Grupo Boticário , Brazil’s beauty powerhouse, revealed its revolutionary Smart Lipstick® —the world’s first prototype AI-powered lipstick application system.
This innovation, developed in partnership with the cutting-edge CESAR Innovation Hub in Recife, marks a major milestone for beauty tech: it’s a device designed from the ground up for inclusivity , specifically to empower individuals with motor disabilities or visual impairments to apply lipstick hands-free, with flawless results and full independence.
Years of R&D: How Smart Lipstick® Works The Smart Lipstick® is the result of a painstaking seven-year collaboration between Grupo Boticário and CESAR Innovation Hub , blending AI, computer vision, and robotics into a single, elegant home device.
The process is as futuristic as it is intuitive: The user rests their face on a specially designed chinrest —echoing the care of a medical-grade device. AI-powered cameras photograph the face from multiple angles, with computer vision mapping the precise shape and tone of the lips, regardless of skin type or personal features.
A robotic arm —soft and precise—then smoothly applies the lipstick with millimetre-level accuracy, guided entirely by advanced sensor feedback and intelligent algorithms. Finally, a verification photograph confirms flawless coverage. The full process takes under two minutes, ensuring both speed and confidence.
Engineering for Everyone Accessibility by Design: Smart Lipstick® addresses traditional beauty barriers—tubes that require grip strength , standard applicators difficult for users with fine motor challenges, and visual precision that only some of us can manage. The result: a system that creates autonomy where…
