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about 2 months ago

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You asked, so we changed it: devices, photos, and what people really thought

Hi everyone ๐Ÿ’•

Every one of these started as a member writing in. Here's what came of it.

๐Ÿ”ด Devices belong in your routine now. Someone wrote that her skin is noticeably different when she's consistent with her red light pad, and that a routine holding only bottles can't tell you what actually made the difference. She was right. LED masks, red light pads, microcurrent wands, cleansing brushes โ€” add them like any other product and pick "Device / Tool" as the step. They get the same "Used today" button as everything else.

โœ๏ธ You can edit a product now. Someone asked to tidy her shelf and add pictures herself, so it reads better when people browse routines. Tap the pencil on anything in My Routine to change its photo or its step. Upload your own picture, replace one that came out wrong, or remove it. Your routine sorts by step, so moving something into the right step is what puts it in the right place โ€” no more deleting and re-adding when a serum lands under toner.

๐Ÿ See what people thought of what they used. The same member asked to see what the community enjoys, "or doesn't enjoy!". Open Browse routines from My Routine and there's a new section, "Finished, and what they thought", split into loved it, it was fine, and not for me. It comes from the verdict you give when you mark a product finished in your own routine, so the ones that didn't work out are in there too. Almost every product has just one person behind it so far, so read them as opinions rather than rankings. A number shows up once more than one of you agrees.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Skin days have comments. Sharing a skin day used to end at a heart. Now people can reply โ€” and you can switch comments off for any single day when you'd rather not. You can also choose to share that day's photos, though they stay private unless you tick it.

๐Ÿ… The badge wall got bigger. Thirteen badges, three tiers each, with the thresholds brought down to where real people actually are. Your profile shows every badge, including the ones you haven't earned yet and how far away the next one is.

If something here is awkward, or missing, tell us. That's how all of the above happened ๐Ÿ’—

โ€” CYoung Team

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ViivihtipsOilyabout 2 months ago

Hey! I love that you guys pay attention to these details and make it a better experience to all of us! I asked to be able to upload more than one photo on the skin log and you guys did it! Now I have noticed the โ€œbefore/afterโ€ on the testing a product section also only allows one picture and it would be very nice if we could also have 3 pictures to track all angles after the testing period! Also another thing I think it could be interesting is run a pool of options we could add to the skin log, today my skin was quite oily but we only have options for sensitive, hydrated, breakout.. maybe if more people needs more things we could have more options? If itโ€™s just me I donโ€™t mind adding it to the notes section as well, Iโ€™m not picky ๐Ÿ˜‚ Thanks again, Iโ€™ve been satisfied to have a place to take pictures of my face and track my skin in a organised way instead of multiple random pics on my phone ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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CYoung Teamโœ“ Expertabout 2 months ago

Both of these are done ๐Ÿ’• Trials take three photos now, before and after. Same as your skin log โ€” front and both sides, so the angles actually line up when you compare. You can remove one too, if an angle comes out badly. And the skin log has more to choose from: oiliness, redness, pores and texture, alongside the four that were already there. You were right that oiliness wasn't covered โ€” it isn't the opposite of hydration, plenty of skin is oily and dehydrated at the same time. We went with letting you pick rather than running a poll, because the thing you want to check changes day to day. All eight sit collapsed under "Track more details", and you open the two or three that matter today and leave the rest shut. Nobody should have to rate eight things every morning. Thank you for keeping these coming โ€” the multi-photo skin log was yours too, and it's used by a good number of people now ๐Ÿ’—

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JoDHUKDryabout 2 months ago

When reviewing our tester products it asked us to give a rating out of 5 for "Would we buy this with our own money?" I wish it just has a YES or NO option as this is clearer.

