AMIRO Small Black Mirror VS Tmall Genie QUEEN Beauty Mirror: Which one is the "magic mirror" that makes you prettier than Snow White?

Loving beauty has always been a girl’s nature. With the development of technology, there are more and more technological products that help girls become more beautiful, such as selfie beautification, face slimming devices and so on.

However, no matter how excellent these products are, they are not as practical and efficient as makeup. Therefore, the excellence of a beauty mirror has become a key factor in improving a girl's beauty.

Today we will compare the two high-end beauty mirrors, both of which are priced at over 500 yuan, the Tmall Genie Queen Beauty Mirror and the AMIRO Small Black Mirror, to see which of the two products is better in terms of user experience, and which product is the best tool to help consumers become more beautiful.

Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror is designed based on consumer needs

In terms of appearance, Tmall Genie Queen and AMIRO are very different. Tmall Genie Queen is "short and fat" while AMIRO makeup mirror is "tall and thin". These two design styles lead to two completely different user experiences.

From the front, although both the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror and the AMIRO small black mirror use an 8-inch mirror design, the light ring around the Tmall Genie Queen mirror is narrower than that of the AMIRO small black mirror. Therefore, it also visually highlights that the screen-to-body ratio of the Tmall Genie Queen is "higher".

In addition, it is worth noting that the Tmall Genie Queen mirror has 64 complete and evenly distributed LED lights around it. When the light source is turned on, the lighting is very even and there is no dark corner. However, when the AMIRO small black mirror is dimmed, the dark corner caused by uneven lighting can be clearly seen, and the AMIRO small black mirror does not form a complete circle below the ring light. When looking in the mirror, the light will be incomplete, affecting the viewing experience.

It is worth mentioning that Tmall put the brightness adjustment of the Queen small black mirror on the front base, and the button is a touch-sensitive design, and the brightness of the picture can be adjusted by just touching it with your finger. AMIRO uses a physical button design, which has clearer feedback, but considering that it is difficult to pull out your hands to touch the physical button hard when putting on makeup, it increases the operating burden.

On the back of the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror, there is a conical base underneath, connected to the mirror on top, and the power port is centered on the back. Although there are more elements than the front, thanks to Tmall's ultimate industrial design capabilities, it does not appear chaotic at all, and there is a kind of orderly beauty in it.

Although the AMIRO small black mirror has only one power port on the back, its mirror and conical body are arranged in parallel, so it does not look as harmonious as the Tmall Genie Queen's conical body and tilted mirror.

In order to prevent the body from shaking, suction cup designs are added to the bottom of the Tmall Genie Queen Beauty Mirror and the AMIRO Small Black Mirror. However, because the Tmall Genie Queen Beauty Mirror adopts a conical design, the suction cup area at the bottom is larger and the center is lower, so its stability is much better than the AMIRO makeup mirror with a "straight up and down" design.

It is worth noting that although both the Tmall Genie Queen and AMIRO Black Mirror have power ports on the back, the AMIRO Black Mirror has a battery design, so it can be used on the move. However, if you think about it the other way around, most makeup mirrors are used in fixed scenes such as office desks and writing desks, so Tmall Genie Queen will not lose points by abandoning the battery. On the contrary, since Tmall Genie Queen does not need to consider the storage of the battery, it can be made shorter. When consumers look in the mirror, they can look down at the Tmall Genie Queen freely, instead of looking up at the AMIRO makeup mirror, which causes an incomplete display.

Overall, Tmall Genie Queen has adopted a design concept that is driven by consumer demand and where functionality serves appearance. Guided by this concept, we can see that the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror has made many humanized designs in details.

In comparison, although the AMIRO small black mirror is also very beautiful in design, it is a pity that the AMIRO makeup mirror has gone to the extreme of focusing only on design and ignoring user experience, so it appears to be a bit "strong on the outside but weak on the inside".

Customized scenarios are the next step

After looking at the design, let’s take a look at the differences between Tmall Genie Queen and AMIRO Little Black Mirror in terms of beauty experience.

Overall, both Tmall Genie Queen and AMIRO small black mirror support three light sources: cold tube, natural light, and warm light. But in addition, Tmall Genie Queen brings consumers stepless dimming, and Tmall Genie Queen also adds a variety of scene lighting effects, including cafes, offices, parties and other scenes.

Taking the stage as an example, I believe that female students who have participated in performances know that it is difficult to guarantee an ideal effect on the stage after putting on a good makeup in the dressing room. This is because the stage light is different from the indoor light.

To solve this problem, Tmall Genie Queen has built-in stage performance lighting effects, which allows female students participating in the performance to simulate the stage lighting effects in the dressing room through Tmall Genie Queen, thereby showing their most beautiful side and avoiding the situation where they have worked hard to put on makeup but perform poorly on stage.

According to Tmall, the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror has a color rendering index of up to 97, and a brightness that can reach 1100 lux, comparable to sunlight. It can restore 96% of Asian skin color, 97% of makeup removal light transparency, and 97% of makeup light color rendering.

More importantly, since female students need to put on and remove makeup directly in front of the Tmall Genie Queen, in order to avoid damage to the eyes of female students caused by high-brightness light sources, the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror also adds a 7-speed intelligent design, which can be intelligently adjusted according to the perception of the human eye, making the human eye more comfortable under the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror.

