Case study · Aesthetics / MedSpa

Creative that earns attention. Structure that scales it.

Essence Wellness was launching iCooone in Aventura and needed to know which message would actually move the needle. I built a 7-day Meta lead-gen test around creative: clean ads testing skin tightening, cellulite reduction and contouring, paired with a Meta instant form. The winning angle was image Stories and Reels. At a $15 CPL against a $180 treatment and a strong patient lifetime value, the unit economics gave the clinic real room to convert qualified enquiries into appointments.

Client
Essence Wellness · med spa
Objective
Leads · brand-new launch creative test
Test window
7 days · July 2026
Offer
iCooone treatment · $180
Geo / locations
Aventura, Florida + surrounding cities
Landing experience
Meta instant form · qualified lead capture flow
Engagement overview

What the account needed

Client
Essence Wellness (med spa)
Objective
Lead generation · new-launch creative test
Dates
July 2026 · 7-day creative test
Market
Aventura, Florida + surrounding cities
Budget
$75/day launch budget
Channels
Meta (Facebook + Instagram)
00 · The brief

A local launch built around one treatment

The campaign launches the iCooone treatment for Essence Wellness in Aventura, Florida, targeting Aventura alongside nearby South Florida cities and areas · Hallandale Beach, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and Dania Beach among them · chosen as places prospective patients could reasonably travel from. Locations are selected deliberately rather than dropped as a single radius pin. Targeting stays broad with a women focus, allowing the creative to find the relevant prospect inside the local pool rather than narrowing it up front. The objective is qualified leads the clinic can follow up and convert · not reach or engagement.

Geography

Aventura plus selected nearby South Florida cities/areas · Hallandale Beach, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Dania Beach

Audience

Broad, women-focused · no interest stacking

Treatment

iCooone · skin tightening, cellulite, contouring

Goal

Qualified leads for the clinic to follow up and convert

01 · Campaign foundation

A single lead-generation campaign with centralized budget

The account runs on one campaign-budget structure. The screenshot below shows the campaign-level configuration as reported in Ads Manager.

Campaign view: Leads objective, Auction buying type, campaign budget with Advantage+ campaign budget, $75.00 daily budget, 5 ad sets and 5 ads. One campaign holds the budget so delivery is allocated across ad sets rather than fixed per ad set.
Objective
Leads
Buying type
Auction
Budget
Campaign budget · Advantage+ campaign budget
Daily budget
$75.00
Ad sets
5
Ads
5
02 · Ad set architecture

Five ad sets, split by creative format

The ad sets separate image, video and Stories/Reels formats so each format is delivered and read on its own, while the campaign budget and lead optimization route delivery. Figures below are read directly from the screenshots · no results beyond what the platform shows here.

01 · Ad set list with results

Five ad sets: R1.V4 Images Stories/Reels, R1.V2 Videos, R1.V1 Images 1, R1.V3 Images, R1.V1 Images 2 · the first three active. Platform-reported results in this screenshot: R1.V4 Images Stories/Reels · 12 leads, $22.90 cost per lead, $274.83 spent, 60 link clicks, 2.04% CTR. R1.V2 Videos · 4 leads, $26.64 cost per lead, $106.55 spent, 23 link clicks, 2.58% CTR. R1.V1 Images 1 · 2 leads, $54.75 cost per lead, $109.50 spent, 20 link clicks, 1.96% CTR. The remaining two ad sets show spend and click data with no leads visible in this view.

02 · Conversion location & performance goal

Conversion location set to Instant Forms, tied to the Essence Med Spa & Wellness Center Facebook Page, with a performance goal of maximizing the number of leads.

03 · Budget, schedule & dynamic creative

Dynamic creative is on. The campaign budget distributes $75.00 per day across ad sets, with an ad-set minimum spend of $45.00 per day. Schedule starts Jul 28, 2026; no end date shown.

04 · Audience & locations

Geographic inclusions visible: Aventura, Hallandale Beach, North Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and Dania Beach, Florida · named cities/areas rather than a single radius. Advantage+ audience is on, with an estimated audience size of 153,500-180,600.

05 · Placements

Facebook and Instagram selected, with the remaining placement controls visible; 6 placements included.

Format separation is a testing choice, not a performance claim. Any numbers shown are platform-reported for the date range visible in that screenshot.

03 · Lead capture journey

The instant form, step by step

Leads are captured in a Meta instant form. The sequence below qualifies and segments the enquiry before contact details are requested, then hands off to the website.

