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Mobile Beauty

A desire for convenience prompts consumers to turn to digital beauty apps

Implications - With smartphones making everyday experiences more accommodating, consumers are seeking to replace traditional rituals with digital alternatives as a means to make day-to-day habits more convenient. Hairstyling and beauty apps reflect a move away from conventional beauty customs, showing that even the realm of personal grooming is becoming more streamlined.
Trend Themes
1. Digital Convenience - Consumers seek to replace traditional rituals with digital alternatives as a means to make day-to-day habits more convenient, prompting the rise of mobile beauty apps.
2. Virtual Makeup Trial - Virtual makeup trial apps eliminate the need for physical testing, creating a more efficient and risk-free beauty shopping experience.
3. Real-time Beauty - Real-time beauty apps with augmented reality features allow for virtual modifications of face and hair, making it possible to perfect any blemish, apply anti-aging, reshape eyes, nose and face.
Industry Implications
1. Beauty Industry - The beauty industry is being disrupted by mobile apps that allow for digital beauty rituals, virtual trial experiences and real-time beauty consultations.
2. Technology Industry - Mobile beauty apps offer new opportunities for the technology industry, including augmented reality features and skin scanners for personalized skincare.
3. Retail Industry - Virtual makeup trial apps and beauty consultation apps create new opportunities for the retail industry to connect with customers and offer personalized product recommendations.
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Featured Examples

Beauty Tutorial Apps
Beauty Tutorial Apps
Through Sephora, Map My Beauty Shows How and Where to Apply Cosmetics
Taking virtual beauty beyond the application stage, Map My Beauty tutorials shows women how to look their best based upon what they’ve got to work with. The technology created by women for... MORE
Makeover-Assisting Apps
Makeover-Assisting Apps
The YouCam Makeup App is a Virtual Cosmetic Kit
YouCam Makeup is a makeup app that makes it easier to create different kinds of makeup styles and experiment with your look. The app includes a wide variety of cosmetic tools to enhance your skin,... MORE
Skin Health Apps
Skin Health Apps
ModiFace's New Apple Watch Skin Care App Uses Skin Scanners and Real-Time Cameras
This skin care app enables users to monitor the health of their largest organ using the Apple Watch. From ModiFace—the augmented reality company behind the makeup test-driving mirror and... MORE
Real-Time Makeup Apps
Real-Time Makeup Apps
L'Oreal's Makeup Genius App Lets You Virtually Try Cosmetics Live
The L’Oreal Makeup Genius app is one that lets you try on a range of beauty products in real-time digitally, without the need to wash brushes or purchase any products. The free-to-download... MORE
Beautiful Blowout Hair Apps
Beautiful Blowout Hair Apps
The New Beauty App GLAMSQUAD Will Keep Your Hair Looking Fabulous
Juggling work, family, a social life and looking good all the same time is no easy task; however, with the new beauty app GLAMSQUAD, at least your hair will always look freshly blown out. This... MORE
Virtual Skincare Trial Apps
Virtual Skincare Trial Apps
The MyRestorsea App Lets You Digitally Test out the Restorsea Products
The MyRestorsea app allows consumers to experience a digital skincare trial of Restorsea’s two popular beauty products including the Revitalizing Eye Cream and the Rejuvenating Day Cream. Now... MORE
Hue-Altering Hair Apps
Hue-Altering Hair Apps
The ModiFace Hair Color App Expertly Makes Virtual Hair Adjustments
The Hair Color app from ModiFace is a fun way to try a different hair color with just a few simple steps. There are plenty of virtual makeover apps that will let you try on preset hairstyles, but... MORE
Real-Time Beauty Apps
Real-Time Beauty Apps
Modiface's Beauty Mirror App Enhances Features in Real-Time with AR
Cameras on phones and tablets are commonly used as mirrors, but on their own, they can’t hold a candle to what the new Beauty Mirror app from ModiFace can do. In addition to serving as a mirror,... MORE
play_circle_filled70s Hairstyle-Generating Apps
70s Hairstyle-Generating Apps
Give Yourself a 70s Hairdo with Facetune by Lightricks
Elvis sideburns or poofy beehive hairstyles are now attainable via smartphones. Get creative and give yourself a 70s hairdo with Facetune, a photo-editing app by Lightricks Ltd. The ‘Hair... MORE
Beauty Appointment Apps
Beauty Appointment Apps
The Vênsette App Enables Users to Order Beauty Services
Vênsette is an app that lets users order beauty services including hair and makeup styling with a simple three-step process. First, users can browse through Vênsette’s in-app gallery,... MORE
Celeb Stylist Consultation Apps
Celeb Stylist Consultation Apps
Chat with Beyonce's Hair Stylist on the Notorious Style App
‘Notorious’ is a free-to-download style app that connects users with celebrity-approved experts. With Notorious, users can get one on one advice in real time on anything from home decor... MORE

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