Build Your Skincare Routine With AI
Updated: Sep 28
Skincare can feel like a maze of ingredients, trends and promises. AI can be a wonderful guide through it, but only if it knows you first: your skin, your climate, your routine, your cycle, your taste, how you change over time.
The better the context, the better the guidance. This guide shows you how to give it that context, one step at a time, so your conversations get wiser the longer you use them.
The cycle is simple: observe, understand, prioritize, research, decide, and observe again.
Two things that make this easy
Use your voice. Talk, don't type. You don't need skincare vocabulary, just say what you notice.
One conversation, step by step. Answer each step in the same chat, in any order, and stop whenever you like. You can always add more later.
Works with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. No Projects feature? Paste the instructions at the start of a chat and keep coming back to that same chat.
Step 0. Create a home for your skin
Open a separate Project just for skincare, so your skin info, products and experiences live in one place. Paste this into the Project instructions. You can edit it as you learn.
I'm using this project to understand my skin and make better skincare decisions over time. Use everything I share as ongoing context. Consider my skin, environment, climate, routine, goals, preferences, budget, menstrual cycle, and past product experiences. Don't assume I need new products because they are popular or trending. Focus on what I actually need, not what I could buy. When discussing products, go beyond marketing. Explain ingredients, formulation, purpose, and whether it makes sense for me. Tell me if something is unnecessary or redundant, or if my routine could be simpler. If you don't have enough information, ask me questions first. When comparing products, separate marketing from real function, and consider price and availability. Don't overhaul my routine based on a single product. Look at the full picture. Tell me when you're not sure, and separate what has evidence from what is marketing. Your role is to help me understand my skin and make informed decisions, not to sell me skincare.
Step 1. Describe your skin (Observe)
You don't need to know your skin type. Start by pasting this, then answer.
I'm going to answer some questions so you can understand my skin better. Use this information as context when helping me with my skincare routine, product research, and recommendations. Please ask me these one at a time.
The quick version
How does your skin feel most days, and a few hours after your routine?
Where do you get oily or dry?
Does your skin change with travel, climate or your cycle?
Does it sting, flush or itch easily? Any ingredients that never worked for you?
What do you want to feel when you look at your skin in six months?
Go deeper
Are your pores or texture noticeable anywhere?
Does your skin shift during your cycle: oiliness, dryness, breakouts, sensitivity?
Have you ever had a bad reaction to a product? How long did the irritation last?
Any fragrances, textures or product types your skin dislikes?
Step 2. Choose what to focus on (Prioritize)
Skincare isn't only about fixing. It's also about supporting what you already love. Pick up to three things.
What bothers you most right now?
What do you love about your skin?
How does it look and feel in your dream six months from now?
How much effort are you realistically willing to give your routine?
Step 3. Your world (Understand)
Your skin lives where you live.
Where are you based, and what's the climate like?
How much sun do you get? Do you use air conditioning or heating?
How often do you exercise or sweat?
Do you travel between very different climates?
Anything else in your lifestyle you've noticed showing up on your skin?
Step 4. What you already have
Before adding anything new, show the AI your shelf. Type it, say it, or upload photos.
What do you use in the morning and at night? Which sunscreen?
Any active ingredients right now?
Which products do you love, and why? Which ones did you dislike or break you out?
What do you own but haven't started? What do you want to finish before buying again?
For each product: name, type, what you use it for, how often, how your skin reacts, and whether you'd buy it again. It doesn't have to be perfect.
Step 5. How you love to use things
A great product is the wrong product if you don't enjoy it.
Textures you love: gel, lotion, cream, balm, oil. And the ones you can't stand: heavy, sticky, too many layers.
Fragrance-free or not?
Brands or countries you prefer? Your budget? Where do you shop?
How important is it that it's easy to buy again?
How much do clean, natural or a certain philosophy matter to you?
Step 6. Let the AI find the gaps
Before any recommendation, ask what's missing.
Review everything I've shared about my skin, my goals, my environment, my routine, and my preferences. Tell me what information is still missing or unclear, and ask me whatever questions you need before recommending anything.
Step 7. Explore, then decide (Research and decide)
Now that you know my skin, my routine, my goals, and my preferences, help me evaluate the skincare products I'm curious about. Consider everything you already know about me when answering.
You only need this once. Then just ask naturally:
What do you think of this product for my skin?
What does this ingredient actually do?
Does it overlap with something I already use?
Is it filling a real gap, or am I attracted to the marketing?
Compare these two for me.
Always bring the INCI
The INCI is the full ingredient list. AI doesn't always have the latest or complete one. Copy it from the brand's website or another reliable source, paste it in the chat, and then ask. Also remember that AI can be wrong about ingredients, formulas and prices, so double-check what matters.
Try new things gently
Introduce one new product at a time.
Patch test on your inner forearm first.
If you have persistent acne, strong reactions or anything that worries you, see a dermatologist. AI is a guide, not a doctor.
Step 8. Come back and tell it what happened (Observe again)
This is the step that makes everything work. After two to four weeks of using something, return to your project and tell it how your skin responded.
I've been using [product] for [time]. Here is what I noticed in my skin: [your words]. Based on everything you know about me, should I keep it, adjust how I use it, or let it go?
Then the cycle begins again. Your project becomes a living record of your skin.
Your skin is not a problem to solve.
It's a conversation. Keep listening to it.
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