Scan a product with your camera

Scan a product

1. Tap + at the bottom right. The Scan your product screen opens with your camera. (The first time, your iPhone asks to let BeautyMark use the camera.)
2. Point the camera at the label with the brand and product name, then tap the round shutter button.
3. After a moment of Reading label…, you'll see Is this your product? with the best matches. Tap yours.
4. BeautyMark fetches the product's photo and opens Add Product with the brand, name, shade, category, link and photo filled in. Check everything, change what you like, and tap Save (the ✓ on iOS 26 and later).

If your product isn't in the list

Tap None of these – use what was read (or Fill in what was read when there were no matches). BeautyMark fills in what it could read from the label and keeps your photo as the product's photo. You can fix anything on the next screen before saving.

Not happy with the photo? Tap Retake to try again.

When you save a product we didn't know, BeautyMark may ask whether to share it so other people can find it too. Here's what's shared.

Other choices on the scan screen

• Photo library (the photos button, left of the shutter): use a photo you've already taken.
• Skip: go straight to an empty Add Product screen and find the product by name instead.

Tips for small or tricky labels

• Get close. On iPhones with a macro camera, BeautyMark switches lenses when you're close, just like the Camera app.
• Tap the label to focus (a yellow square shows where), and pinch to zoom if you can't get close enough.
• Find good light and tilt shiny or curved packaging until the glare is off the words.
• Photograph the side with the brand and product name, not the ingredients.
• On iPhones with Apple Intelligence turned on, BeautyMark can also make sense of labels for products that aren't in its list yet.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. BeautyMark reads the label right on your iPhone. When you pick a match, it downloads that product's photo from the store. Your products, including any photo you keep, sync only through your own iCloud.

The camera screen just says the camera is off

BeautyMark doesn't have permission to use your camera. Open the iPhone Settings app, scroll down to BeautyMark, and turn on Camera. You can still use Photo library or Skip in the meantime.