Designing for faster, more confident beauty decisions: 38.9% less time, 12.6% higher satisfaction
I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
MARCH 2026 - JULY 2026
Role
UI/UX Designer
Role
UI/UX Designer
Service
UX Research, UI Design
Service
UX Research, UI Design
TEAM
1 Designer
TEAM
1 Designer
Work Details
Overview
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
The Problem
Users have plenty of virtual try-on tools, but almost none get used daily they solve a single shopping moment.
Sessions start from zero: no insight into what's actually happening with the skin underneath, no tone-matched suggestions, no way to compare two looks side by side, and no memory of preferences or allergies to guide safer choices.
What's missing isn't better try-on tech it's a connected system that understands skin, remembers the person, and lets them try, compare, and decide with confidence, right at the mirror where the decision happens every day.
Research Findings
Decision-making
"Let me see them side by side." Users preferred comparing options at once, not one at a time.
"Show me the details first." Users wanted product info upfront, before trying it on.
Why Harbour Molds Lines by Masterworks yet Sessions
Why Group Streamlining Onboarding and Saved With the Brightway
Solution
Work Details
A smart mirror that turns beauty decisions into a continuous, personalized experience rather than a one-time transaction. It combines live makeup try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, and skincare recommendations into a single flow, letting users compare looks side by side and decide with confidence, while the system remembers their preferences and allergies across visits.
By meeting users at the mirror, the one place this decision already happens every day, the product reduces decision fatigue, builds trust over time, and creates natural moments for upselling, cross-selling, and retention for the business.
*Designs are blurred due to NDA
Makeup Try On
💄
Try on multiple makeup products simultaneously
🎨
Get shade and style recommendations matched to your skin tone
✨
Explore pre-made looks curated just for you
🖼️
Change the background to preview your look in different settings
⚖️
Compare two looks side by side to decide with confidence
🛍️
Get “frequently bought together” suggestions to complete the look
Skincare
🔍
Identify current skin concerns and problem areas
🎯
Receive targeted product recommendations based on your specific concerns
🧴
Get everyday skincare recommendations tailored to your ongoing skin needs
💾
Save your skin profile for personalized recommendations in the future
Continuity & Convinience
🔬
Live skin analysis + makeup try-on — one connected experience from discovery to decision
🛒
Add recommended products directly to cart without leaving the flow
🧠
Remembers your details and preferences across sessions
✨
Gets smarter over time by refining recommendations based on past choices and preferences
Challenges & Contribution
Work Details
During the initial design phase, I collaborated closely with senior stakeholders to align on the product's visual direction and user experience expectations. By clearly articulating the design rationale through established UX heuristics and user-centered design principles, I helped create a shared understanding of the design decisions and their impact on usability.
This approach ensured consistency across the product while balancing business and user needs. The final design was well received and recognized by the leadership team for its thoughtful execution and overall quality.
Impact
Work Details
By reducing beauty decision time by 38.9% and increasing user satisfaction by 12.6%, the design moved beyond a one-time try-on experience into something users returned to, improving retention beyond the first use, and validating the core premise that continuity, not just better try-on technology, is what drives daily engagement.
The impact extended beyond usage metrics. The product gained recognition within the competitive landscape, drawing positive feedback and interest from competitors in the space, a signal that the approach was solving a problem the industry had overlooked.
Internally, the work was recognized by leadership, with particular appreciation for the sleek, intuitive design, reinforcing that strong design outcomes and business impact aren't trade-offs, but reinforce each other.
Key Learnings
Work Details
Gained hands-on experience by conducting end-to-end market and user research to inform product strategy and design desicions from the ground up
Took complete ownership of the product's design direction as the sole designer, transforming concepts into a cohesive and user-centered experience.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring design decisions aligned with business goals, technical feasibility, and user needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Strengthened stakeholder management and communication skills by confidently presenting design rationale, facilitating constructive discussions, and driving alignment through evidence-based design decisions.
Let's
Collaborate
with
clarity.
Share your goals, and I’ll help shape the direction and guide your project forward with clarity and care.
©Raina Raval 2026, All rights reserved.
