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Product Innovation · Consumer Strategy · Market Research

Biotherm

Finding a growth opportunity in a consumer group often overlooked by skincare innovation.

The Opportunity

What if the opportunity wasn't another skincare expert, but someone who didn't know where to start?

The project investigated how Biotherm could grow within Australia's Gen X market while remaining aligned with its premium, science-led and sustainability positioning.

Biotherm product range with water splash
Finding The Right Consumer
01
Environmentally
Conscious
02
Seeking Education
+ Support
03
Advanced Skincare
Routine

The Strongest Opportunity

Seeking Education + Support

Gen X consumers who hadn't heavily invested in skincare before, but were interested in beginning a more considered routine.

The Consumer Insight
Guidance

They are entering skincare rather than mastering it.

Trust

They are cautious purchasers who value product quality and reassurance before committing.

Convenience

They want skincare that is easy to understand, research and integrate into their routine.

The opportunity wasn't simply anti-ageing skincare.

It was making premium skincare easier to enter.

Consumer Need × Biotherm Advantage

Consumer Need

Guidance

Trust

Quality

Convenience

Biotherm Advantage

Premium positioning

Scientific + biotechnology capability

Established skincare ecosystem

Sustainability positioning

Biotherm already possessed many of the capabilities required to serve this audience. The opportunity was to translate those capabilities into a less intimidating entry into premium skincare.

Strategic Direction
Acquire ↓ Educate ↓ Build the routine

The innovation should not operate as an isolated product. It should provide an accessible entry into Biotherm and create a pathway toward discovering the wider product ecosystem.

Final Concept

Microbiome Harmonising
Cleanser Tablets

A refillable tablet cleanser that dispenses one dose at a time and foams on contact with water, replacing the guesswork of a liquid cleanser with a single, pre-measured step.

Concept diagram of the refillable tablet dispenser, 15cm by 10cm by 7cm container with a twist-refill mechanism and single-tablet dispense button

Concept dispenser mechanism, early sketch: refillable container, 50 tablets, single-tablet dispense button.

01

Single pre-measured dose, no guesswork

02

Foams on contact with water

03

Formulated to support the skin's microbiome

04

Refillable container, aligned with Biotherm's sustainability positioning

University coursework concept, not a Biotherm-produced or approved product.

One insight.
A clearer way in.

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