--- description: Find out why Lancôme Hapta is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Lancôme Hapta: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7102248008e43af/698a4176cabb1dff7ae51dd1/best-inventions-2023-lancome-hapta.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # The Beauty of Stability Lancôme Hapta by [Tara Law](/author/tara-law/) ## Tara Law Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Loss of dexterity caused by conditions like strokes or arthritis can make applying lipstick tricky. The Hapta by Lancôme is a lipstick holder that uses stabilizing tech and adapts to users’ needs to get their lipstick on evenly, in a smooth swipe. Guive Balooch, global managing director of augmented beauty and open innovation at L’Oréal, says the company hopes to take the tech beyond lipstick. “No community should be removed from the ability to use beauty products,” he says. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323116/lancome-hapta/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323116/lancome-hapta/"},"headline":"The Beauty of Stability","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:21:43.843Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323116/lancome-hapta/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7102248008e43af/698a4176cabb1dff7ae51dd1/best-inventions-2023-lancome-hapta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Law","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-law/"}],"creator":"Tara Law","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7102248008e43af/698a4176cabb1dff7ae51dd1/best-inventions-2023-lancome-hapta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323116/lancome-hapta/","name":"The Beauty of Stability"}}]}] ```