Target is getting into the nail business. You read correctly. Not nails as in screws and bolts, but fingernails, the humankind you paint and polish. Why would a store that sells food, toys, diapers, clothing and household items get into the beauty business? I assume it’s to make money. At ten dollars per customer, a robot will pipe polish onto your nails in about ten minutes or less, which is significantly less time than it takes to get your nails done in a salon.
To be fair, Target is already in the beauty business. The stores sell makeup, nail polish, skin and hair products among other items. So maybe this is a natural next step.
It’s part of a pilot program to see if busy people who don’t often have time for a manicure or don’t want to pay top dollar are interested in getting their nails done quickly for less money.
The article I read says you slide your finger into a machine where two cameras take about 100 pictures of your nail. Those images are then used to create a 3-D picture that captures the shape and edges of the nail so the robot can determine how fast the machine’s polish-dispenser should move when applying nail polish.
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