[NFB-Seniors-Discussion] APP to assist checking your makeup! - Has people with visual impairment in mind

Sun Jan 21 00:52:56 UTC 2024

Judy, I used to use make-up in my younger years and was like you, I had a specific color which I got all the time and once in awhile when I decided I needed a change I’d get assitatnce from the make-up consultant at the department store. I believe I learned to put on make-up from my mother and my friends and no one ever said I looked like a clown or that I used too  much or not enough. The whole reason I stopped wearing it is because for some reason I started rubbing my eyes and would get it on my cheeks. Again I really never felt like anyone was making fun of me when I did it. The eppes at work would just say, Ms. Veronica, you have a little blue or green on your right cheek. I stopped wearing it and apparently no one noticed not even my husband. Hahaha, sometimes I think about starting again but I guess I am just a bit lazy these days.

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Hi, Veronica,

If you are one who is used to applying makeup anyway, you can certainly do this without visual assistance, many of us have done this successfully all our lives, with some initial input from sighted folks, in my case, it was my mom back when I started using it.

Also, when buying cover, I’ve asked the sales person to help match the shade to my skin shading, but when you know your brand and shade, that is all you need to continue by yourself.

You already would know where to apply the makeup, best way to blot, how to blend, etc.

Judy

“Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”

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So Robert I know you do not need something like this but one of my questions is, if this app could potentially help you put your make-up on correctly could it not also help a man shave correctly? I mean, I’m just wondering what’s so special about it?

Also my thoughts are if you put your make-up on wouldn’t you have to keep picking up your device so the camera could see what you are doing or what you have done? Questions, questions?

Veronica

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Hi You All

RE: Not that I’m looking for this type of assist for me…

Check this out. You tell me if this is trustworthy; hope it works good!  

Disability:IN - Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 11:45 AM

Cosmopolitan: Meet VMA: The App That’s Going to Forever Change How Blind People Do Their Makeup

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Voice-enabled Makeup Assistant is here—and Cosmo chatted with four of the app’s users.

For those with low-vision or blindness, putting on makeup is typically a two-person job. Sure, you can learn to dab on concealer <https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/g37482918/best-concealers-reviews/>  or blend out your Drunk Elephant Bronzing Drops <https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/g45530717/best-drunk-elephant-bronzing-drops-dupes/>  with a couple of #GetReadyWithMe TikToks (that is, if the creator talks out their steps versus just overlaying an ~aesthetic~ Mitski song or “My BFF dated my ex” story time). But to make sure your foundation <https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/g3849028/best-full-coverage-foundation/>  is fully blended and your eyeliner <https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/g25643335/best-eyeliner/>  isn’t smudged, you’re likely going to need to ask someone for help—whether it be a family member, friend, or literal stranger—and just hope they give you an honest answer. This is obviously less than ideal, and it gave Estée Lauder Companies an idea: Voice-enabled Makeup Assistant (VMA), a voice-enabled app to help people with vision loss and blindness check their makeup application.

“We identified that there was a huge accessibility gap in the beauty industry for those with disabilities, specifically for individuals who are low vision and blind,” says Lamia Drew, global inclusive technology director at Estée Lauder Companies. So after years of research, interviews, and testing done in tandem with people in the low-vision and blind communities, Estée Lauder launched VMA in January 2023. “Many people told us that when they put on makeup, they would have to send a selfie to a person that they trusted to give them honest feedback,” Drew explains. “The consistent theme really was that many people in this community felt like their makeup routine created a dependence on others and we want VMA to change that.”

Hannah Chadwick

I strive to be as independent as I can with everything that I do. So when I got the chance to help develop this app all the way in Colorado Springs, Colorado, I was so excited. It’s super incredible to just have something like this out there. A real game changer.

I think back to when I was in high school and first became interested in makeup. I’d experiment, but certain products like lipstick were challenging. Overall, the hardest part of makeup for me is that I’d have to get people to check it every single time. The older I get, the less I care about it, but when I was younger, I was so easily embarrassed, so I would never want to go out with weird, blotchy makeup. I just remember spending so much time in the bathroom doing my makeup, and then getting frustrated and just asking someone else to do it. Ultimately, makeup was time-consuming and deflating, and I felt like I just couldn’t do it myself. That was something that really bothered me. It felt like it went against my entire definition of independence.

https://disabilityin.org/in-the-news/cosmopolitan-voice-enabled-makeup-assistant-vma-app/?utm_source=rss <https://disabilityin.org/in-the-news/cosmopolitan-voice-enabled-makeup-assistant-vma-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cosmopolitan-voice-enabled-makeup-assistant-vma-app> &utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cosmopolitan-voice-enabled-makeup-assistant-vma-app

David Goldfield,

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Robert Leslie Newman

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