> (It's also how they're going to get men used to the idea of wearing makeup, thus doubling the market for cosmetics, isn't it?)
I know this is anecdata but I have several female friends who do not care for make up, except for possibly when going out to a fancy dinner or the likes. They don’t like the tedium of putting it on and wiping it off every day, so they just don’t. Some of them do semi permanent things like getting fake eyelashes and such, and just redo it every 4 weeks or whatever it may be. I reckon this type of device would probably have some appeal to that market as well.
I think it’s a really cool device, and if it works as well as advertised in the (low resolution as it may be) video then I’d probably be one of those men who is in the market for One of these. I have decent skin but a few spots I wouldn’t mind to “get rid off” but can’t be bothered with make up.
How does this appear more tedious? Unlike normal makeup, it seems to involve much less precision from the user. I imagine you could probably use it on the go, without standing in front of a mirror.
It's quite a bit more sophisticated than that. Their website says the device actually mixes three different colored pigments to customize it to your face and it applies anti-aging serum at the same time. That's pretty cool. The microprinting technology is from Funai, a Japanese electronics company: https://www.i4u.com/2019/01/130609/ces-2019-funaismicrofluid...
Don't women usually choose make up to match their skin tone? This mixes it on the fly which sounds cooler, but is that really any better?
Are anti-ageing serums anything more than snake oil?
I'm sure they do but I like the idea that it's spot coverage and not all over your face. I also think that some anti-aging products actually work, at least they seem to have an effect on me. I don't believe in super complicated skincare routines that require tons of products.
There's no open source driver, you have to make a login for the P&G website, go deep into the driver section for a somewhat related printer from 5 years ago before the linux guy quit, download the rpm, use alien to convert it to deb, install it, realize CUPS is printing a bunch of garbled ASCII because it's not matching the printer to the driver, extract the rpm, modify the .inf file to say Opte-C4550 instead of Opte-B1750, and reload the file in CUPS, print the test pattern, wash your face, print again.
Now you're ready to be beautiful and face the world.
warning - not using certified Rayvlon makeup cartridges can mean you will be prematurely aged in the middle of a meeting like bad science fiction/horror genre mashups!
I'm a guy and I think it sounds great! Guys have red and dark spots or patchy areas, too, but we don't want pancake makeup covering our face and we don't have time to goof around in the bathroom for hours.
BTW, the product is already available in Hong Kong where it's co-branded with SK-II, another P&G brand:
Not to be critical, but I'm sure most women wouldn't mind being freed from the obligation of having to "goof around for hours" in the bathroom every morning too!
This seems to be for old men. Women of all ages use makeup to change the way they look. Concealing skin blemishes is just one part of it.
As a man I'd never do this. Just imagine you forget to recharge the thing or run out of "ink" so suddenly you have to turn up to work looking 10 years older. It's easier just to accept your age.
oh yeah, I had a hard night of it, went out drinking with some old friends didn't get in until 5 this morning. slept 2 hours, have a bit of a migraine.
I had a horrible misparse of the title and thought it was about a brand of "printer wipes" called Skin, then wondered what years and faces had to do with it... it made me click for sure.
One of the things I think is really cool about this is how it automatically matches your skin tone. There are endless YouTube beauty videos about the difficulty of matching foundation colors to skin tones, and in the past few years brands with a very wide foundation range have gotten a lot of good press, especially the ones that have (finally) developed a much broader shade range for people of color. Seems like this could have a lot of applications beyond just covering age spots.
Matching your own natural tan is one use I'm sure will be popular given the large tan in a can industry. Maybe aftermarket addons like Mehndi designs to spray on, or matching lipstick shades to photos.
I'm a man and have been wearing make up for years to cover acne, and it makes me feel good. Maybe this will help push passed the whole "makeup is only for women" thing and allow more men to feel good too.
I had worried that, but I've been wearing it for years and have noticed no difference. My acne is actually alot better now, but I put that up to maturity, not the makeup. I think it probably depends on your skin type etc. But I tried all sorts, short of roaccutane, to get my acne sorted and nothing worked. I figured I may as well just hide it until it disappears on its own.
I used to wear a lot, when I first started, now I just use a lightish covering, no one can tell, and even when they did, I couldn't care less. The confidence boost I got from not having a rank face was amazing. I'm sure someone would say that's not the healthy way of dealing with this sort of psychological stuff, but it worked for me.