Step 01

Opening screen: the offer and context the lead sees first.

Step 02

Qualifying question: which area the lead wants to improve · used for segmentation.

Step 03

Intent question: how soon the lead is looking to book.

Step 04

Contact details are requested only after the qualifying questions.

Step 05

Confirmation screen with a follow-up action through to the website.
04 · Creative system

One structure, many variations

Creative is built as a system: multiple images, headlines and primary text variants inside the same ad structure, so combinations can be served and compared.

Ad setup · Image variants

Ad setup showing multiple image variants loaded into a single ad.

Ad setup · Primary text variations

Multiple primary text options entered for the same ad.

Ad setup · Headline variations

Multiple headline options entered for the same ad.

Ad preview · Placement & destination

Ad preview showing Instagram chat nurturing alongside a website action as the destination.
05 · Creative approach & test matrix

Creative is the lever; structure makes the read clean

Creative leads the strategy. Clean, visually attractive ads test distinct reasons to stop, understand and respond, while campaign structure gives each idea a controlled environment in which to prove itself. Messaging angles were split across skin tightening, cellulite reduction, and contouring/tightening by body area (legs, thighs, face), then run across three formats to isolate messaging, visual presentation and format before those learnings inform the next iteration.

Message angleVideoSquare images (1:1)Vertical Stories/Reels (9:16)
Skin tighteningheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variants
Cellulite reductionheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variants
Contouring · legs & thighsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variants
Tightening · face & neckheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variants
Full-body contouringheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variantsheadline + callout variants

Each format carries multiple headline and on-image callout variations, so a weak result can be traced to the angle or the format rather than both at once.

What the screenshot period showed

Within the date range visible in the ad-set screenshot, the Images Stories/Reels ad set carried the strongest lead volume and the lowest cost per lead among the active ad sets shown: 12 leads at $22.90, versus 4 leads at $26.64 for video and 2 leads at $54.75 for the other active image set. The four winning vertical creatives shown below ran exclusively in Instagram and Facebook Stories and Reels, not feed placements. This is a platform-reported read for that window, not a general claim about format.

06 · Budget allocation & optimization

Equal test windows first, then consolidation

Budget sits at the campaign level ($75/day, distributed automatically across the five ad sets). Ad-set minimum daily spend is the lever used to control how that budget is shared · it is a floor per ad set, not a separate budget.

01

Test · equal, controlled windows

The campaign launched at $75/day across 5 ad sets, with an ad-set minimum spend of $15/day. That floor guaranteed every format variation a comparable 3-day test window instead of letting delivery collapse onto one ad set immediately.

02

Validate · read lead volume and CPL

After the test window, ad sets were reviewed on lead volume and cost per lead together · not clicks or CTR alone.

03

Consolidate · pause what isn't producing

Ad sets that were not producing, including those with zero leads after meaningful spend, were turned off so their share of the campaign budget stopped being spent on unproven variations.

04

Scale · reallocate to the proven set

The freed budget was routed to the strongest ad set by raising its minimum daily spend from $15 to $45, letting the validated Stories/Reels vertical creatives keep delivering with the majority of the daily budget behind them.

$75/day is the campaign budget; $15 and $45 are ad-set minimum daily spend limits that shape how that campaign budget is distributed. The $45/day minimum is visible in the ad-set screenshot above.

07 · Iteration loop

The iteration loop

A read is only useful if it changes the next build. Winners are isolated, then rebuilt in two controlled directions so learning compounds instead of resetting.

01

Identify the winning combination

Pin down which format and which message angle produced the result · not just the ad name.

02

Launch follow-on campaigns

Build the next round around the winning combination rather than starting from new guesses.

03

Same look, new callout

Hold the visual constant and vary the headline/callout to isolate the message.

04

Same callout, new visual

Hold the message constant and vary the visual to isolate the creative execution.

05

Repeat with the new read

Each round narrows the variable set, so scale is built on tested pieces rather than volume of new ideas.

Creative testing · Version 1 · 13 messaging-angle creatives

One visual system, 13 different hooks

This first set holds the visual format constant · same layout, same offer block, same treatment imagery · while the hook changes. Angles include speed and 360 stimulations a second, fluid retention, visible proof, convenience, no discipline / no routine, and lifestyle framing. Isolating the hook this way makes the message the variable rather than the design.

13 creatives · Version 1

This is the first creative round, not a finished winner set. No per-creative performance is claimed here; reads are recorded at ad-set level from Ads Manager.

