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Shopping Made Easy! Black-Owned Haircare App Myavana Uses AI to Create Personal Healthy Hair Guides

Silicon Valley *finally* made something for Black folks, and that's the haircare app Myavana. Founded by four Black female tech entrepreneurs in 2013, Myavana is a digital subscription that uses data analysis and science (oh, and AI!) to recommend personalized product recs. It's the largest textured hair database with over 2 billion strands recorded and is designed to…

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L'Oreal Purchases Canadian Beauty Tech Firm ModiFace

L’Oreal Purchases Canadian Beauty Tech Firm ModiFace

L'Oreal is moving into the future as they plan to purchase Canadian beauty tech company ModiFace, allowing customers to test make-up and lipstick online. Since its founding in 2006, ModiFace’s augmented reality technology has been widely accepted by cosmetics companies and is instrumental in powering the mobile apps of LVMH’s Sephora and Estee Lauder. This will be the first time that…

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