01 Industries
Beauty displays that look the part — and hold up under daily shopper touch.
Beauty and cosmetic retail displays live or die on premium feel — color accuracy, finish quality, lighting, and tester integration. They also have to survive thousands of shoppers picking up, opening, and putting back testers every week. arX builds freestanding beauty displays, inline beauty displays, experiential retail displays, and full brand experience displays for prestige and mass beauty — hitting the brand's aesthetic standard and the retailer's durability spec with the same fixture.
02 What makes it different
Premium feel, accurate color, daily shopper contact.
Four constraints define almost every beauty program: premium materials and finish (the brand's aesthetic standard has to show up in the fixture — generic shelving signals generic product), color accuracy (graphic reproduction has to match the brand's master swatches across every fixture, every store), tester integration (testers, swatching, sniff stations are central to the category), and daily touch durability (shoppers handle product constantly; finishes have to take it without showing wear in 90 days).
We engineer to hit all four without making the brand pick.
03 Programs
Programs we build for beauty.
The formats.
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Counter displays
Front-and-center brand presence on department or specialty beauty counters.
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Wall units
Inline brand fixtures in prestige and mass beauty aisles.
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Endcap programs
Single-brand category presence at high-visibility positions.
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Shop-in-shops
Dedicated brand environments inside department stores and specialty beauty.
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Tester stations
Standalone or integrated swatching, demo, and sampling zones.
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Gondola / inline fixtures
Category programs in mass retail and grocery beauty aisles.
04 How we design
Engineering for the way shoppers actually behave at a beauty fixture.
Testers, swatching, and shopper interaction
A working beauty fixture isn't just product on a shelf. We design for shopper behavior and store-team workflow at the same time, because both touch the fixture every day.
- 01 Testers that are easy to find, easy to use, and easy for store associates to refill
- 02 Wipes, mirrors, swatching surfaces where the category expects them
- 03 Trash and waste zones designed into the fixture, not bolted on
- 04 Sample storage integrated with the display
- 05 Drawers, doors, and service points that work for store-associate workflow
05 Materials & finishes
What separates beauty fixtures from generic display work.
Sample work in beauty.
- Prestige brand shop-in-shops in national department stores
- Endcap and inline programs for mass beauty
- Counter displays for prestige and mid-market beauty
- Tester stations for fragrance and color
- Specialty beauty retailer programs
07 Other industries
Other industries we serve.
10 Beauty FAQs
Beauty FAQs. Direct answers.
All FAQs01. How do you guarantee color accuracy across hundreds of fixtures?
Master-swatch approval before press, controlled press runs against the approved master, and in-line QA at every major production checkpoint. Every fixture is built from the same approved master file — no per-run improvisation.
02. Can arX integrate testers and demo into a permanent fixture?
Yes — tester stations, swatching surfaces, sample storage, and waste zones are designed into the fixture from concept, not bolted on. Refill and clean-down workflows for store associates are engineered alongside the shopper experience.
03. What materials are best for prestige beauty displays?
Brushed, anodized, plated, or powder-coated metals for structure; soft-touch and textured surfaces in shopper-contact zones; acrylic and glass for product reveal; wood, stone, and natural materials in higher-end prestige programs.
04. How does arX handle refresh cycles for beauty programs?
Refresh paths are designed into the original fixture engineering — swappable graphic panels, modular product holders, and replaceable lighting elements let you update the program without rebuilding. Most beauty refreshes deploy in 6–10 weeks.