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It's neat but nothing you can't do yourself with a bit of foundation and a few brush of different sizes. The main benefit would be speed, but once you are used

It's neat but nothing you can't do yourself with a bit of foundation and a few brush of different sizes. The main benefit would be speed, but once you are used to applying makeup you can get your morning face done in about five minutes. That's one of those product that will really depend on the price point.

exabrial 8y ago
It was mentioned in passing, but I think one of the selling points is you're putting on significantly less
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  As with paint vs. printer ink, I'd expect it to cost many times more per unit, though.
hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
I could see this being much, much more widely adopted by men than a "couple of shades of foundation and a few makeup brushes" ever would.
- Raphmedia 8y ago
  Good point. Something I had not considered either is people with loss of motions.
forkLding 8y ago
I think the real benefit might be considering the price difference. Do you go for this or still commit to eternally buying makeup
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  > Do you go for this or still commit to eternally buying makeup And trade your soul to the ink cartridge gods instead?
toyg 8y ago
> once you are used to applying makeup Dropbox doesn't do anything I can't do with ftp and rsync.
goldenkey 8y ago
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: https://youtu.be/4oc1dFK-DUM https://youtu.be/4oc1dFK-DUM
- amelius 8y ago
  Sadly, that Prinker tattoo printer is probably a fake product.
mstade 8y ago
> 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.
drcode 8y ago
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.

exabrial 8y ago

It was mentioned in passing, but I think one of the selling points is you're putting on significantly less

ceejayoz 8y ago
As with paint vs. printer ink, I'd expect it to cost many times more per unit, though.

hn_throwaway_99 8y ago

I could see this being much, much more widely adopted by men than a "couple of shades of foundation and a few makeup brushes" ever would.

Raphmedia 8y ago
Good point. Something I had not considered either is people with loss of motions.

forkLding 8y ago

I think the real benefit might be considering the price difference. Do you go for this or still commit to eternally buying makeup

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
> Do you go for this or still commit to eternally buying makeup And trade your soul to the ink cartridge gods instead?

toyg 8y ago

> once you are used to applying makeup Dropbox doesn't do anything I can't do with ftp and rsync.

goldenkey 8y ago

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: https://youtu.be/4oc1dFK-DUM https://youtu.be/4oc1dFK-DUM

amelius 8y ago
Sadly, that Prinker tattoo printer is probably a fake product.

mstade 8y ago

> 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.

drcode 8y ago

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.