AI-powered Lipstick Factory selects smooth shapes from 2,000 color options that users recommend based on selfies uploaded to an app and blends the cosmic material instantly
- Amorepacific Color Tailor uses AI to get the smoothest color
- It sends the information to the Lip Factory device, which mixes a tube while you wait
- The system can create more than 2,000 unique shapes of lipstick
- Amorepacific received the CES Innovation Award for its unique cosmetic solution
- A demo version of the Lip Factory is in the main Amorepacific store in Seoul
A Korean cosmetics company has taken the measurements out of makeup.
The Amorepacific Color Tailor app analyzes your face, determines what shade of lipstick would add to your complexion and then sends the results to a device that mixes a normal tube off while what are you waiting for.
The company will be showing off their Lip Factory system next week at the Consumer Electronic Showcase, the annual tech convention that has moved to the real world as a result of the pandemic. .
Users upload a picture of their face on the Color Tailor app, which uses artificial intelligence to select a smooth look among more than 2,000 different combinations.
The machine then mixes and matches pigments to create a custom product that you can buy.
It has already won a CES Innovation Award in the health and wellness sector, and has been hailed as the world’s first smart factory system capable of customizing the shape of bills. ‘
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Users upload a photo and the Color Tailor app’s artificial intelligence determines which shade of lipstick best matches the scalp. It then sends the information to the Lip Factory machine to create a special tube that can be purchased
A demo version of the Lip Factory was released in August at a major Amorepacific store in Seoul’s Seongsu mobile neighborhood, New Atlas reports.
The company aims to innovate the technology, but it could end up in salons and cosmetics stores around the world.
Amorepacific will be showcasing the Lip Factory by Color Tailor at the CES prestigious exhibition from 11 to 14 January.
This is the second year in a row that the company has received an Innovation Award.
The Lip Factory machine can mix a variety of standard blends from among more than 2,000 different combinations
A demo version of the Lip Factory device was unveiled in August at an Amorepacific wholesale store in Seoul Seongsu’s mobile neighborhood
”[This recognition] demonstrates Amorepacific’s ability to incorporate the latest digital technologies like AI with beauty products and services, said Aiden Park, vice president of Amorepacific research and development.
We look forward to showcasing more digital beauty innovations that allow for new, creative access to beauty. ‘
According to CES, ‘the distinguishing feature of the lip-making market, which accounts for a quarter of the $ 72.2 billion global color manufacturing market, is its rapid movement in movement. ‘
While manufacturers release limited products, he said, Lip Factory can custom make up in the color you want right away. ‘
Cosmetics writer Leonard Lauder coined the term ‘lipstick index’ in the early 2000s to describe the dissatisfaction at an affordable price that women would turn to during an economic downturn, when they had to do economics. elsewhere.
The coronavirus outbreak has hit the lipstick industry hard, however, as face masks make it impossible to see and people live at home alone.
Experts say lip color sales have fallen anywhere from 20 to 50 percent.
Starting in 1945, Amorepacific is the 12th largest cosmetics company in the world, with annual sales of more than $ 4.8 billion.
It operates more than 30 beauties, and health brands include innisfree, Sulwhasoo, Laneige, and Mamonde.