L’Oréal Introduces Perso Smart AI System for Personalised Beauty
L’Oréal recently unveiled Perso, an AI-powered at-home system for beauty personalization, at the consumer technology show CES 2020 held in Las Vegas. Developed by the L’Oréal Technology Incubator, Perso’s sleek device, said to be 6.5 inches high and weighs just over one pound, features a streamlined four-step process that claims to create on-demand skincare and cosmetic formulas that optimize for increasing levels of personalization over time, incorporating real-time skin assessment, air-quality, pollution data, and trend analysis. The device can also create custom formulas for lipstick and foundation—capabilities which will launch at a later date.
“Building on our deep scientific heritage and leadership in innovation, L’Oréal is once again leveraging advanced technology to create smart beauty products and services that answer the needs of our consumers and offer them near-limitless personalization and precision,” said Nicolas Hieronimus, L’Oréal’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer. “We are committed to making L’Oréal the leader in Beauty Tech – and Perso is the next step in that exciting journey.”
“L’Oréal is one of the most trusted names in beauty, and with Perso, we are putting personalized technology directly into the hands of our consumers,” said Guive Balooch, Head of L’Oréal’s Technology Incubator. “We know that customization relies on information about your unique skin and personal preferences as well as your environment; this technology accounts for that. Perso uses AI to optimize the formulas and actually gets smarter as you use it.”
With a patented motorized cartridge system, Perso creates personalised skincare formulas in four steps:
- Personal skin analysis: The user opens the Perso mobile app and takes a photo with their smartphone camera. Utilizing L’Oréal-owned ModiFace technology, the app uses AI to analyze the user’s overall skin condition—including deep wrinkles, fine lines, the appearance of dark spots, and pore visibility.
- Environmental assessment: Using Breezometer geo-location data, Perso assesses local environmental conditions that can influence the state of the user’s skin, including weather, temperature, pollen, UV index, and humidity.
- Product preference: The user then enters their personal skincare concerns into the Perso app, including fine lines, dark spots, pigmentation, pore size, radiance, and dullness. The user can also input preferred texture and hydration-level to further customize their unique formula of moisturizer, serum, and under-eye cream.
- Custom formulation and dispensing: This collective data informs the creation of a personalised blend of high-performance skincare, dispensed in a perfectly portioned, single dose at the top of the device for easy, clean application. The technology adjusts for morning and evening application, and the device features a detachable mirrored top so consumers have the option of taking a single or larger dose with them on-the-go.
Perso will be launched in partnership with a leading L’Oréal skincare brand in 2021.