L’Oréal’s CES 2026 magnificence gadgets embrace a skin-like versatile LED masks

Over the last ten or so years, L’Oréal has introduced a style of magnificence tech to the lots at CES 2026. This time, it has three gadgets to indicate off: the “Mild Straight + Multi-styler” in addition to the helpfully named LED Face Masks and LED Eye Masks.

Don’t let the unassuming names mislead you. These three merchandise really harbor some distinctive traits. The Mild Straight (and multi-styler, which I’m going to simply name the Mild Straight from right here on), as an illustration, makes use of infrared gentle to assist generate the warmth required to model your hair. In the meantime, the LED Face Masks is completely different from these made by firms like Dr. Dennis Gross, Omnilux, Therabody and Shark. As an alternative of pretty arduous shells that sit rigidly in your face, L’Oréal’s model seems to be to be pliable and skinny.

I haven’t seen this in individual but, although I do intend to take action as quickly as doable, however the photos of the LED Eye Masks look, and I imply this in the easiest way, ridonkulous. Not solely do they seem supple, however additionally they appear to be clear, with bulbs and wires you may see inside. In a few of the photos that the corporate offered, the masks are utterly awash in purple because the lights are on. In others, solely components of it are purple. Certainly one of them even reveals the masks sitting in somewhat carrying case and so they virtually seem like wi-fi earbuds. I haven’t seen any photographs of the LED Face Masks however I can think about they’d be pretty much like these.

In accordance with the press launch, this “ultra-thin, versatile silicone masks” is at the moment “in prototype kind” and was developed in collaboration with LED solutions company iSmart. The corporate mentioned this masks “delivers gentle on to the face” in 10-minute mechanically timed classes. That’s not too completely different from current purple gentle masks, however L’Oréal mentioned it believes “the important thing to the masks’s effectiveness is its superior, clear help, which integrates a skin-safe microcircuit to exactly management the emission of two chosen wavelengths of sunshine—purple gentle (630 nm) and near-infrared gentle (830 nm).”

Because the masks is barely launching in 2027, there aren’t particulars but on pricing and availability, although the corporate’s international vice chairman of tech and open innovation Guive Balooch informed Engadget that it will be a premium product that might sit someplace under the very best priced choices at the moment on the market.

Certainly one of my issues with full-face LED masks is that my pores and skin at all times feels too parched underneath them, as a result of you must use them on clear, dry pores and skin for 10 minutes at a time. Balooch informed me that L’Oréal would have a serum developed for use with its masks that might assist with that, whereas additionally bettering the effectiveness of the sunshine remedy.

That actually is intriguing, and Balooch indicated that creating formulations which are designed to work with gadgets just like the LED masks is a future course for the corporate.

I’m additionally within the Mild Straight, which like the corporate’s AirLight Pro makes use of infrared gentle to assist dry or model hair. In accordance with the corporate’s press launch, hair straighteners with “unusual heating locations can attain temperatures of 400°F and better—above the brink at which keratin denatures, resulting in weakened cuticles, breakage and diminished shine.” For context, I used to show my flatiron all the way in which as much as 425 levels Fahrenheit to tame my tresses (although as of late I discover a extra affordable 330 levels is nice sufficient).

L’Oréal says the Mild Straight and its “patented infrared gentle expertise” can “assist present distinctive styling outcomes at decrease temperatures, to raised shield the well being of the hair.” The machine’s glass plates by no means exceed 320 levels, and the corporate says its testing discovered that the Mild Straight is thrice sooner and leaves hair twice as clean as “main premium hair stylers.” I’m unsure how you’ll quantify smoothness, however I’m hopeful the outcomes do pan out in the actual world.

The Mild Straight makes use of near-infrared gentle that L’Oréal says “penetrates deeply into hair fibers” to “reshape inner hydrogen bonds.” It additionally has sensors onboard with “built-in proprietary algorithms and machine studying” to adapt to your gestures “to maximise particular person expertise.” I’m unsure what meaning, however I hope to search out out extra this week at CES. Given the Mild Straight doesn’t launch until 2027, it’s not stunning that pricing and different particulars aren’t but accessible. However for now, I’m eager to see firms proceed to analyze novel, hopefully more healthy methods for us to appear and feel lovely.