Is this color family worth a closer comparison?
Use motion for the fast instinct: watch the lip, cheek, or eye idea as your face turns and your expression changes.
Instant experimentation
Makeup shade finder and Live AR virtual try-on
Use the MaqAI makeup shade finder with Live AR, a photo, and Color Analysis to compare color and placement, then build a focused shade-family shortlist.
ModeLive camera
FocusColor & placement
GuidanceColor-analysis aware
ControlAdjustable intensity
The decision brief
The question this feature answers best.
Enter with one decision, keep the comparison controlled, and leave with language you can use beyond the screen.
Separate intensity from color
First compare soft, balanced, and bold strength. Then move through nearby shade families so two decisions do not blur into one.
Two or three families to swatch—not one digital answer
Carry the shortlist into neutral light and let real formula, opacity, oxidation, and wear make the final decision.
How it works
From first idea to a comparison worth keeping.
Open Live
Grant camera access only when you want to use the live try-on.
Compare in motion
Switch color, placement, and intensity while your angle and expression change.
Build the shortlist
Use Color Analysis and Shade Finder to narrow the families worth testing on skin.
Fast instinct first. Controlled comparison second.
Live AR answers the first question quickly: does this color, placement, or intensity change the balance in an interesting way as you move? It is ideal for scanning options without generating a new still image every time.
When an option deserves a closer look, move to a photo preview. The stable portrait makes side-by-side judgment and saving more deliberate.
Turn an endless shade wall into a few useful families
Shade Finder can use MaqAI Color Analysis to organize lip, cheek, eye, and complexion ideas around broad undertone and contrast cues. The goal is a manageable set to compare—not a single shade declared correct.
Color analysis is appearance-based styling guidance, not a scientific measurement or restriction. Keep harmonious options, deliberately test contrast, and let the real swatch decide.
- Lip, cheek, eye, and complexion shade families
- Warm, cool, and neutral palette direction
- Live and still-photo exploration
- No rigid beauty rules
Where it becomes useful
Give the feature one job—and judge it by that job.
A useful result should clarify the whole look, isolate one detail, or give you a product, technique, or routine decision to test next.
Check a color while your face is moving
Live AR is useful for a first instinct because you can see the look through small changes in angle, expression, and distance—not only in one frozen frame.
Compare intensity before shade
A familiar color at a new intensity can feel more different than a new color at the same strength. Adjust softness first, then move through nearby shade families.
Build a focused swatch list
Translate the most promising preview into two or three real shade families and finishes to test under neutral light.
Review with a critical eye
Separate camera color from the shade decision
Live previews react to ambient light, device white balance, screen calibration, and any makeup already on the face. Use them to compare direction and relationship—not to read a product code from the screen.
Light
Check the look in even, neutral light before judging warmth, coolness, or complexion depth.
Movement
Watch whether lip, cheek, and eye placement remains balanced as you turn slightly or change expression.
Reality check
Swatch complexion products on skin and let formulas settle. Oxidation, opacity, and reflectivity cannot be proven by an AR preview.
A repeatable practice plan
Use Live AR to scan quickly, then leave the camera for a controlled shortlist.
Live color is strongest as a discovery surface. Movement reveals first impressions, while a still portrait and real swatches provide the stability needed for a final shade-family decision.
Begin in neutral, even light with a clean lens.
Remove colored light and keep screen brightness steady. Existing strong lip, cheek, or eye color can mix with the overlay, so use a bare face or document what is already present.
Move through broad families before micro-shades.
For lips, compare nude, rose, berry, coral, red, and brown directions at a similar intensity. For cheeks or eyes, keep placement and finish stable while color changes.
Move two finalists onto one still portrait.
The photo view removes motion and expression as variables. Compare warmth, depth, contrast, and placement at normal size, then decide which family deserves a real product search.
Test formulas under the same neutral light.
Natural pigmentation, opacity, formula base, oxidation, and reflectivity change the result. Let the real product settle and check the light in which you plan to wear it.
Leave with two or three shade families described in words—such as medium muted rose satin or deep neutral-red velvet—rather than screenshots of dozens of neighboring colors. Record the light and intensity used so the shortlist can be recreated at a counter or from products you already own.
Permission before processing
Live AR requests camera permission on your device. Photo analysis and AI generation use a separate disclosure and affirmative consent, so you can choose the modes independently.
How MaqAI handles privacy →Good to know
Questions about Live AR & Shade Finder
Straight answers about the app, AI previews, privacy, and what to expect.
Does Live AR require camera permission?
Yes. Camera permission is requested for live makeup try-on. You can still use photo-based features separately.
Do I need Color Analysis first?
You can explore makeup without it, but Color Analysis gives the Shade Finder more personalized palette context.
Is undertone analysis definitive?
No. It is appearance-based styling guidance. Lighting and camera color can affect the result.
Put Live AR & Shade Finder to work
Start with one decision—not twenty random options.
Use Live AR & Shade Finder to compare a clear direction, keep the part that works, and turn the result into a practical next step.