Qrio

Men’s Skincare Dispenser

Assistive smart skincare devices are tailored to assist men in understanding, educating, and caring for their skin, breaking the social stigma surrounding this market, and also catering to the laziness and lack of awareness that lies within men's skincare.

Rutuja Kulkarni, Sakshi Lunawat, Madhurika Ramesh, Anushka Nigam, Somya Chowdhary
Team Lead, Research, Prototyping, CAD modeling, 3D visualization

Is Men's Grooming only hair care?

While deodorants and face/body washes are just starting to gain traction in the men's grooming industry, the majority of sales are going toward products for men's hair and beards. But men's skincare is still understudied because of societal stigma, a lack of education, and a lack of desire to take care of one's skin.

“How might we help millennial men understand skincare and encourage them to adopt a consistent routine by making their experience to be more relatable, convenient, and guided?”

Understanding You

Qrio's algorithm swiftly analyzes your skin, including wrinkles, dryness, and dark spots. It also considers your daily plans and weather data to create a personalized lotion blend for optimal skincare.

Tailored to You

Qrio carefully analyzes your skin's unique traits and your daily routine to determine the lotions you need and calculates the necessary volumes. This innovative method streamlines your skincare routine by eliminating the need to search through underused lotion bottles in your cabinet.

Skincare lotion automatically dispenses through a semi-porous top membrane

Rush hour Grooming

Easily speed up your skincare routine during rush hours. Dispense a standard lotion quantity using the app or product button. This simplified method saves time by eliminating the need to find lotion bottles and manually extract cream.

Travel with glowing skin

Qrio enhances your travel experience by providing compact, travel-friendly quantities of lotion tailored to your destination. Its removable top dispense tray ensures seamless packing in any bag, allowing you to carry more of what you need without the bulk of large lotion bottles

Easy Replacements

Qrio employs intelligent learning algorithms to anticipate your future lotion needs. As it approaches depletion, it presents you with a selection of replacement options that can be seamlessly interchanged, ensuring uninterrupted skincare continuity

Understanding Men’s Skincare

The outdated stigma surrounding men's skincare limits access to products and resources, leading to a gap in the market for men's grooming solutions. Despite growing interest, many men still feel embarrassed to seek help or purchase skincare products, leading to inadequate solutions or neglecting skincare altogether. Breaking down this stigma would provide more men with the resources and products they need for healthy and well-groomed skin.

The opportunity

Despite outdated stigmas, men's skincare products should be accessible and effective for their unique grooming needs.

The Audience

Targeting young adult men who value grooming but lack time, money, and knowledge.

The Market

Multiple market research reports estimate the global men's grooming market at USD 60 billion in 2019 and USD 78 billion by 2027.

The Risk

Create a men's grooming gadget and face competition, consumer acceptance, technology constraints, supply chain issues, regulations, and marketing challenges.

South Korea has one of the world's largest men's grooming markets, but only 3.9% of men use skincare products daily and 16% occasionally, according to Statista.

A few factors explain this low usage. First, many men's skincare products are one-size-fits-all and don't consider skin needs, leaving men unsure of product use. Second, men often lack motivation or need to maintain a grooming routine.