Designing for faster, more confident beauty decisions: 38.9% less time, 12.6% higher satisfaction
I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
MARCH 2026 - JULY 2026
Role
UI/UX Designer
Role
UI/UX Designer
Service
UX Research, UI Design
Service
UX Research, UI Design
TEAM
1 Designer
TEAM
1 Designer
Work Details
Overview
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
The Problem
Users have plenty of virtual try-on tools, but almost none get used daily they solve a single shopping moment.
Sessions start from zero: no insight into what's actually happening with the skin underneath, no tone-matched suggestions, no way to compare two looks side by side, and no memory of preferences or allergies to guide safer choices.
What's missing isn't better try-on tech it's a connected system that understands skin, remembers the person, and lets them try, compare, and decide with confidence, right at the mirror where the decision happens every day.
Research Findings
Decision-making
"Let me see them side by side." Users preferred comparing options at once, not one at a time.
"Show me the details first." Users wanted product info upfront, before trying it on.
Why Harbour Molds Lines by Masterworks yet Sessions
Why Group Streamlining Onboarding and Saved With the Brightway
Solution
Work Details
A smart mirror that turns beauty decisions into a continuous, personalized experience rather than a one-time transaction. It combines live makeup try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, and skincare recommendations into a single flow, letting users compare looks side by side and decide with confidence, while the system remembers their preferences and allergies across visits.
By meeting users at the mirror, the one place this decision already happens every day, the product reduces decision fatigue, builds trust over time, and creates natural moments for upselling, cross-selling, and retention for the business.
*Designs are blurred due to NDA
Makeup Try On
💄
Try on multiple makeup products simultaneously
🎨
Get shade and style recommendations matched to your skin tone
✨
Explore pre-made looks curated just for you
🖼️
Change the background to preview your look in different settings
⚖️
Compare two looks side by side to decide with confidence
🛍️
Get “frequently bought together” suggestions to complete the look
Skincare
🔍
Identify current skin concerns and problem areas
🎯
Receive targeted product recommendations based on your specific concerns
🧴
Get everyday skincare recommendations tailored to your ongoing skin needs
💾
Save your skin profile for personalized recommendations in the future
Continuity & Convinience
🔬
Live skin analysis + makeup try-on — one connected experience from discovery to decision
🛒
Add recommended products directly to cart without leaving the flow
🧠
Remembers your details and preferences across sessions
✨
Gets smarter over time by refining recommendations based on past choices and preferences
Challenges & Contribution
Work Details
During the initial design phase, I collaborated closely with senior stakeholders to align on the product's visual direction and user experience expectations. By clearly articulating the design rationale through established UX heuristics and user-centered design principles, I helped create a shared understanding of the design decisions and their impact on usability.
This approach ensured consistency across the product while balancing business and user needs. The final design was well received and recognized by the leadership team for its thoughtful execution and overall quality.
Impact
Work Details
By reducing beauty decision time by 38.9% and increasing user satisfaction by 12.6%, the design moved beyond a one-time try-on experience into something users returned to, improving retention beyond the first use, and validating the core premise that continuity, not just better try-on technology, is what drives daily engagement.
The impact extended beyond usage metrics. The product gained recognition within the competitive landscape, drawing positive feedback and interest from competitors in the space, a signal that the approach was solving a problem the industry had overlooked.
Internally, the work was recognized by leadership, with particular appreciation for the sleek, intuitive design, reinforcing that strong design outcomes and business impact aren't trade-offs, but reinforce each other.
Key Learnings
Work Details
Gained hands-on experience by conducting end-to-end market and user research to inform product strategy and design desicions from the ground up
Took complete ownership of the product's design direction as the sole designer, transforming concepts into a cohesive and user-centered experience.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring design decisions aligned with business goals, technical feasibility, and user needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Strengthened stakeholder management and communication skills by confidently presenting design rationale, facilitating constructive discussions, and driving alignment through evidence-based design decisions.
Let's
Collaborate
with
clarity.
Share your goals, and I’ll help shape the direction and guide your project forward with clarity and care.
©Raina Raval 2026, All rights reserved.
Designing for faster, more confident beauty decisions: 38.9% less time, 12.6% higher satisfaction
I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
MARCH 2026 - JULY 2026
Role
UI/UX Designer
Role
UI/UX Designer
Service
UX Research, UI Design
Service
UX Research, UI Design
TEAM
1 Designer
TEAM
1 Designer
Work Details
Overview
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
Beauty decisions happen daily, yet the tools meant to support them, virtual try-on, skin analysis apps, are disconnected, one-time, and forgetful, forcing users to guess and start over every time. I designed a smart mirror that reads beyond what users ask for, surfacing what their skin actually needs, to deliver beauty solutions that truly fit them.
