The Hummingbirds guide

for beauty brands
Everyday creator Lauren in Des MoinesEveryday creator Graysen in HoustonEveryday creator Emily in CincinnatiEveryday creator Warda in Chicago

From first swatches to trusted recommendations, show up where shoppers decide what makes it into their routine.

WHAT WE DO + WHY IT MATTERS

We help beauty brands activate everyday creators (AKA hummingbirds) to build awareness and velocity in the exact retailers your customers shop.

Millennials = highest buying power
Business Insider
84% of Millennials don’t trust traditional ads
Impact.com
92% trust recs from people they know
Nielsen
85% of women drive household purchase decisions
Forbes
84–85% of U.S. retail sales still happen in physical stores
Statista

Real people. Real recommendations.

Real impact where it matters.

With 65K+ creators across 70+ cities and counting, your beauty brand becomes part of real conversations in the exact places your products live.

Hummingbirds are everyday creators—students, parents, professionals, and social singles—unified by their love of discovering new brands at places like Sprouts, Target, Costco and more!

  • Authentic voices
  • Hyperlocal influence
  • Retail discovery magic
  • City-specific reach

Hummingbirds aren't influencers. They're everyday creators sharing authentic experiences.

Influencers
  • Polished broadcast reach
  • Global/niche audience
  • Feels like ads
  • Stops at the post
  • Guestimated retail activity
Hummingbirds
  • Real-life recommendations
  • Hyperlocal influence
  • Feels like word-of-mouth
  • Continues through verified purchase
  • Attributable retail velocity

Explore real campaigns

March 2026
100
60 Cities
potential reach
108,000
reel views
5,887
engagements
Campaign name:

🌟🌀 Defined, Bouncy, Happy Curls – Powered By Function of Beauty

Brand Goal:

Function of Beauty partnered with Hummingbirds to celebrate its Curly Hair Regimen. Creators showcased how the personalized formulas fit naturally into their routines, from full wash day rituals to styling sessions, spotlighting healthy-looking curls, enhanced definition, and that good hair day glow.

April 2026
25
67 Cities
potential reach
32,386
reel views
1,170
engagements
Campaign name:

🧼 Calling All Skeptics: Ethique Beauty Solid Shampoos + Conditioners, Now in Target 🛒✨

Brand Goal:

Ethique partnered with Hummingbirds to celebrate the launch of its solid shampoo and conditioner bars at Target. The campaign captured the skepticism-to-belief journey, from spotting Ethique on the shelf to lathering up at home, showcasing how these concentrated, salon-quality bars deliver up to 30x more active ingredients than liquid formulas, replacing three bottles with one for a smarter routine for hair, wallet, and planet.

May 2026
10
77 Cities
potential reach
5,036
reel views
299
engagements
Campaign name:

🛁💅 Walmart Run Turned Spa Day – Spongellé Mani-Pedi Magic ✨

Brand Goal:

Spongellé partnered with Hummingbirds to celebrate the launch of its Essentials Mani-Pedi Sets at Walmart. The campaign captured the "I found it!" aisle discovery moment through to a sudsy at-home reset, showcasing the rich lather and satisfying exfoliation that soften and nourish cuticles for a no-appointment-needed glow-up.

May 2026
11
24 Cities
potential reach
4,935
reel views
2,225
engagements
Campaign name:

🧴🌿 Clean Girl SPF Era = Activated – Solara Suncare At Whole Foods ✨

Brand Goal:

Solara Suncare partnered with Hummingbirds to highlight its skincare-first, feel-good SPF made for sensitive skin. Creators shared how effortlessly it fits into everyday summer moments, from quick walks to full weekend plans, showcasing grab-and-go application, easy reapplication, and that confident, glowing feeling of clean, calming sun care that works with skin, not against it.

May 2026
10
78 Cities
potential reach
21,769
reel views
478
engagements
Campaign name:

✨🎯From Target Shelf To Signature Look With Eco Style💚

Brand Goal:

Eco Style partnered with Hummingbirds to highlight its iconic styling gels, available at Target. Creators captured the full journey, from the in-store discovery moment to GRWM transformations and final looks, showcasing how the #1 styling gel brand in the U.S. strengthens, hydrates, and defines hair with reliable, long-lasting hold for every style and texture.

Take it further.

Hummingbirds Offers product discovery and verified purchase experience

Creators get you noticed. Offers prove it moved.

Once your creator campaign is live, Offers adds the next layer. Create Offers tied to your SKUs at Costco, Target, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, and Sprouts. Our community discovers those Offers, tries your product, and uploads their receipt to verify the purchase. Every redemption shows up in the same dashboard as your creator campaign — content and velocity data, always in one place.

how hummingbirds works

Retail buzz—built from the ground up

The Hummingbirds dashboard with a campaign kick-off badge
01
Build your retailer campaign

Launch a targeted activation for hummingbirds to discover, review, and opt into.

Creator avatars around a campaign invite card
02
Choose your creators

Handpick hyperlocal creators in your key markets, or let our team match you.

A cash back offer card beside an offer redemptions tile
03
Add Offers to close the loop

Layer Offers onto your campaign to connect creator content to verified in-store purchases.

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04
Track results & reuse content

Review performance, then repurpose high-quality UGC across your digital channels.

Why it works for beauty brands

Retail visibility
Activate creators (aka hummingbirds) in the retailers and cities you care about—building real momentum right at the shelf.

Real content, ready to use
Skip the overproduced shoots. Get authentic, brand-right content that’s made to reuse across your channels.

Low lift, high impact
Your lean team deserves a break. We make it easy to scale content without stealing time or resources.

Prove it moved
Layer Offers onto your campaign to see verified in-store purchases alongside your content, so your team has the velocity data it needs to keep investing confidently in word-of-mouth.

Trial > impressions—we drive in-store movement
Retailer support is key—we show up where you sell
Our creators are your consumers
We make your products part of the everyday scroll
Beauty brands we work with

Join a growing list of brands tapping into everyday voices.

If you’re ready to amplify your retail launch, get authentic content and velocity, and actually reach your target customer in the cities that matter—let’s talk.

We’ll build a campaign that’s fully managed, fully scalable, and fully hummingbird-powered.

Tell us about your brand and retail goals.