Speed / mechanism

01 · “360 times a second”

Fluid retention

02 · “It's not weight. It's fluid.”

Visible proof

03 · “It shows.”

Proof / experience

04 · “A massage you can see.”

No discipline

05 · “No discipline required.”

No routine

06 · “Results without the routine.”

Convenience

07 · “Nothing to keep up with.”

Lifestyle / tone

08 · “Cheating, basically.”

Convenience / lifestyle

09 · “The lazy option actually works.”

Effortless framing

10 · “Doing nothing, productively.”

Speed / ease

11 · “30 minutes. Zero effort.”

Effortless framing

12 · “Your only job is lying down.”

Simplicity

13 · “Show up. Lie down. Done.”
Creative testing · Version 2 · 5 dynamic video creatives

Same system, moving format, treatment-area callouts

Version 2 moves the same offer system into video and splits it by treatment area. One general iCooone cut carries the broad message, then four variants call out face, legs, skin and waist specifically. The format is the constant; the body-area callout is the variable, so the read is about which area language earns attention in motion.

5 videos · Version 2

Video set supplied as delivered files. No per-creative performance is claimed here; platform-reported reads in this case study are recorded at ad-set level.

General callout

01 · Dynamic iCooone (general)

Face callout

02 · Dynamic iCooone · Face

Legs callout

03 · Dynamic iCooone · Legs

Skin callout

04 · Dynamic iCooone · Skin

Waist callout

05 · Dynamic iCooone · Waist
Creative testing · Version 2.1 · treatment-area static concepts

Direct treatment-area framing, two visual environments

This static set tests straightforward treatment-area framing while varying the visual composition. Clean studio-style concepts place the treatment device in view, while outdoor/lifestyle treatments use a softer environmental backdrop. The callout stays direct across face, legs, skin, waist and broad full-body positioning.

8 statics · Version 2.1

These are related static concept variants, not a performance ranking. No outcome is attributed to an individual creative.

Face · Outdoor/lifestyle

01 · “A lifted, glowing face?” · Outdoor

Face · Studio/device

02 · “A lifted, glowing face?” · Studio

Legs · Studio/device

03 · “Smoother legs?”

Skin · Outdoor/lifestyle

04 · “Firmer, smoother skin?” · Outdoor

Skin · Studio/device

05 · “Firmer, smoother skin?” · Studio

Waist · Outdoor/lifestyle

06 · “Tighter waist?” · Outdoor

Waist · Studio/device

07 · “Tighter waist?” · Studio

Broad/full-body · Studio/device

08 · “One treatment. Head to toe.”
Creative testing · Version 3 · winning Stories & Reels creatives

The vertical concepts carried forward

These four creatives were the winners carried into the next round and ran exclusively in vertical Instagram and Facebook Stories and Reels placements · not feeds. A headline in this environment has one of two jobs: hook attention outright, or make it instantly obvious what the ad is about. These use problem-led callouts · tighter waist, smoother legs, firmer skin · so the person with that specific concern self-identifies before reading anything else. Each one pairs that straightforward headline with a clean, aesthetically simple visual hierarchy: one subject, one message, one action. That combination is what makes them readable in the split second a Story or Reel gets, and it is the intended route from a scroll to a completed instant form.

4 winners · Vertical only

Winning status reflects the campaign optimization decision for this test. Platform-reported ad-set results are documented above; no unsupported individual-creative metric is assigned here.

Waist · Stories/Reels

01 · Tighter waist

Legs · Stories/Reels

02 · Smoother legs · variant 1

Legs · Stories/Reels

03 · Smoother legs · variant 2

Skin · Stories/Reels

04 · Firmer, smoother skin
Strategy & process

The operating sequence

01

Start with the person

Who is buying and what they already know. That decides the angle and the format.

02

Test concepts

The strategic ideas go head to head before any variations get produced.

03

Build on the winner

New hooks and executions of the promise that worked, one variable at a time.

04

Scale on evidence

Winners move into CBO and Advantage+ once the numbers hold at target CPA.

Results

Verified numbers only

The $15 average CPL created room for Essence Wellness to qualify enquiries and convert suitable prospects into appointment opportunities and new patients. Treatment price and estimated patient lifetime value provide commercial context only; they do not imply that every lead converted or establish campaign revenue or ROAS.

Average cost per lead

$15

Achieved during the launch creative test

Treatment price

$180

Commercial context · not attributed revenue

Estimated patient lifetime value

$5,000

Clinic estimate · not campaign-attributed revenue