While makeup and cosmetics aren’t a usual topic for us, they are an important part of fashion. With that in mind, we would be remiss not to cover a very interesting announcement out of Disrupt NY from Harvard Business grad Grace Choi. Attempting to push 3D printers in a new, more useful direction, Choi announced a 3D printer for makeup called Mink. The concept behind the printer is that most cosmetics are chemically identical, differing mainly in color. According to Choi, the color is what more often than not defines the price point. Mink uses these basic formulas to create cosmetics of any color under the rainbow.
The printer is planned to be released by the end of the year and cost between $200 and $300. It is able to print color into blush, eye shadow, lip gloss, or any other type of makeup. Simply find a color that you like on any digital image, use a color picker to locate the hex code for the color, and then put that color into Photoshop or any imaging program and print.
