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Foinika Kay with full Big Hair Energy volume, Bb Thickening Dryspun Texture Spray applied on set
Foinika Kay · Bb Thickening Dryspun Texture Spray, on set
Case · Bumble and bumble × Whalar · Big Hair Energy

Big Hair Energy.

The launch of Bumble and bumble's expanded Thickening Collection. Produced end to end for Estée Lauder: a marquee creator cast, the brand's own artistic team, shot on the roof of the Bb flagship in the Meatpacking District.

RoleChief Creator Officer, Whalar
ScopeProduced end to end
BrandBumble and bumble · Estée Lauder
On locationBb flagship · Meatpacking, NYC
a lab claim a transformation Bb Thickening promises +40% more volume instantly. We turned the stat into a before-and-after you could watch.
01 · The Challenge

A volume claim, made believable.

Bumble and bumble expanded its Thickening Collection: Dryspun Texture Spray and Dryspun Light, engineered for +40% more volume instantly.

A number on a can doesn't move anyone. The claim had to feel like culture, not a lab result. Big hair is having its moment again, and the product had to earn the trend.

The brief Launch Bb Thickening
+40% volume, proven
90s-inspired volume
Creator-led, before & after
02 · The Production

Shot where the brand was born.

We didn't build a set. We produced the shoot on the roof of Bumble and bumble's flagship in the Meatpacking District, the house where the brand's whole language of undone, lived-in hair was written.

Five creators across hair types (Serena Kerrigan, Foinika Kay, Amrit Tietz, David Lopez, Renata Cerda), each given a distinct 90s direction. Styled by Bumble's own artistic team, Evanie Frausto and Erickson Arrunategui, with makeup by Bobbi Brown. Cut into paid media by Estée Lauder.

The production Bb flagship · Meatpacking, NYC
5 marquee creators
Evanie Frausto & Erickson, styling
Bobbi Brown, makeup
Whalar × Estée Lauder
Serena Kerrigan on the rooftop of the Bumble and bumble flagship, Meatpacking District, golden hour
Big Hair Energy shoot on the rooftop of the Bumble and bumble flagship, downtown Manhattan skyline behind at golden hour
On the roof of the Bb flagship · Meatpacking District, NYCGolden hour · downtown Manhattan behind
The proof · Renata Cerda

Watch the volume happen.

One creator, one session. Flat and natural, then Bb Thickening worked in by the team, then the payoff. The +40% claim, documented step by step.

BeforeRenata Cerda before, natural straight texture
BeforeNatural texture
In the chairRenata Cerda in the chair, Bb Thickening worked in by the styling team
In the chairBb Thickening, worked in
The reveal
The reveal+40% volume, on a loop
AfterRenata Cerda after, full Big Hair Energy volume
AfterBig Hair Energy
The Transformations
The published campaign

It ran as Big Hair Energy.

Cut into Bumble and bumble's own channels as a ransom-note campaign system: Big Texture, Big Volume, Big Style. The rooftop shots became the brand's paid creative.

Bumble and bumble Big Texture campaign graphic featuring Serena Kerrigan on the rooftop
Bumble and bumble Big Volume campaign graphic
Bumble and bumble Big Style Thickening campaign graphic
Bumble and bumble · Big Hair Energy · published brand campaign
Live on their channels

Published to five creators' own audiences, then cut into Estée Lauder paid media. See the work where it actually ran.

"A decade later, Bumble asked me to be part of their campaign, and I said yes so fast. Life is too short to have boring hair." Serena Kerrigan · @serenakerrigan · 599K TikTok
03 · The Results

You can't argue with the before and after.

+40%More volume instantly, the claim proven on camera
5Marquee creators, cast and directed on site
ELCCut into Estée Lauder paid media
12Branded assets produced: carousels, TikTok, Reels
The best proof of a volume claim is watching the volume happen.
The takeaway

Make the claim impossible to doubt.

Bb Thickening launch Marquee creator cast Estée Lauder paid media
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