talking Head B-Roll, which runs at 16% across the category, didn't appear in your decoded sample. Different formats reach different types of buyers. Each missing format is a buyer type that competitors are reaching and you're not.

Format Gaps
Talking Head B-RollUntapped
Cat 16%You 0%
Product HeroUntapped
Cat 7%You 0%
Talking Head SoloUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
Before/AfterUntapped
Cat 3%You 0%
GRWM RoutineUntapped
Cat 3%You 0%
OSEA PSYCHOLOGY
5Untapped buyer triggers

Competence Restoration drives 24% of your category. You're not using it.

Loss Aversion at 21% drives your psychology mix. Competence Restoration, the category leader at 24%, is absent in your sample. Hope Projection runs at 8% in the category but doesn't appear. Each psychological trigger reaches a fundamentally different buyer. Missing triggers mean entire buyer conversations you're not having while competitors are.

Psychology Gaps
Competence RestorationUntapped
Cat 24%You 0%
How To TutorialUntapped
Cat 17%You 0%
Problem SolutionUnderused
Cat 17%You 7%
Social Proof ResultsUnderused
Cat 12%You 7%
Hope ProjectionUntapped
Cat 8%You 0%
OSEA CTAs
5Conversion gaps

Soft CTA closes 43% of your ads. The category's top close is more diverse.

Soft CTA at 43% closes the majority of your ads. Punchline, a category favorite at 9%, doesn't appear in your sample. Lesson and Offer Tease are also missing. The close is the last thing a viewer sees before deciding. Missing CTA styles mean missing the buyers whose decision-making doesn't match your current approach.

CTA Gaps
PunchlineUntapped
Cat 9%You 0%
LessonUntapped
Cat 7%You 0%
Try This TodayUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
Offer TeaseUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
Retention HookUntapped
Cat 3%You 0%
The Hidden Ad Formula

Your ad scaled for 32 days.
Here’s why.

Live interactive formula decode

1 beats. 19 seconds. Open Loop Statement hook. Closure Delivery psychology.

This is what worked. Now scale it.

Generate Winning Variations

Every winning ad
has a formula.

Your ads. Built from what's already winning.

Beauty & Skincare Winning Formula

Decoded from 22 Beauty & Skincare brands · · 6 beats is the winning structure ·  · 2.5 cuts/beat
Based Supplies
Bubs and Boobs Co
Charlotte Tilbury
Coco & Eve
georgiemane
Gleam
Glow Recipe
Hey Bud Skincare
+14
Start of adEnd of ad
Process Teaser
16%
8s
Object Intro
16%
8s
Surface Problem
12%
6s
Feature Breakdown
22%
12s
Safety Assurance
15%
8s
The Easy Way
11%
6s
Soft CTA
10%
5s
Process Teaser16%
Object Intro16%
Surface Problem12%
Feature Breakdown22%
Safety Assurance15%
The Easy Way11%
Soft CTA10%
Ad Structure
54sDuration
6Beats
15Cuts/Ad
Hook Metrics
3.0sDuration
5.5Energy
3.2Shots
The old way

You’re already doing this.

Watched the competitor ad scaling to $50K/day.
Saved the TikTok that sold out the product.
Told your team “make something like this.”
Sent your creator a product and a one-line brief.
Launched 30 videos. 80% died in 48 hours.

But you could never see
why it actually works.

The Heista way

Now there’s
Heista.

Decode any ad. See the formula underneath.
Extract the hook, the psychology, the beat structure.
Generate ads based on winning formulas. For your brand.
Brief creators with the winning formula.
Scale creative volume on what already wins.

Not inspiration. Not guesswork.
The formula, decoded.

What happens next

What you do with this

The intelligence above is just the start.
Here is what happens next.

DECODE01

Turn any winning ad into your next one

Your ads. Their ads. The top ads in your category. Decode any of them. Run them as yours.

CREATE02

Scale creative volume based on proven formulas

Pick an ad. Load your brand. Turn proven formulas into ads ready to ship.

SHIP03

Creator briefs your team can shoot today

One shareable link. Shot-by-shot direction. The formula baked in.

Upgrade your ads

The Cost of Guessing

What is guessing
costing you?

Average monthly ad spend$15,000
Creative failure rate80%
Monthly spend on creative that dies in 48 hours$12,000
Annual waste$144,000
Agency creative retainer (if you have one)$5,000–$20,000/mo
Time per creative batch3 weeks

Creatives built on winning formulas.

