← Index
HAIR REHAB LONDON
Selected Works · Case Study · Vol. I
From celebrity collab to category leader
Hair Rehab London — billboard campaign
Volume I — Brand Refresh, Campaign & Digital

Quieter,
more confident.

Brand Refresh · Campaign · OOH · Web/Beauty · Haircare · Extensions/London
The Brief

Hair Rehab London started as a celebrity-led extensions brand. The repositioning work evolved the visual identity past 'celebrity collab' into a properly-built haircare category brand — without alienating the original audience. The system carries from product mockups and magazine spreads to in-feed social and city-scale billboards.

The Index
  1. I.Foundations & Visual SystemPHASE 1
  2. II.The Story — Context, Challenge, OpportunityPHASE 2
  3. III.The Big IdeaPHASE 2
  4. IV.Applications & OutputPHASE 3
  5. V.The OutcomePHASE 4
I
Phase One · The Audit

Brand Foundations

ClientHair Rehab London
CategoryBeauty · Haircare · Extensions
BriefRefresh identity past celebrity-collab origin
ApproachLess branding, more product
HeroHair — colour, texture, finish
SurfacesOOH · Magazine · Web · Product · Social · iPad
II
Phase Two · The Story

The Narrative

Background

The brand was built fast on the energy of a celebrity collab — strong launch, but the identity hadn't matured into the category position the business now wanted.

Challenge

Evolve the look into a category-leader visual language without losing the original audience that built the brand.

Opportunity

Step back. Pull the identity quietly out of the foreground and let the product — and the campaign photography — carry the brand.

Approach

Less branding, more product. The hero on every surface — billboard, magazine spread, in-feed post, ecommerce hero — becomes the hair: colour, texture, finish. The brand sits behind it as a quiet authority instead of shouting in front.

The Big Idea

Product as
protagonist.

Editorial close-ups. Beauty-counter framing. The brand mark earns its weight by stepping back.

Campaign — Billboard, Print, Digital
Hair Rehab — roadside billboard
Outdoor — campaign as billboard.
Hair Rehab — magazine spread
Magazine — full-bleed editorial.
Hair Rehab — web mockup
Ecommerce — product-led web.
Hair Rehab — Instagram on iPad
Social — feed in context.
Hair Rehab — product mockup
Product — beauty-counter close-up.
Brand

Identity pulled back to let the product lead. Wordmark restrained. Palette quieted. Layouts redesigned around the hero.

Campaign

Built around hair texture and finish — close, editorial, almost beauty-counter — producing a category-leader visual language instead of a celebrity-fronted promo.

IV
Applications

Identity, Print & Digital

Brand Refresh
  • Identity quieting
  • Layout & grid
  • Type & palette refresh
  • Asset templates
Campaign & OOH
  • Billboard creative
  • Magazine spreads
  • Editorial product photography
  • Press image pack
Digital
  • Ecommerce hero set
  • Instagram & social library
  • Digital device mockups
  • Channel-ready cutdowns
VI
The Outcome

What Shipped

A · Delivered
  • Refreshed identity
  • Campaign photography library
  • Billboard & magazine creative
  • Ecommerce hero set
  • Social asset library
B · Result
  • A haircare brand that reads as a category leader
  • A campaign engine the team can run without us

A haircare brand that finally looks like a category leader — and a campaign engine that keeps producing on the same visual logic without us in the room.

Project Archive

Supporting imagery

Hair Rehab — billboard alt
Hair Rehab — campaign frame
Hair Rehab — campaign frame
Hair Rehab — Instagram grid
Hair Rehab — digital device
Hair Rehab — logo & imagery system
End of Volume I.
Return to selected works →