Big Mood, Big e.l.f.ing City is a TikTok native film that recently premiered on the platform and it marks the first time e.l.f. Cosmetics has made a TikTok native film crowdsourced from the video creation platform’s own community. This TikTok-exclusive holiday film was shared to the beauty brand's TikTok channel in three segments, each three minutes in length.
The holiday film tells the story of Ash (Fia James) on a trip to surprise a best friend, only to discover that the friend is not in the Big City for the night. Four "holiday e.l.f.z" step in to take Ash on a holiday adventure and each one of the e.l.f.z represents one of the brand's best-selling products, Big Mood, Petty Primer, Camo Cutie and Power Grip Primer.
On TikTok, the whole community was invited to submit their audition in the form of duets with influencers.
Crowdsourced Beauty Films
e.l.f. Cosmetics' 'Big Mood, Big e.l.f.ing City' is a TikTok Exclusive
Trend Themes
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Industry Implications
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