Every day you're guessing is a day your competitors are scaling
on formulas you're not running.

The brands scaling in
Beauty & Skincare aren’t making better ads.

They’re decoding what already works, then shipping more winning creative, faster, with the formula already proven.

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Heista Video Ad Library

Visual DNA

Aggregated visual characteristics from 14 ads.

Framing
medium close-up
50
product in hand
13
close-up product
13
product in use
10
unboxing
6
close-up hands
5
product in environment
4
medium shot
3
Camera Movement
static handheld
54
static locked
42
subtle handheld
7
orbit right
3
tracking forward
3
push in
1
float drift
1
Color & Mood
natural green
25
neutral palette
23
bright and saturated
12
pink dominant
11
ocean blue green
11
clean white minimal
10
pastel soft
5
skin tone focus
5
Lighting
soft window light
69
harsh direct sun
14
cool daylight
11
bathroom vanity
8
bright and blown out
7
dappled natural
1
even beauty lighting
1

Every year brands spend billions producing ads. And every year 70–90% of them fail. Not because the brands aren't smart. Not because the budgets aren't big enough. But because the formula behind every winning ad has always been invisible — even to the people who made them.

Heista makes it visible.

Heista is the first platform that makes the formula inside any winning ad completely visible. The hook. The psychology. The beat structure. The exact mechanism that made someone stop scrolling and buy. Visible. In seconds.

And then it rebuilds that formula for your brand. In minutes.

We're not making ads faster.
We're making the invisible visible.
For the first time.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

How were OSEA's ads decoded?

Heista decoded 14 of OSEA's high-performing video ads into their structural formulas. Not summaries. The actual beat-by-beat architecture: hook type, psychological mechanism, visual cuts, and timing. The same intelligence a $120K/year creative strategist would extract, done in 30 seconds per ad.

2

What hook types does OSEA use in these ads?

Their most-used hooks are Open Loop Statement, Contrast Setup, Identity Hook. But the real insight is which hooks are scaling. This report shows hook performance by ad lifespan across the decoded sample, so you can see which openers run for weeks vs. which burn out in days.

3

How does OSEA compare to other Beauty & Skincare advertisers?

Based on the ads decoded in this report, you can see where OSEA over- or under-indexes on hook types, psychology usage, format mix, and beat count relative to other Beauty & Skincare brands Heista has analyzed. These structural patterns reveal what OSEA is doing differently.

4

Can I use OSEA's ad formulas for my own brand?

That's the point. Every decoded ad produces a reusable formula: the beat structure, the psychology, the hook pattern. Sign up for Heista to load your brand, generate ready-to-shoot scripts built on OSEA's proven formulas, and brief creators with shot-by-shot specs and visual direction. Same winning architecture. Your brand's voice, product, and messaging.

5

How often is OSEA's creative intelligence updated?

This report snapshots OSEA's currently live Meta and TikTok ads. Heista re-decodes the brand whenever new ads are detected in the public ad libraries. The "Last updated" date on this page reflects the most recent refresh of the structural intelligence from newly-decoded creatives.

6

What's the difference between this and Foreplay or MagicBrief?

Foreplay and MagicBrief show you the ad. Heista shows you the formula — the beat-by-beat psychological architecture that made it work. Hook type, psychology mechanism, scaling curve, visual DNA. Then it rebuilds that exact structure for your brand in minutes. Swipe files don't do that. You can't paste a swipe into your brief.

7

Can I decode my own brand's ads the same way OSEA's are decoded here?

Yes. Sign up for Heista, paste any ad URL or brand handle, and get the same structural decode: hook type, psychology, beat architecture, visual DNA, and ready-to-run scripts built on your own winning formulas. The same intelligence that produced this OSEA report is available for any brand.

8

Where does Heista source OSEA's ads from?

Heista sources live-running video ads from Meta Ad Library and TikTok Creative Center — the same public ad libraries competitive teams monitor. Each ad is then reverse-engineered into its structural formula by Heista's multi-agent decode pipeline. No scraping, no private data.

Last updated Jul 24, 2026

OSEA runs 14 video ads decoded by Heista into their structural formulas — hook type, psychological mechanism, beat architecture, and visual DNA. Category: Beauty & Skincare.

  • —Ads analyzed: 14 live-running creatives reverse-engineered into repeatable formulas
  • —Top hooks: Open Loop Statement, Contrast Setup, Identity Hook
  • —Vertical: Beauty & Skincare
  • —Avg beat count: 3.9 beats per ad over 27s

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