Hyper Distill Audience Intelligence

The Absolute New York Audience:
Who They Are & What They're Into

Urban beauty devotees who pair ingredient-savvy glam, wellness rituals, and internet trend fluency with polished homes, playful taste, and culturally tuned style.

They treat beauty as a research habit - checking Trendmood and The Lipstick Lesbians, then filling carts with Tower 28, Danessa Myricks, OLLY, and Amazon Beauty like a personal upgrade system.

People Who Like Absolute New York Also Love:

Ranked by audience overlap - what makes this audience distinctive

Brands
Shark BeautyBeauty & Personal Care
Tree HutBeauty & Personal Care
Amazon BeautyRetail & E-Comm
OLLYHealth & Wellness
JonnyPopsFood & Beverage
SaieBeauty & Personal Care
Tower 28 BeautyBeauty & Personal Care
Danessa Myricks BeautyBeauty & Personal Care
SnifBeauty & Personal Care
Patrick Ta BeautyBeauty & Personal Care
Celebrities
Charlotte TilburyVisual Artist
Tate McRaeMusician
SZAMusician
Bad BunnyMusician
Selena GomezMusician
Kim KardashianReality TV Personality
Taylor SwiftMusician
Creators
Mary DarnallFitness & Health
Patrick TaBeauty & Grooming
KellyLifestyle & Vlog
Well Traveled ChildLifestyle & Vlog
Renee KoontzLifestyle & Vlog
Daryl-Ann DennerLifestyle & Vlog
Mirko ScottLifestyle & Vlog
Mikayla NogueiraBeauty & Grooming

Absolute New York’s audience reads like beauty insiders who shop with a curator’s eye - they follow Trendmood and The Lipstick Lesbians, trust artist-led names like Patrick Ta Beauty and Danessa Myricks Beauty, and move easily between mass discovery at Amazon Beauty and more selective finds like Saie, Tower 28 Beauty, and Snif. A key indicator of their true mindset is the strong overlap between Charlotte Tilbury, Mikayla Nogueira, and OLLY, which points to a consumer who sees beauty as part performance, part wellness ritual, and part self-optimization project rather than a simple cosmetics purchase. What is especially telling is how that polished beauty fluency sits beside signals like Shark Beauty, smart home tech, JonnyPops, and suburban family life - suggesting someone who wants glamour that fits into a competent, modern, slightly overbooked life.

What you're not seeing

This is based on 146 total affinities - including:

  • The exact influencers this audience trusts
  • The podcasts and media they overindex on
  • High-probability partnership targets
  • Underserved acquisition channels
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Dueling Instincts

The defining characteristic of these users is how they simultaneously embrace beauty as a hyper-online discovery sport - living with Trendmood, The Lipstick Lesbians, Mikayla Nogueira, Patrick Ta Beauty, Tower 28, Saie, and Danessa Myricks Beauty in one tab - and beauty as a slower, almost domestic ritual shaped by knitting, sewing, quilting, everyday home cooking, and suburban family life. They are the rare consumer who can chase the next viral launch on Amazon Beauty or Stylevana while still moving through the world with the energy of someone who values craft, care, and hand-touched routines over pure speed.

Audience Snapshot

Estimated demographics - inferred using mixture of experts on media affinities

Age
36.7 - 42.0
Avg: 39.2
HHI
$66K - $108K
Avg: $90K
Gender
75% female
25% M / 75% F
Geography
72% urban
72% urban, 28% suburban

