Head to a department store and instead of confessing the heartbreak of your breakouts or the consternation about those new wrinkles to an immaculate sales person, you can find that elusive elixir to solve your skin troubles using an iPad.
Clinique is rolling out an iPad “self-guided skin care diagnostic tool” at select counters in the US later this month.
Clinique, a dermatologist-created line owned by Estée Lauder, has always tried to project a “scientific” image, with sales women wearing white lab coats. I seem to remember a 1.0 analog diagnostic tool — a counter device that you could slide parameters for your skin type to suggest products (the result – you always needed more products.
This is the latest instance of companies putting iPads into customer hands – from menus to store playthings – they just might end up replacing a few sales people.
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.
3 responses to “Diagnose Your Skin Woes via iPad at Clinique Counters”
Leprosy? There’s an app for that!
Interesting and useful post