Alberto Gaona ES

Project · Restyle

Restyle: the try-on behind Ulta Beauty’s GLAMlab

Tattoo flash: hand mirror, rose, scissors and barber pole with a banner that reads No regrets

What it unlocked

Restyle’s try-on technology powered Ulta Beauty’s GLAMlab hairstyle try-on, after Ulta invested in Restyle. A three-engineer startup put its product in front of the largest specialty beauty retailer in the US.

At a glance

Company
Restyle
My role
Machine Learning Engineer
When
2021–2022
Reference
Xin Chung, former CEO of Restyle

My part

One of three engineers on the full hair try-on product, from GAN-based hairstyle animations to selfie verification. I co-led the three-month technical handoff that onboarded Ulta Beauty’s engineering team.

Ask Xin Chung, Restyle’s former CEO, about my work ↗

Public sources

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