Core Personas

The distinct psychographics making up the base

The Polished Problem-Solver
She treats beauty like a skill and her home like a system, always refining her routine, upgrading her tools, and making everyday life run smoother.
Smart Home TechMakeup & Beauty TechniqueStartups / EntrepreneurshipInvesting / Finance
The Soft-Life Host
She is the friend with a signature drink, a reliable dinner plan, and a home that feels warm, relaxed, and quietly put together.
MixologyEveryday Home CookingSuburban Family LifeSmart Home Tech
The Creative Homebody
She finds satisfaction in making things with her hands, perfecting small rituals, and turning downtime into something beautiful and useful.
Knitting / Sewing / QuiltingMakeup & Beauty TechniqueEveryday Home CookingMeme / Internet Humor
The Culture-Savvy Multitasker
She can talk identity, laugh at the internet, master a beauty technique, and still keep one eye on her next money move.
Progressive IdentityMeme / Internet HumorMakeup & Beauty TechniqueInvesting / Finance
The Weekend Gearhead
She balances polished self-presentation with a surprising love of horsepower, gadgets, and the thrill of knowing how things work.
Automotive & MotorsportSmart Home TechMakeup & Beauty TechniqueStartups / Entrepreneurship

The Hidden Reality

While they might look like generic shoppers on the surface, their deeper affinities reveal a beauty audience that treats cosmetics as part of a highly intentional self-optimization lifestyle - one that connects Shark Beauty, OLLY, Amazon Beauty, and smart home tech with ingredient fluency from The Lipstick Lesbians and Trendmood. This is not a teen trend-chasing crowd but an urban, largely female millennial consumer who moves easily between Tower 28 Beauty, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Stylevana, Missha US, and AROMATICA Global, signaling a shopper who is discovery-driven, globally curious, and far more expert-coded than mass beauty stereotypes suggest.

Top 100 Audience Affinities

Showing 10 of 146 affinities - unlock the full breakdown

  • 11. Sundae Body145185x · Commercial Brand
  • 12. Mad Shade142029x · Celebrity / Artist
  • 13. Stylevana140000x · Commercial Brand
  • 14. 5 SENS122500x · Commercial Brand
  • 15. Samantha Miller122500x · Creator / Influencer
  • 16. Sit 'n Sleep115294x · Commercial Brand
  • 17. Madcha108889x · Commercial Brand
  • 18. Missha US103158x · Commercial Brand
  • 19. Billion Dollar Beauty102083x · Commercial Brand
  • 20. Hey Honey98000x · Commercial Brand
  • 21. Well-Kept98000x · Commercial Brand
  • 22. Merle Norman Cosmetics93333x · Commercial Brand
  • 23. Kiss New York90741x · Commercial Brand
  • 24. The Face Shop89091x · Commercial Brand
  • 25. LanoLips87111x · Commercial Brand
  • 26. Happy Classrooms Giveaway81666x · Institution
  • 27. Karuna Skin81666x · Commercial Brand
  • 28. Bloom Effects81666x · Commercial Brand
  • 29. SOSHE Beauty81666x · Commercial Brand
  • 30. Skincare With Shelbs81666x · Creator / Influencer

Turn This Audience Into a Strategy

Full affinities, media map, influencers, and activation playbook.

Activation Ideas

Non-obvious, high-leverage moves for this audience

Build a 'Beauty Lab, Not Beauty Hype' creator series with The Lipstick Lesbians, Patrick Ta, and Skincare With Shelbs that audits Absolute New York formulas on TikTok Shop, Trendmood, and Amazon Beauty with ingredient breakdowns, wear tests, and side-by-side comparisons against Tower 28 Beauty, Saie, and Danessa Myricks Beauty.

This audience behaves like beauty insiders who trust expert validation, discovery media, and comparison shopping more than polished brand storytelling, so transparency framed through respected educators turns a value brand into a smart find.

Launch a limited 'Get Ready, Wind Down' bundle through Stylevana and Amazon Beauty pairing Absolute New York makeup with OLLY, Snif, and a matcha collaboration with Umami Matcha or Madcha, then seed it through suburban lifestyle creators like Daryl-Ann Denner and Kelly as a ritual kit for busy women moving between work, family, and nights out.

Their affinities connect beauty with wellness, scent, convenience, and everyday routine design, which means they are primed for a ritual-based basket that feels emotionally useful rather than purely cosmetic.

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How to Use This

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