Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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From science-backed facials with 1,500+ person waitlists to personalized lip color made right before your eyes, New York City is leading a bespoke beauty revolution. We visited three groundbreaking services — a tech-powered skin lab at Hudson Yards, a Japanese-inspired head spa on the Upper West Side, and a custom lip lab — to see how technology is making beauty truly personal.

One size fits all? Not anymore.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Esthetic skin lab
1:03 The Visia skin analysis machine
2:41 What's next for beauty tech
3:51 The scalp microscope analysis in action
5:31 Lip Lab: custom lipstick made just for you
6:14 Why custom beauty empowers shoppers
7:20 The future of personalized beauty

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