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Does Your Makeup Talk to You?
Every once in a while, I run across a gadget I'm not sure is kind of useful or just plain odd. Like cosmetic company Stila's geeky makeup case, which was featured on BellaSugar. Part makeup case, part portable speakers, the Makeup Player ($70) even comes with cosmetics inside.
Vanity iPhone App Will Judge Your Beauty
Remember the computer that was built to rate your looks? If you were one of the ones who claimed you would want to know, then bust out an iPhone and download the $3 Vanity iPhone App, because its job is to evaluate a photo of you or anyone you enter in it and let it tell you how cute you are.
You get the dreaded 1 through 10 rating as determined by the Golden Ratio (that applies to attractiveness?
Would You Want to Know If a Computer Thinks You're Pretty?
And you thought you had enough issues with your looks: a grad student in Canada has programmed a computer that can evaluate human attractiveness.
If that weren't frightening enough — it judges you on a scale of 1-10 (thankfully, there doesn't seem to be anything about a bathing suit round). The evaluation is based on the core data, from volunteer students that submitted photos with people they judged attractive.
iBeauty: 5 iPhone Apps to Make You Feel Pretty
I may be all about natural beauty, but I still need an occasional pick me up to make me feel pretty. One of the greatest things about technology is that it makes finding a fix quick and painless. Need a glow?
OPI's New Spring Nail Polishes Target Geeky Gals
Nail polish maker OPI has smartly recognized that gals who tap tap tap away at their keyboards and cell phones are a big beauty demographic, and has named its latest lacquers for Spring with clever, tech-inspired names.
The new colors include Lost Without My GPS, Access 24/7, Techno Girl, I'm Wired, Hi-Def, and IM Beauty. The bright polishes range in color from pink to orange to yellow.
Bad Hair Day? There's an App For That
Freaking out about how frizzy your hair will be some days? Get the Haircaster iPhone App for 99 cents and style with confidence.
Haircaster uses your location to find out the local weather and then analyzes how the humidity and temperature will affect your 'do.
Cell Phone Camera Tip: Replace Your Toiletries Right
Ever stood in the aisles of Sephora trying to remember the name of the shade of foundation you always use? Or in the aisles of Walgreens with instructions from your boyfriend to buy him a new stick of deodorant, but can't remember what brand he uses?
These things you see every day aren't necessarily all things you commit to memory, but with your cell phone, it's a nonissue.
IBM Debuts "Virtual Mirror" Kiosks For Hair and Makeup Help
Next week, IBM will be introducing their first ever "Virtual Mirror" kiosk at the National Retail Federation in NYC. What it does is take a digital photo (of the shopper) and scan in various makeup and hair coloring products that they may be interested in purchasing. Without having to actually try the makeup on you are guaranteed true colors and an accurate replica of your face.
Everyone Loves a Makeover: iStylist iPhone App
I'm just sayin', you could literally be on your way to the salon when you realize that you don't know what kind of new style or hair color you want. Though I plan on getting this app, iStylist, just to see how I'd look with Reese Witherspoon's bob or Posh's pixie, and show whoever is nearest to me how fab (or fug) I'd look with a new do.
It's $2, but that's a small price to pay for realizing how washed out your complexion looks with that color you were thinking about before the peroxide hits your head.
Cell Phone Dermatology: The Face Rash
I'm totally paranoid about my face and am always trying to clean off my germy cell phones where they touch me, but it sounds like a bacteria-induced breakout is the least of my problems: Apparently the nickel used in many handsets can cause irritation anywhere you're touching it, like your cheek or even your fingers, just from typing.
It sounds like it's more of an issue with prolonged use, so if you're starting to get an itchy face — AKA "mobile phone dermatitis," then maybe you should whip out your headset if you can't bring yourself to decrease your cell phone use. Anyone else feel itchy just from reading about this?
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