Obagi Medical / Clinical Results / email teardown
Find Your Medical-Grade Moisture Match For Summer How Obagi Medical built this send — a clinical results email shipped as product hero on Wednesday at 12pm, carrying a gift with purchase offer. Below is HappyCohort's field-by-field extraction; the original creative is rendered at the end.
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 From: OBAGI MEDICAL campaign Preheader: “Skin changes, moisturizers should too ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ”
How this send compares
When Obagi Medical does discount it averages 24.4% off — 3.7 points deeper than the set average of 20.7% . This send itself carries no offer. Voice warmth 0.46 for Obagi Medical vs 0.69 across the set — a cooler, more clinical register than the average competitor. 01
Message & creative Message theme
Clinical Results
Creative format
Product hero
Secondary: Mixed / modular
Secondary theme
Skin Type Matching
Hero headline
Find Your Medical-Grade Moisture Match For Summer
Calendar moment
Summer kickoff
Early-summer push for sunscreen and travel sizes.
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Offer Mechanic
Gift with purchase
A free gift, sample, or mini sizes when you buy.
Promo phase
Launch
The sale opens and the main offer is shown.
Urgency
Deadline-led
Expires Fri, Jul 31, 2026
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Voice & tone Formality 0.80
Casual Formal
Reader focus 0.65
“We” “You”
Expressiveness 0.40
Restrained Exuberant
Reading grade 9.0 — the approximate US reading level of the body copy.
04
Call to action Destination
Collection
Links to a category or a grid of products.
Verb framing
Shop / Buy
Direct buying words — 'Shop now', 'Add to bag'.
CTA count
26
Multi-CTA layout
Primary destination URL
ctrk.klclick.com
No UTM tagging detected
Tracking domain
ctrk.klclick.com
ESP fingerprint · Klaviyo
05
Deliverability posture DMARC
Pass
Policy: quarantine
One-click unsubscribe
Supported (RFC 8058)
Unsub scheme: https
From alignment
Aligned
Domain: root
Footer hygiene
postal address, preference center
06
Send timing Send type
campaign
One-off campaign
07
Claims & products Claims extracted
“100% of study participants showed an improvement in skin hydration” efficacy · substantiated “A fast-absorbing hydrator clinically-proven to replenish hydration for 24 hours” efficacy · substantiated “Targets sagging areas to visibly lift and sculpt in just 6 weeks” efficacy · substantiated “Helps restore and rebalance the skin's microbiome” efficacy · unsubstantiated “Key ingredients: Glycerin, Polyglutamic Acid (Hydrate Light)” ingredient · substantiated “Key ingredients: BarrierPlex™ Technology (Rebalance)” ingredient · substantiated “Key ingredients: Bi-Mineral Contour Complex™, Polyglutamic Acid (ElastiDerm)” ingredient · substantiated “Accepted by National Eczema Association (Rebalance Skin Barrier Recovery Cream)” ranking · substantiated Products featured
Obagi Hydrate Light® Weightless Gel Cream Obagi® Rebalance Skin Barrier Recovery Cream ElastiDerm® Lift Up & Sculpt Facial Moisturizer Obagi Nu-Derm® Travel Duo (Cleanser + Toner) HappyCohort
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The creative The original email as it rendered in the inbox. Shown for reference and sandboxed — it is not part of the indexed analysis above.
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