Klar reads your skin in one scan, builds your AM/PM routine, and tells you what's actually in the products you use. One app.
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The evidence
It happens fast, and mostly without anyone noticing. In the half-second it takes to clock a face, people have already guessed your age, your health, and whether they trust you. Skin does a surprising amount of that work. It's one of the most replicated findings in social science, and the skincare aisle has somehow never mentioned it.
countries
People assume a better-looking face comes with a better person attached. Smarter, kinder, more capable. None of that actually follows. The assumption shows up anyway, in every one of the 45 countries researchers have checked.
Dion et al., 1972 · Batres & Shiramizu, 2022
apparent age, from skin tone alone
Show people one square of cheek skin. No eyes, no features, nothing else to go on. They'll still estimate your age and your health, and they'll land close. Evenness of tone is doing most of that, and it can shift how old you read by up to twenty years.
Matts, Fink et al. · J. Am. Acad. Dermatol., 2007
UV · diet · a real health signal
The reason people read skin is that it's hard to fake. Even tone tracks lower sun damage and what you actually eat. Vegetables literally tint your skin over time. That's why the signal carries weight: it's a readout of what's going on underneath, not a look you can apply.
Stephen et al., 2011 · Matts & Fink, 2010
The same glance that reads you as healthy reads you as vain. People fill in the blanks either way.
You're already sending this signal. Every day, to everyone. The one thing you actually control is how well you understand it.
Peer-reviewed · cross-cultural · decades deep.
How it works
Point your camera once. Klar reads your skin, scores it against your own baseline, and builds the routine — then decodes every product you already own.
6 metrics · on device
SCAN
One front-camera scan reads six skin metrics — three from your intake, three from depth analysis — held against your own baseline.
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TRACK
A number out of 100 that tracks your skin over time — not against a standard, against yourself.
AM · PM
ROUTINE
Klar builds your AM/PM routine from your scan, your climate, and what your skin tolerates — then decodes every product you already use.
AM
Gentle gel cleanser
Lukewarm water
Niacinamide serum
2–5%
Lightweight moisturizer
Humidity-adjusted
SPF 50
Reapply outdoors
PM
Oil cleanser
First pass
Hydrating cleanser
Second pass
Retinol treatment
0.2%, alternate nights
Ceramide moisturizer
Seal barrier
Scan. Understand. Decide. The whole loop, in one app.
No guesswork. No marketing. Just your skin, measured.
Ingredient intelligence
Scan any product's barcode or label. See what's actually in it — effects, interactions, and whether it suits your skin.
Privacy
photos localKlar captures raw skin data on your device. Your images stay with you — only the data is sent for analysis.
Photos stay with you. Locked · on your device.
01
CAPTURE
The front camera captures raw skin data on your device — not photos.
02
IMAGES STAY
Your photos never leave your phone.
03
DATA, NOT IMAGES
Only raw skin data is sent for analysis — never your images.
04
ANALYSE
Klar's model processes that data on our servers.
05
YOUR CONTROL
Export or delete your data, anytime.
Philosophy
Calm intelligence, scientific precision, and a tool that gets out of your way.
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8 readings · wk 1–8