How Skin Memory works.

• When you started it

  Was it March, or was it May? The date is usually the first thing to go.

• How your skin looked before

  Without a note, “before” gets rewritten by whatever came after.

• What else you introduced

  A cleanser, a serum and a new SPF can all arrive in the same fortnight.

• How often you used it

  Every night, or twice a week? Both feel like “I was using it”.

• When you first noticed

  Skin rarely announces itself. The first hint is easy to lose.

• What happened next

  Whether it settled, stayed, or came back is the part that helps most later.

1. 01

   Capture

   Record what is happening.

   Start with what is on your shelf and what is in your routine. Cleanser, serum, moisturizer, SPF. The brand, the name, the ingredients if you have them, and the role each one plays for you.

   In the app

   • Add a product by searching for it, by photographing its name and ingredient list (read on your phone, not uploaded), or by typing it in yourself.
   • Choose a role for it: cleanser, moisturiser, sunscreen, treatment, exfoliant, eye cream, toner, mask or other.
   • Say whether you use it in the morning, at night, or both.

   You confirm each detail as you add it, and you can change a product's status whenever you like.

2. 02

   Baseline

   Know where you started.

   Before you change something, your record already holds what you were using. Open any date later and Skin Memory shows what was on your shelf then. That is your starting point, in your own dated words.

   In the app

   • Your shelf and routine carry the dates you added them.
   • The reconstruction view lays out what was active on a date you choose.
   • You can add a note about how your skin feels on the day you begin.

   A baseline here is simply your own record of the moment before. There is no scan and no score.

3. 03

   Change

   Introduce one thing.

   Start a product, pause one, drop one, swap one out, or change how often you use it. Log the day it happens. One change at a time keeps the sequence readable, for you and for anyone you show it to.

   In the app

   • Log a change in a couple of taps: added, dropped, swapped, paused, resumed, or a change in frequency.
   • Add a short note if there is something worth remembering.
   • Forgot to log it on the day? Add it later and mark it as recorded late.
4. 04

   Observe

   Give yourself time to notice.

   Skin changes slowly. Nothing needs logging on day one, and there is no correct number of days. Some things show up a couple of weeks later, and some settle on their own. Observing mostly means looking, calmly, and not deciding too early.

   In the app

   • Reminders can nudge you to check in on your morning and evening routine. You choose the times.
   • The Journal keeps every entry in order, so you can skim back over the weeks.
5. 05

   Record

   Add what you noticed.

   Redness, dryness, breakouts, irritation, or nothing at all. One line is enough. If you notice it late, say so. The record keeps both dates, the day it happened and the day you wrote it down.

   In the app

   • Choose from six plain options, from “No reaction noted” to “Something else”.
   • Add a note in your own words. There is no scoring and no grading.
   • If something feels urgent, the app has a short check that asks yes or no questions and points you to help.
6. 06

   Learn

   Keep what you discover.

   Use your own history when you decide what to try next. Open the reconstruction view for any date and read the thirty days before it, in order. What you take from it is up to you, and up to a professional if it matters.

   In the app

   • The reconstruction view shows what was on your shelf and what changed in the thirty days before a date.
   • When several changes overlap, it says so, because that is harder to read.
   • Export your record as a file and a readable timeline whenever you like.

1. Jun
   01Wrote down where things stand.Cleanser, moisturiser and serum. Skin feels ordinary.
2. Jun
   02Started a new cleanser.The only change that week.
3. Jun
   09Checked in. Nothing to note.“No reaction” is an entry too.
4. Jun
   16Noticed dryness along the jaw.Two weeks after the cleanser.
5. Jun
   17Also: a hot, dry few days.Written down, not decided about.
6. Jun
   30Paused the toner.One change, on its own.
7. Jul
   14Dryness settled.Kept the cleanser. Toner stays paused.
8. Jul
   15Opened the reconstruction view.The whole sequence, in one place.

A timeline isn’t a diagnosis.