al Paris Makeup Genius app allows you to test make up at home
Scribbling an eyeliner and smudging a lipstick on the back of your hand to test the colour will be a thing of the past, thanks to a 'genius' new app.
L'Oral Paris Makeup Genius allows customers to virtually try on 4,500 of the cosmetic brand's catalogue of products using their smartphone or tablet.
The Makeup Genius applies bronzer, eyeshadow, lip gloss, and eyeliner in real time using facial recognition technology, enabling the virtual make up to stay in place as you move your face.
The technology captures 64 facial data points and 100 different facial expressions to accurately place the make up.
The app scans your face, and then pandora murano glass beads wholesale allows you to try out different products or entire make up looks.
You can then save your selfie, share it on social media, and purchase the products directly through the app.
Makeover: While Femail editor Andrea liked testing the individual products, she found the pre set 'looks' (above) a bit over the top. and one setting added unsightly red blotches to her chest (left)
According to L'Oral, the app works on all ethnicities and in over 400 different lighting conditions to ensure how the make up pandora murano glass beads wholesale appears in the app is accurate to the product.
Daily Mail Australia road tested the app on a handful of staff, with mixed results.
I tested out two looks 'Caresse' and 'So Timeless', as well pandora rings jewelry sale as the more natural looking individual products like bronzer and eyeliner.
The app was impressively accurate at placing the make up on my face, though it took a bit of adjusting to get some of the eyeliner looks perfect.
While some of the 'looks' bordered on scary drag, testing out individual products was proved more successful. The bronzer and lip gloss looks appeared perfectly and gave me a solid idea of how they would look on my skin.
Subtle: News reporter Sarah tried subtle eye shadow and lip gloss looks, and thinks the app managed to apply make up better than she could do herself
News reporter Sarah Dean tested 'Smokey Minute' look, as well as the 'Tropical' look. She also tested some subtle bronzer and winged eyeliner.
'I thought it was a really smart way of trying out new looks without having to stand in a make up aisle and test things in front of tiny smudged mirrors,' she said. 'It's also much more hygienic than using testers in the shops.
Impressed: Editorial assistant Helen liked the subtlety of the lip pandora retired earrings gloss (left), and bronzer (right) and says it gave her a good idea of the looks she could achieve with the products
'I thought it was a really great way of trying out the range of products available,' she said. 'Although you don't get the chance to feel how the products work on your skin and how they apply as you would in a shop, you certainly get a good idea of the looks you can achieve with them.'
Showbiz reporterKarishma Sarkari was less impressed, struggling to get the eyeliner and eyeshadow looks to place accurately.
'While it was definitely a bit of fun trying out the different looks, the app seemed to put the make up over my left eye a lot for some reason, despite trying to "calibrate" a number of times,' Karishma said.
The major drawback of the app is that it sucked the life out of my phone my battery, which had been at 100 per cent, was almost gone after 20 minutes playing with my make up.
Dramatic eyes:Showbiz reporter Karishma enjoyed the effect of the bold winged eye liner, but found it took several attempts to get the placement of the make up right
The app has been downloaded 10 million times in the US, France and China, and L'Oral is predicting 500,000 downloads pandora bracelets and charms in Australia this year.
L'Oral Paris Makeup Genius is a true game changer in today's beauty industry and we are thrilled to be pioneering a new future of beauty,' said Cameron Woods, L'Oral Paris Marketing Director.
'We are so proud to bring a true innovation to the market, providing what we hope is a genuinely useful, inspiring andeducational tool for our consumers.
'In the virtual reality experience we allow a new and powerful way for our consumers to experience the world of beauty testing and trying on products, viewing beauty tutorials, accessing personalised advice and purchasing their favourite products at the convenient click of a button.'