Chanel’s new Lipscanner app review: Virtual lipstick tester

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It features a colour scanner that allows you to find a lipstick shade from the brand’s 400-plus collection, simply by scanning shades, pictures or even nature around you using your phone, before virtually trying it on to see how it suits you and adding it to your shopping basket if you’re a fan. Rather than just presenting you with one lipstick that matches what you’ve scanned, it suggests two or three finishes – matte, satin, metallic or gloss – depending on what that shade is available in. According to the brand, “The app offers an intuitive, seamless and rapid experience, enabling users to scan any colour and visualise Chanel’s interpretation on themselves.” It’s a cleverly designed app that reportedly took months of development to create an algorithm that could work on thousands of different facial images and take into consideration skin tone and lip shape. open image in gallery The app does a stellar job at representing a gloss, satin or matte lipstick finish It fits exactly to your lip shape and just looks like you’ve applied it in person.