BEAUTY NEWS: SEPHORA + PANTONE COLOR IQ

SEPHORA + PANTONE COLOR IQ:
The Most Advanced Foundation Matching Solution.
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SEPHORA, the leading beauty specialty retailer, and Pantone, the global color authority, announce the launch of SEPHORA + PANTONE COLOR IQ, the most advanced foundation matching solution available in North American beauty retail. Using Pantone's color capture and measuring technology, SEPHORA + PANTONE COLOR IQ is the first and only beauty system to scan the surface of the skin, assign an official PANTONE^® SkinTone™ number, and match a scientifically precise foundation shade from Sephora's 1,000 foundations, brands and formulas.


The SEPHORA + PANTONE COLOR IQ system is based on Pantone's CAPSURE™ , a compact, hand-held spectro-colorimeter that is used in the design world to identify color with unsurpassed accuracy. As the first of its kind in cosmetics retail, the device works by taking an image of the skin, analyzing it and assigning an official PANTONE SkinTone number. With that number, Sephora beauty experts reference SEPHORA's Universal SkinTone Library on an iPad^® , which holds over 1,000 foundation SKUs, to determine what products are a precise match for each skin tone.   

This exclusive SEPHORA foundation service will be available at SEPHORA 5 Times Square, Manhattan beginning July 26th and SEPHORA Powell Street, San Francisco beginning August 2nd.