How SEEN Turned Sensitive-Skin Shoppers Into First-Time Customers

A dermatologist-founded haircare brand used Tangent's AI-powered hair quiz to match shoppers with sensitivity-aware routines, achieving a 56.7% AOV uplift on recommended orders and a 65% quiz completion rate.

+56.7%
AOV Uplift With Recommendations
91%
Of Quiz Revenue From Recommendations
65%
Quiz Completion Rate
81%
First-Time Customer Orders

About SEEN

SEEN is a dermatologist-founded haircare brand created by Dr. Iris Rubin, a Harvard-trained dermatologist, and co-founder Gregory Maged. Every product is formulated without parabens, phthalates, sulfates, silicones, dyes, mineral oils or fragrance, earning recognition from the National Eczema Association and SkinSAFE.

With a range built around sensitive scalps, SEEN needed a fast way to match shoppers to the right routine without a dermatologist in the room.

IndustrySensitive-Skin Haircare
HeritageDermatologist-founded in 2019
ValuesFragrance-free, designed with sensitive skin in mind, non-comedogenic
MarketUnited States

Guiding Sensitive-Skin Shoppers to the Right Routine

Translating SEEN's dermatologist-led product expertise into a self-serve shopping experience surfaced several challenges at once.

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A Formula-First Range, No Guided Path

Shoppers arriving at the storefront had no guided way to translate ingredient lists and formulations into the right routine for their scalp.

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Sensitivity Is Personal

Scalp sensitivity and skin reactivity vary widely from person to person, making a one-size-fits-all product page a poor fit.

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New Shoppers Need Fast Confidence

First-time visitors needed a quick, trustworthy way into the range without reading through every ingredient label themselves.

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Consultation That Could Not Scale

The brand needed to bring more of its dermatologist-led product expertise into the online shopping experience, at scale.

SEEN AI-powered hair quiz welcome screen

The SEEN hair quiz experience, powered by Tangent AI

An AI-Powered Quiz Built Around Skin Safety

Tangent deployed an AI-powered hair quiz on SEEN's storefront, translating each shopper's hair type and sensitivity into a matched, sensitivity-aware routine.

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Sensitivity-Aware Profiling

Guided questions capture scalp sensitivity and hair type, then match shoppers to formulations aligned with their stated sensitivity needs.

AI-Powered Recommendations

Results turn quiz answers into a tailored product set, bringing SEEN's product expertise into a guided shopping experience.

Confidence for First-Time Shoppers

New visitors get a fast, guided path into the range, building trust before their first purchase.

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Data That Powers Lifecycle Email

Quiz responses feed a personalized post-quiz email flow, so follow-up messaging speaks to each shopper's specific routine.

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Clear Performance Visibility

Completion, recommendation adoption and order value tracked in one view, so the team can see exactly what the quiz contributes.

SEEN personalized sensitivity-aware hair care recommendations powered by Tangent AI

Personalized sensitivity-aware recommendations on SEEN, powered by Tangent AI

Numbers That Tell the Story

Strong Quiz Engagement

Shoppers stuck with the quiz through to the end, most were new to the brand, and following their match paid off.

65%
Quiz Completion Rate
High engagement from quiz start to submission.
81%
First-Time Customers
Strong new customer acquisition from the quiz flow.
+56.7%
AOV Uplift
On orders that followed recommendations vs without.

Personalization That Keeps Working

Quiz results power a personalized email flow that keeps shoppers engaged well after checkout, with revenue per recipient that outperforms SEEN's abandoned cart flow.

91%
Of Quiz Revenue
Came from orders with recommendations followed.
47%
Open Rate
On the personalized post-quiz email flow.
6%
Click Rate
On the personalized post-quiz email flow.

From Product Expertise to Purchase Confidence

The quiz brings SEEN's dermatologist-led product philosophy into a guided digital experience, matching hair type and sensitivity needs to a personalized routine in a few questions. The result is overwhelmingly first-time customers, higher order value when shoppers follow their match, and a personalized email flow that keeps the relationship going after the quiz ends.

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