823K+
impressions
73K+
reach
9.78%
engagement
$132K+
EMV
About
Alpyn Beauty is a clean, clinically backed skincare brand that pioneered the use of sustainably hand-harvested wild mountain botanicals from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. By combining the power of these resilient, antioxidant-rich alpine plants with proven active ingredients, Alpyn Beauty creates high-performance formulas that deliver visible results while remaining gentle on the skin. Rooted in sustainability and inspired by the unique ecosystem of the Tetons, the brand bridges the best of nature and science to address concerns such as hydration, dullness, uneven texture, and signs of aging.
Challenges
- Many product pages lacked recent UGC. The content gap couldn’t be solved with one-time campaigns and required always-on gifting campaigns.
- Because gifted creators aren’t obligated to post, Alpyn Beauty needed a more reliable way to consistently generate authentic UGC.
Being a small brand, paid partnerships carried real financial risk for Alpyn Beauty. Committing budget to a placement offered no guarantee of quality in return. Their concern was that the content would not match the quality they need and would in turn leave the budget without many usable assets to show for it.
That risk was compounded by consistent gaps in content coverage. Several product pages on Alpyn Beauty’s site had little to no supporting video UGC, with some carrying just a single piece of content. Filling these gaps with the most recent UGC required an ongoing campaign for various products rather than a one-time fix.
Manually sourcing creators for gifting alone couldn’t close that gap reliably, either. Traditional product seeding is designed as a no-obligation tactic where creators receive products with no contractual requirement to publish content. Even when they genuinely enjoy a product, there’s no guarantee they’ll post about it. This makes content production difficult to forecast or scale.
As a small brand, building awareness is an important part of Alpyn’s growth strategy. To keep doing so, it needs a steady stream of authentic content that introduces new people to the brand. That’s why UGC and creators play such an important role. By running always-on creator campaigns, Alpyn Beauty consistently generated fresh content, reached new audiences, and drove traffic to its website to stay visible instead of relying on occasional campaign bursts.
Solution
Key takeaways
- Skeepers gave Alpyn Beauty a reliable, always-on source of creator content. The brand could continuously generate fresh UGC for product launches, evergreen campaigns, hero products, and seasonal promotions instead of relying on one-off campaigns.
- With built-in usage rights, Alpyn Beauty reused creator content across product pages, paid ads, and social media, maximizing the return on every campaign.
- Skeepers made creator marketing more predictable and scalable. Guaranteed content delivery, the ability to work with trusted creators, and the flexibility to launch multiple campaigns at once allowed Alpyn Beauty to grow awareness without increasing the team’s workload.
Skeepers removes one of the biggest cost and risk factors in influencer content and that is usage rights. Every piece of content created through the platform comes with usage built in so Alpyn Beauty never runs into the usage-fee negotiations that typically drive up the cost of paid partnerships.
That structure also makes it easy for Alpyn Beauty to experiment without a large financial commitment riding on any single piece of content. The brand is free to test new creators, formats, and messaging on an ongoing basis.
Skeepers seamlessly supported Alpyn Beauty’s always-on approach to content. Rather than launching occasional campaigns, the brand keeps running ongoing campaigns for launches, evergreen content, product bundles, and continuous support for its hero SKU.
Danni Ponce
Influencer Marketing Manager at Alpyn
We use Skeepers for everything… it’s always on for us. We always have a campaign running, for launches, for evergreen content.
That constant stream of content is strategically distributed across Alpyn Beauty’s marketing channels. The brand systematically reuses what it collects through Skeepers on its DTC product pages, in paid media, and across its own social channels, turning a single round of creator content into value across multiple touchpoints. Product pages that previously had little to no supporting video reviews now feature UGC generated by Skeepers’ creators. This helps shoppers picture the product in real use.
The same assets then get pulled into paid campaigns to drive traffic back to the site. This multiplier effect means every Skeepers campaign contributes well beyond its original placement, strengthening the brand’s presence everywhere its customers are already looking.
Because creators on Skeepers join campaigns through the platform, Alpyn Beauty knows they’ll create the agreed content instead of simply hoping a gifted product leads to a post. This gives the brand confidence to rely on creators for important campaigns. For example, during a recent Sephora sale, Alpyn Beauty asked creators to promote a specific moisturizer within a set time frame, and they delivered the content exactly as requested.
Danni Ponce
Influencer Marketing Manager at Alpyn
“We see some recurring creators on the app. There’s one who loves the brand so much that anytime she applies to a campaign, we always accept her. Aside from the deliverables, she’s continued to talk about the brand organically.”
With Skeepers Alpyn Beauty has flexibility in how it builds each campaign’s creator roster. For larger campaigns, the brand can quickly bring back proven, high-performing creators it already trusts, while smaller or more targeted campaigns allow for a more selective, hand-picked approach.
That same flexibility extends to volume. Ahead of a recent renewal, Alpyn Beauty was able to launch roughly fifteen campaigns at once, using the platform to fully activate across bundles, hero-SKU content, and launch-specific needs, without straining the team’s bandwidth.
Danni Ponce
Influencer Marketing Manager at Alpyn
“With Skeepers, there’s no risk because we automatically have content usage right and we’re not necessarily investing extra budget on usage rights.”
Results
- 894 creator posts generated since August 2025, giving Alpyn Beauty a consistent pipeline of authentic UGC for social media, product pages, and paid campaigns.
- 823K+ impressions and 73K+ reach, helping the growing skincare brand expand its visibility and connect with new audiences through creator content.
- 9.78% engagement rate and $132K+ in EMV, demonstrating strong audience interaction and the value generated by Alpyn Beauty’s creator campaigns.
Since August 2025, Alpyn Beauty’s creator campaigns with Skeepers have generated 894 social posts, building the steady stream of UGC the brand needed to support its always-on approach. Together, this content has delivered 823,809 impressions and reached 73,431 people, helping Alpyn Beauty consistently put its products in front of new audiences.
The content is generating strong audience response, with 46,455 interactions and a 9.78% engagement rate. Average engagement rate in the beauty industry is 2.8%. The campaigns have also generated an estimated $132,913 in Earned Media Value (EMV), showing the wider value of the visibility and engagement created through Skeepers UGC.
For Alpyn Beauty, that impact extends beyond social media. The brand uses creator content across its DTC site, product pages, organic social channels, and paid media. UGC featuring real people using and reacting to the products adds valuable social proof to product pages, while the same assets can be amplified through paid campaigns to drive additional traffic and awareness.
Creator interest has also remained consistently strong. Alpyn Beauty receives a high volume of applications when gifting campaigns go live, giving the team a reliable pool of creators to choose from.
Danni Ponce
Influencer Marketing Manager at Alpyn
“They get so excited… we get so many applicants every time we run a gifting campaign.”
The partnership has therefore given Alpyn Beauty more than individual social posts. It has created a continuous pipeline of usable content that can support multiple marketing channels and campaigns, helping the team get more value from every piece of UGC generated.
Perhaps most importantly, some collaborations have developed into genuine brand advocacy. Repeat creators who have built an affinity for Alpyn Beauty continue to talk about the products organically even after their campaign deliverables are complete. For a growing brand focused on building awareness, that combination of scale, engagement, reusable content, and authentic advocacy helps turn creator marketing into an always-on growth engine.