AI-powered beauty innovation at VivaTech 2025

VivaTech 2025 Beauty Innovations : You Can’t Miss

VivaTech 2025 Beauty Innovations : You Can’t Miss

VivaTech 2025 in Paris has once again proven it’s not just a tech fair—it’s the launchpad for next-gen beauty, luxury and lifestyle innovation. From generative AI to biometric sensing, this article explores the standout innovations and trends shaping the future of the industry.

🧬 AI-Powered Beauty: L’Oréal’s Bold Leap

L’Oréal presented one of the most ambitious innovation lineups seen this year:

  • Longevity Integrative Science: targeting biological aging mechanisms
  • Cell BioPrint: a lab-on-a-chip tool for real-time skin diagnostics
  • AI-powered makeup & acne coaches via WhatsApp and Meta
  • Hyper Look Studio: real-time trend-based virtual try-ons

AI continues to redefine personalization in beauty, reinforcing its position as a core strategy for heritage and indie brands alike.

🎖 LVMH Innovation Awards: Startups Shaping Luxury

At the LVMH pavilion, the blend of heritage and startup agility was in full display:

  • Omi: “Most Promising” winner for 3D-AI visuals, already collaborating with Guerlain and L’Oréal
  • Kahoona: awarded “Best Business” for advanced e-commerce personalization, notably with Dior
  • Genesis: won “Best Impact” for its sustainable soil monitoring system, linked to Moët Hennessy

These collaborations spotlight the role of tech partnerships in evolving brand narratives and operations.

🤳 Personalized Experiences & Immersive Tech

Tech-driven beauty experiences are scaling fast:

  • Perfect Corp: showcased AI Virtual Agents and skin analysis with unprecedented accuracy
  • Robertet & Artefact: introduced “Essence of AI” — a scent generated from brand identity
  • Sensora: used biometric headsets to detect emotional responses to scents and visuals

These innovations point to a future where consumer engagement is real-time, hyper-personalized, and data-backed.

🧥 Quiet Tech: Luxury’s Invisible Edge

This year’s standout trend? Subtlety.
Luxury brands are embracing “quiet tech”: innovations that integrate seamlessly and invisibly into the consumer experience.

  • Kering’s AR glasses focused on minimalism and comfort
  • LVMH’s stance emphasized elegance over spectacle

The goal: enhance without disrupting.

🌿 Sustainability & Ethical Innovation

Sustainability remains front and center:

  • United Silk and EFpolymer offered biodegradable and bio-sourced materials
  • Genesis demonstrated the viability of tech-enhanced regenerative agriculture

Luxury’s new challenge is to marry elegance and environmental responsibility — without compromise.

🧭 Key Takeaways from VivaTech 2025

  • AI is the new standard in beauty and retail personalization
  • Emotive tech is rising — expect emotion-driven product design
  • Sustainability is systemic, not just surface-level
  • Luxury is tech-savvy, but quiet — elegance stays at the center