Keith Buenaventura

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Jafra Beauty,
restaged.

A ground-up brand restage: new visual identity, new casting philosophy, produced end-to-end through in-house studio photo and video production.

Motion Art Direction

A frame from the final restage edit. Full case study breakdown below.

The Brief

A restage, not a refresh

Jafra needed more than new packaging shots. The beauty positioning itself needed to change. The direction leaned into an age-positive, body-positive, every-skin-tone read of "beauty," built around real reactions rather than posed perfection, and produced entirely in-house from concept through final cut.

From storyboard to screen

A look at the actual storyboard used to plan the shoot and edit: model casting, copy beats, and effect notes, frame by frame.

Storyboard frame: intro color model grid and 'You Are Real' focus shots
Open on a diverse grid of models, then focus in: "You are... real."
Storyboard frame: 'Original' beat with close-up features
Beat two: "Original," close-up features, tattoos and texture left in, not retouched away.
Storyboard frame: 'Courageous' beat
Beat three: "Courageous," a different model, same structure, building a rhythm of one-word truths.
Storyboard frame: 'Full of Life' beat featuring an older model
Beat four: "Full of Life," deliberately casting older models to push back on youth-only beauty imagery.
Storyboard frame: 'Jafra Beauty Believes' statement with grids of shapes, skin tones and ages
The thesis statement: "Beauty = all shapes, all skin tones, all ages," spelled out directly, not implied.
Storyboard frame: 'Self-Confidence' and 'Makeup = self expression' beats
Reframing the product itself: makeup positioned as self-expression, not correction.
Storyboard frame: group shots building to 'the perfect red lipstick = everything'
The group comes together as individual beats resolve into a single cast, one shared idea.
Storyboard frame: closing '#YouAreBeautiful' end card and Jafra Beauty logo
Close on the hashtag and logo lockup, built to be just as legible as a muted broadcast frame as it is with sound on.

Luxury social content

A separate register for the Jafra Royal line: dramatic, high-contrast product photography built for a premium feed, distinct from the everyday-beauty tone above.

Jafra Royal Luxury Lip Gloss with a water splash against black
Five Jafra Royal Luxury Lip Liner shades fanned out against black
Jafra Royal lipstick bullets arranged against black
Three Jafra Royal lipstick shades side by side against black
Jafra Royal Radiance Foundation bottle with product swatch against black
Jafra Royal Radiance Foundation Stick against black with product swatches