By combining live try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, skincare recommendations, and side-by-side comparison, all remembered over time, the mirror turns beauty decisions from repetitive guesswork into a fast, confident, everyday ritual, reducing decision time by 38.9% and increasing satisfaction by 12.6%.
The Problem
Users have plenty of virtual try-on tools, but almost none get used daily they solve a single shopping moment.
Sessions start from zero: no insight into what's actually happening with the skin underneath, no tone-matched suggestions, no way to compare two looks side by side, and no memory of preferences or allergies to guide safer choices.
What's missing isn't better try-on tech it's a connected system that understands skin, remembers the person, and lets them try, compare, and decide with confidence, right at the mirror where the decision happens every day.
Research Findings
Decision-making
"Let me see them side by side." Users preferred comparing options at once, not one at a time.
"Show me the details first." Users wanted product info upfront, before trying it on.
Why Harbour Molds Lines by Masterworks yet Sessions
Why Group Streamlining Onboarding and Saved With the Brightway
Solution
Work Details
A smart mirror that turns beauty decisions into a continuous, personalized experience rather than a one-time transaction. It combines live makeup try-on, skin tone–based suggestions, skin analysis, and skincare recommendations into a single flow, letting users compare looks side by side and decide with confidence, while the system remembers their preferences and allergies across visits.
By meeting users at the mirror, the one place this decision already happens every day, the product reduces decision fatigue, builds trust over time, and creates natural moments for upselling, cross-selling, and retention for the business.
*Designs are blurred due to NDA
Makeup Try On
💄
Try on multiple makeup products simultaneously
🎨
Get shade and style recommendations matched to your skin tone
✨
Explore pre-made looks curated just for you
🖼️
Change the background to preview your look in different settings
⚖️
Compare two looks side by side to decide with confidence
🛍️
Get “frequently bought together” suggestions to complete the look
Skincare
🔍
Identify current skin concerns and problem areas
🎯
Receive targeted product recommendations based on your specific concerns
🧴
Get everyday skincare recommendations tailored to your ongoing skin needs
💾
Save your skin profile for personalized recommendations in the future
Continuity & Convinience
🔬
Live skin analysis + makeup try-on — one connected experience from discovery to decision
🛒
Add recommended products directly to cart without leaving the flow
🧠
Remembers your details and preferences across sessions
✨
Gets smarter over time by refining recommendations based on past choices and preferences
Challenges & Contribution
Work Details
During the initial design phase, I collaborated closely with senior stakeholders to align on the product's visual direction and user experience expectations. By clearly articulating the design rationale through established UX heuristics and user-centered design principles, I helped create a shared understanding of the design decisions and their impact on usability.
This approach ensured consistency across the product while balancing business and user needs. The final design was well received and recognized by the leadership team for its thoughtful execution and overall quality.
Impact
Work Details
By reducing beauty decision time by 38.9% and increasing user satisfaction by 12.6%, the design moved beyond a one-time try-on experience into something users returned to, improving retention beyond the first use, and validating the core premise that continuity, not just better try-on technology, is what drives daily engagement.
The impact extended beyond usage metrics. The product gained recognition within the competitive landscape, drawing positive feedback and interest from competitors in the space, a signal that the approach was solving a problem the industry had overlooked.
Internally, the work was recognized by leadership, with particular appreciation for the sleek, intuitive design, reinforcing that strong design outcomes and business impact aren't trade-offs, but reinforce each other.
Key Learnings
Work Details
Gained hands-on experience by conducting end-to-end market and user research to inform product strategy and design desicions from the ground up
Took complete ownership of the product's design direction as the sole designer, transforming concepts into a cohesive and user-centered experience.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring design decisions aligned with business goals, technical feasibility, and user needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Strengthened stakeholder management and communication skills by confidently presenting design rationale, facilitating constructive discussions, and driving alignment through evidence-based design decisions.
Let's
Collaborate
with
clarity.
Share your goals, and I’ll help shape the direction and guide your project forward with clarity and care.
©Raina Raval 2026, All rights reserved.