It can be said that in terms of light source, which is closely related to makeup, the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror has demonstrated its strength. It makes full use of cold and warm professional-grade beauty lamp beads and customizes different light sources for consumers in different scenarios, which greatly expands the scope of application of the beauty mirror. In order to ensure an excellent user experience, the Tmall Genie Queen has also added a 7-speed intelligent design, which further increases the humanistic care of the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror and fully demonstrates Tmall's technical background in human-computer interaction.

In contrast, the AMIRO small black mirror only supports three light sources: mechanical cold tube, natural light, and warm light, as well as six levels of brightness adjustment. Not only does it have a very narrow range of use, it also does not have any intelligent adjustment functions, which invisibly brings a heavy burden of use to consumers. In today's rapidly developing technology, a product should truly combine the convenience brought to people by technological capabilities.

Differentiated experience, let the voice actor be your personal skin care expert

Although the main function of the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror is a mirror, Tmall also brings us more playability beyond the mirror.

Tmall Genie Queen supports connection to the Tmall Genie App, so we can freely control the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror through the mobile phone, a portable device. If you get up early and are in a hurry to go out and forget to turn off the mirror, just take out your mobile phone and operate it remotely.

Combined with the Tmall Genie App, we can also detect the condition of the skin in real time. Whether it is dryness, oiliness or fine lines, it can be seen at a glance on the Tmall Genie App. At the same time, the Tmall Genie App can also give us professional skin care advice based on the skin condition. This function is like Tmall matching a skin care expert for consumers.

More importantly, Tmall has equipped Tmall Genie Queen with intelligent voice functions based on actual usage by consumers.

Considering the actual scenarios, when girls put on makeup, in most cases they hold the cosmetics in one hand and the makeup brush in the other hand. In this way, they naturally have no hands free to control the traditional beauty mirror.

After adding smart voice, we only need to move our mouths to control Tmall Genie Queen. For example, we only need to say to Tmall Genie Queen, "Tmall Genie, turn on the light", and Tmall Genie Queen will turn on the light for us to put on makeup; just say "Tmall Genie, adjust the light to a cloudy day", and Tmall Genie Queen will automatically match the cloudy scene.

Interestingly, targeting the female market, Tmall Genie Queen has also added a "Voice Actor Male God" function. According to Tmall, the first Tmall Genie Star Voice spokesperson is Xu Weizhou, and more male stars will be included in the Star Voice spokespersons in the future.

Complementing the “professional skin care advice” mentioned above, voice can also provide us with professional skin care suggestions.

For example, if we ask Tmall Genie Queen, "Tmall Genie, how strong is the ultraviolet light today?", Tmall Genie Queen will answer us, "The ultraviolet light intensity is very strong today, please apply sunscreen products of around SPF50 and bring a parasol when going out."

Just imagine that we can get professional skin care advice customized for us by our favorite male star through Tmall Genie Queen. It is quite dreamy.

Integrate Tmall Genie AI speaker function to expand usage scenarios

In addition to being a "voice actor god", Tmall has also boldly expanded the boundaries of Queen's use - allowing it to be equipped with the main functions of the Tmall Genie AI smart speaker.

Whether it is controlling IoT devices at home, checking the weather, or setting alarms, you can control Tmall Genie Queen with one click through voice. Owning a Tmall Genie QUEEN beauty mirror is equivalent to owning a beauty mirror + smart speaker + personal skin care assistant.

For example, when we are at work, Tmall Genie Queen is next to our workstation. We can directly say to Tmall Genie Queen, "Tmall Genie, order me a cup of coffee", and Tmall Genie Queen will automatically buy a cup of coffee for us, greatly simplifying our life efficiency.

Or, when we are in the bedroom, we can say to Tmall Genie Queen, "Tmall Genie, adjust the temperature of the air conditioner to 26℃", and Tmall Genie Queen will automatically control the connected air-conditioning equipment to adjust to 26℃.

From this perspective, Tmall Genie Queen has long surpassed the application scope of "beauty mirror" and has become a little assistant in our lives. This can also be regarded as a model of function serving design.

Overall, as a beauty mirror, Tmall Genie Queen performs exceptionally well in both function and design, satisfying the greatest expectations of most consumers for a beauty mirror.

In addition, in terms of functionality, the Tmall Genie Queen beauty mirror is not limited to the category of "beauty mirror", but is combined with usage scenarios and integrated with the Tmall Genie AI speaker function, which greatly enhances the usage scenarios of Tmall Genie Queen in our daily lives, killing two birds with one stone.

Looking back at the AMIRO Little Black Mirror at this time, you can find that the AMIRO Little Black Mirror not only lags behind the Tmall Genie Queen in terms of design and functions related to the "beauty" category, but also cannot catch up with the Tmall Genie Queen in terms of product scalability.

It can be said that this is caused by the different fundamental concepts at the bottom of the products of Tmall Genie Queen Beauty Mirror and AMIRO Little Black Mirror - Tmall Genie Queen always takes consumer needs as the design reference point, thus bringing products with great humanistic care, while AMIRO Little Black Mirror focuses on the "beauty mirror" without considering the scene and consumers, so it is not surprising that the products produced are one era behind.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.