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Case Study · Beauty & Cosmetics · India Completed

A Headless, AI-Powered Storefront for a Premium Cosmetics Brand - case study

Full-service D2C for Metabu - a premium “designer colour house” of clean, made-in-India cosmetics. We built their Shopify store in 2025, then rebuilt it in 2026 as a fast, app-like headless storefront on the Shopify Storefront API - with a photo-based AI virtual try-on and AI shade-finder quiz, combos and bespoke premium UX - and we run their branding, content and growth marketing across SEO, social and paid.

metabucosmetics.com - website
ClientMetabu Cosmetics
IndustryBeauty & Cosmetics · India
EngagementFull-service (Shopify · Headless · AI · Brand · Growth)
The challenge & how we solved it
01
The challenge

What they needed

  • A standard Shopify theme couldn't deliver the speed or premium, app-like feel the brand demanded
  • Colour cosmetics are hard to buy online - shoppers couldn't see how a shade would look on them
  • High-consideration shades needed personalization to remove guesswork and wrong-shade doubt
  • Metabu wanted one partner to own both the storefront and the growth around it
02
Our approach

How we solved it

  • Rebuilt the store headless on the Shopify Storefront API - app-like speed with full Shopify reliability for cart, checkout and payments
  • Built a photo-based AI virtual try-on: a shopper uploads a selfie, the AI detects facial features and renders the chosen shade in place
  • Built an AI shade-finder quiz that maps skin tone, undertone and preferences to the best-matched products
  • Added personalized shade & product recommendations, combos and premium merchandising to lift basket size
  • Run always-on branding, content and growth across SEO, social and paid
Built with
Frontend
Next.jsReactTypeScript
AI & Personalization
Photo-Based Try-OnFacial Feature DetectionSkin-Tone & Undertone AnalysisShade MatchingRecommendation Engine
The results Verified
  • A bespoke, premium headless storefront - unconstrained by Shopify themes
  • Fast, app-like UX with full Shopify reliability for cart, checkout and orders
  • A photo-based AI virtual try-on - shoppers see a shade on their own face before buying
  • An AI shade-finder that matches skin tone and undertone to the right products, taking the guesswork out of colour
  • Combos and merchandising designed to lift basket size
  • An always-on growth engine across SEO, social and paid

The headless storefront and growth campaigns launched in 2026 - conversion, speed and revenue results are now being tracked. We'll update this case study as they land.

Acqurio Tech is credited as the designer & developer on the live site.

The AI behind the storefront

Colour cosmetics are hard to buy online - shoppers can't tell how a shade will look on them, which drives hesitation and wrong-shade returns. We built two AI-driven tools to remove that guesswork. The photo-based virtual try-on lets a shopper upload a selfie; the AI detects facial features and renders the selected shade in place, so they see it on their own face before buying. The AI shade-finder quiz maps skin tone, undertone and preferences to the best-matched products and combos - turning a high-consideration purchase into a confident one.

Testimonial
YS
Yashvi SorathiaDirector, Metabu Cosmetics
Verified

Acqurio Tech has been our complete digital team - they built our Shopify store, then rebuilt it headless so it's as fast and premium as our products, with a custom AI try-on and shade finder our customers love. They also run our SEO, social and ads. One senior team that genuinely gets our brand.

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