L'Oreal USA Launches Emoji Keyboard

L'Oreal USA announces the launch of "Beaumoji," the most extensive messaging keyboard designed to enhance and animate conversations around the world of beauty. The keyboard offers 130 emojis created exclusively for the community of beauty enthusiasts.

Once downloaded, the Beaumoji keyboard is organized into categories including 'It Girl,' which features illustrations of current beauty trends like the ombr lip and pastel hair, 'Pampered Life' with characters indulging in beauty experiences, alongside symbols of 'Iconic' L'Oreal-brand products, such as Urban Decay's Naked palette and Maybelline New York Great Lash mascara.

Beaumoji also features categories titled 'beYOUtiful' which encourages users to embrace their personal style and express their unique beauty stories, and 'Love' which includes icons and gestures to express enthusiasm for all things beauty.

The keyboard is available for free on both iOS and Android, and consumers can expect seasonal upgrades with new emojis to reflect evolving beauty trends.

To celebrate the announcement, L'Oreal is also unveiling an emoji design contest, inviting consumers to create and submit their own Beaumoji using the hashtag #BeaumojiContest which will be judged by a panel of top beauty influencers. Three winners will receive a trip to New York City for a one-night stay and VIP ticket to Beautycon Festival New York (October 1st), where their Beaumoji will be revealed live on stage alongside some of the industry's most admired beauty influencers and in front of thousands of beauty industry enthusiasts.

L'Oreal USA was inspired to create Beaumoji by the growth of beauty-oriented conversations on mobile and through social messaging. Social platforms like YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and Snapchat have completely transformed the way consumers learn about, engage with and relate to the beauty industry.

By leveraging social listening tools, L'Oreal saw a surge in these online conversations and the use of the few relevant emojis currently available like the Unicode lipstick and nail polish icons. L'Oreal's mission was to fill the gap between the growing desire to communicate in new ways about beauty and the visual tools available to best illustrate it.

Beaumoji is the latest effort in L'Oreal's ongoing digital and technology innovation strategy. Other recent innovations include the Makeup Genius virtual makeup app and the My UV Patch skin sensor app—launched at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. 

The Beaumoji keyboard was created in partnership with Snaps, an end-to-end platform for brand marketing across messaging applications and devices.