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  "slug": "elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7",
  "company": "E.l.f. Cosmetics",
  "headline": "E.l.f. Cosmetics returns to metaverse on avatar-based gaming platform to reach gamers and digital-native beauty buyers.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}",
  "source_name": "Marketing Dive",
  "source_url": "https://www.marketingdive.com/news/elf-cosmetics-returns-to-metaverse-on-avatar-based-gaming-platform/833027/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Metaverse experiential play · E.l.f. Cosmetics\n\nE.l.f. Cosmetics returns to metaverse on avatar-based gaming platform to reach gamers and digital-native beauty buyers.\n\nmetaverse activations for beauty are still in the watch phase, not the scale phase. But the lever is real — tie the virtual cosmetic (an avatar skin or palette appearance) to a redeemable code that works in your e-commerce store. The play: if your brand skews under 25, run a small test with one gaming platform or avatar app. Create one limited virtual cosmetic or accessory, seed it to 3–5 gaming streamers or avatar creators, and measure: (1) how many codes are redeemed, (2) the AOV of the redeemed purchase, (3) repeat rate of that cohort vs. non-metaverse buyers. If AOV is 10%+ higher and repeat is within 5 points of your DTC average, you have a lens for next quarter.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Metaverse experiential play · E.l.f. Cosmetics\n\nE.l.f. Cosmetics returns to metaverse on avatar-based gaming platform to reach gamers and digital-native beauty buyers.\n\nmetaverse activations for beauty are still in the watch phase, not the scale phase. But the lever is real — tie the virtual cosmetic (an avatar skin or palette appearance) to a redeemable code that works in your e-commerce store. The play: if your brand skews under 25, run a small test with one gaming platform or avatar app. Create one limited virtual cosmetic or accessory, seed it to 3–5 gaming streamers or avatar creators, and measure: (1) how many codes are redeemed, (2) the AOV of the redeemed purchase, (3) repeat rate of that cohort vs. non-metaverse buyers. If AOV is 10%+ higher and repeat is within 5 points of your DTC average, you have a lens for next quarter.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Metaverse experiential play · E.l.f. Cosmetics\n\nE.l.f. Cosmetics returns to metaverse on avatar-based gaming platform to reach gamers and…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/elf-cosmetics-2026-10-16t06-7",
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      "title": "E.l.f. Cosmetics returns to metaverse on avatar-based gaming platform to reach gamers and digital-native beauty buyers.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nE.l.f. Cosmetics reentered the metaverse via an avatar-based gaming platform, per Marketing Dive, to engage beauty buyers who spend time in gaming and virtual spaces.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): metaverse activations for beauty are still in the watch phase, not the scale phase. But the lever is real — tie the virtual cosmetic (an avatar skin or palette appearance) to a redeemable code that works in your e-commerce store. The play: if your brand skews under 25, run a small test with one gaming platform or avatar app. Create one limited virtual cosmetic or accessory, seed it to 3–5 gaming streamers or avatar creators, and measure: (1) how many codes are redeemed, (2) the AOV of the redeemed purchase, (3) repeat rate of that cohort vs. non-metaverse buyers. If AOV is 10%+ higher and repeat is within 5 points of your DTC average, you have a lens for next quarter.\nWhat that means for you: metaverse activations for beauty are still in the watch phase, not the scale phase. But the lever is real — tie the virtual cosmetic (an avatar skin or palette appearance) to a redeemable code that works in your e-commerce store. The play: if your brand skews under 25, run a small test with one gaming platform or avatar app. Create one limited virtual cosmetic or accessory, seed it to 3–5 gaming streamers or avatar creators, and measure: (1) how many codes are redeemed, (2) the AOV of the redeemed purchase, (3) repeat rate of that cohort vs. non-metaverse buyers. If AOV is 10%+ higher and repeat is within 5 points of your DTC average, you have a lens for next quarter.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Marketing Dive: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/elf-cosmetics-returns-to-metaverse-on-avatar-based-gaming-platform/833027/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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