Intriguing anecdote: my sister had a similar square off with acne for many years. She thought it would be life long (roccutane did nothing for her). Then recently, she did a barrage of allergy testing. It turns out she was highly allergic to pretty much everything she ate (onions, lettuce, other shocking things like this). She’s removed the culprits and seen an incredible transformation — still scarred a bit, but so much more confident.
I still get acne from time to time (I think mostly due to my love for chocolate). However, when I get regular sun exposure, it completely clears up. If you don't get much sun, try it...nothing else worked for me :)
TIL (and just did some research) -- my bad! I suppose I've always attributed it to chocolate because I rarely eat sweets, but when I do, it's chocolate and usually a lot of it in one sitting.
It’s effective but it has side effects almost as bad as chemo therapy. It can mess up your liver and other organs. It can also cause depression and suicide since it crosses the blood brain barrier.
I have to admit I was hoping for some application of custom-printed skin cells[1] but this is pretty cool as well, and placed in an area of the market that is constantly looking for innovation.
she mentions in the video it has anti-aging ingredients in the "print/makeup". I don't know how real those ingredients are, but pretty damn cool if it works.
A big part of the problem with doing it manually is the (perhaps irrational) fear that people will notice you're wearing makeup... What I find appealing about this device is that it can probably apply it in a very consistent way, day after day, that could be subtle enough to be completely undetectable.
> That's one of those product that will really depend on the price point.
Probably, and the price over time as well what with ink cartridges and stuff. I have one of those old timey shaving kits with replaceable single blades, but I still ended up getting a Braun 9 series electric shaver. Sure, the manual razor gives you a real close clean shave, but it’s just not worth the hassle to deal with the brush and the soap and the blades and the hot water and the what not – the Braun does a perfectly fine job before I’m even done with prep work otherwise. Even though it was more expensive, the time it saves me is non negligible. I can imagine customers of this device making that very same consideration.
Would it be possible to make a device with a rotatable head, that you affix to your mirror, you stand still and it uses a camera, 3-axis servo, and pump to shoot makeup at 90 mph like the needle-less vaccine injectors?
Is makeup usually too soft/powdery to be shot from a distance accurately?
Seems like it would be a lot faster than this device, albeit clunkier and more expensive. Essentially you would just stand in front of your mirror and hit a button.
On a sidenote, checkout Prinker, a temporary tattoo printer - might use similar tech as the makeup printer:
I'll never understand the urge to look younger using tricks: it will not reflect your actual health this way. Makes a lot more sense to try to look younger because of life choices that make you biologically fitter, like good nutrition, sport, sleep, ...
Reminds me of the automatic graffiti tools they have in The Expanse (show). Just upload a graphic, start dragging the gadget around on a wall, and it paints the image for you.
Built for industrial use, but don’t see why it couldn’t be used for basic tagging. I’m not affiliated in any way. Just stumbled upon it the other day and thought it was neat.
Neat, thanks for the link. IIRC the one in the show was used to paint an arbitrary large image, just "scrubbing" over any yet-unpainted sections, at any angle. Seems possible with real-world tech.
Director: Wow, you look great, that's quite a transformation. You know what would be great, we finish with a before and after close up. Here, take this wet wipe.
Am I the only one that had trouble seeing much difference before and after? I guess I could see that some lines had faded, but I really didn't think he looked any "younger".
There are thermal inkjets, different from thermal printers or piezo-inkjets. They work by electrically heating a small wire to create a steam bubble, which pushes the ink out. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printing#Thermal_DOD
The difference is that it mixes three different color pigments in real time based on what the camera sees. You'd have to be a professional makeup artist to do that. The poster below you is right -- this is a big deal for men! ('Cause we ain't doin' all that.)
I wonder if that's why both of the CES demos show guys.
I think it's slightly ambiguous wording "burst blood vessels", where "burst" is an adjective, not a verb. So burst blood vessels are something it covers up, along with age spots and other blemishes.
It's technically a past participle I think (similar to how "wrapped" functions in "wrapped sandwich"). The ambiguity in this case stems from the fact that the present tense verb is also "burst" and the sentence structure makes it easy to be misinterpreted.
They detect blemishes and apply a bit of makeup to hide it. I don't know what "anti-aging ingredients" they include, but presumably nothing different than off-the-shelf makeup products.
It mixes three colored pigments in real time to match your skin, something that would be impossible unless you're a makeup pro. The Hong Kong website (where it's already available) says the serum is from SK-II, another P&G brand.
(It's also how they're going to get men used to the idea of wearing makeup, thus doubling the market for cosmetics, isn't it?)