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CYoung Teamโœ“ Expertabout 2 months ago

You're right that it was confusing, and thank you for saying so โ€” it's changed. The question now answers in words instead of stars: No, Probably not, Only if cheaper, Probably, Definitely. Five stars on a yes/no question was the problem. Nobody could tell what three stars meant, and you shouldn't have to guess. We kept five options rather than going to yes/no, and here's the honest reason. Looking at the reviews so far, more than half of you land somewhere in the middle on this one, and it's the only question where low scores show up at all โ€” testers are far more careful with this one than with "does it work". "I liked it, but not at that price" is the single most useful thing a brand hears from us, and yes/no would turn that into a flat no. That's a worse outcome for you too, because the honest middle answer is what gets a product reformulated or repriced rather than just rejected. So: same five levels, but they now say what they mean. Hopefully that gets you the clarity you were after ๐Ÿ’—

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hazelmossSensitiveabout 2 months ago

As someone who works with a lot of third-party software vendors, I wish everyone was as responsive as the CYoung team! Ya'll are fantastic. Thank you for making this a user-friendly and user-responsive experience. I feel even more excited to use the logging tools. You are the Holy Grail Team! โค๏ธ

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PaulOilyabout 2 months ago

As someone that works in I.T. I have to say I agree with you @hazelmoss , this all happened while I was asleep! I am glad everyone reached out with their issues, thank you girls, this way CYoung team can make their website a lot better and easier for us to use. ๐Ÿ’™

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CYoung Teamโœ“ Expertabout 1 month ago

@hazelmoss @Paul Thank you both โ€” this made our morning. Paul, "it all happened while I was asleep" is going on the wall. That's the goal: you log, you sleep, the tool gets better. Keep telling us what's clunky. The things that annoy you are the roadmap.

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MariacasinoSensitiveabout 1 month ago

Hi CYoung team! Loving the new shelf layout and the ingredient redundancy flags they really help understanding better the products I'm using! โ€‹A few ideas that would make tracking even more powerful: โ€‹- AM / PM Split on 'Used today': Having two quick toggles instead of one would make tracking daily exposure (like layering an active morning and night vs. just once) and managing alternating PM routines (retinoid nights vs. barrier rest) much more accurate. โ€‹- 'Month at a Glance' Analyzer: A monthly rollup at the bottom of the log would be incredible! Showing usage frequency per product (e.g., Retinal used 14x, Sheet masks 4x) and cumulative active exposure (applied niacinamide on 20 days). โ€‹- Metric Highlights from 'Track more details': For those of us who log the granular parameters (Hydration, Redness, Breakouts, Sensitivity, etc.), a monthly snapshot showing our most volatile metric or the lowest-scoring culprit over the month would be pure gold. It would immediately pinpoint what our skin is actually struggling with rather than leaving us guessing. โ€‹It would turn the daily check-ins into such a smart, actionable tool. Thanks for building something so genuinely useful! ๐Ÿ’•

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CYoung Teamโœ“ Expertabout 1 month ago

Thank you for this โ€” it's exactly the kind of feedback that makes the log worth building, and we're doing all three. AM / PM split is live first. Used today stays one tap, and once it's on you'll see small AM ยท PM toggles under it. Pick one and the tick becomes "Used AM" or "Used PM"; pick both for an active in the morning and again at night. Retinoid nights vs. barrier rest nights will finally be distinguishable. Month at a glance is right under your routine now: how many times you used each product (with the AM/PM breakdown), how many days, and how many days each active actually touched your skin โ€” niacinamide 20 days, retinal 14, that kind of thing. If two products carry the same active, a day still counts once. Metric highlights are in the same card under "Your skin this month". Once you've logged a metric on 10 or more days in a month, it shows which one struggled most and which one swung the most. Under 10 days it tells you how many more to go rather than guessing from too little data. One thing we deliberately left out: the card gives you the numbers, not a verdict on whether 14 retinal nights is too many. That's yours to decide, ideally with someone who knows your skin. Keep the ideas coming โ€” this one shaped the feature.

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PaulOilyabout 1 month ago

@CY_Team Good evening here, I was just wondering if by any chance there could be an edit button function for this page like to delete a product because there are products added in my routine that are not suppose to be there and I cannot remove them. I have three different โ€˜Isntree - HA tonersโ€™ and two โ€˜Manyo - Pure oil cleansersโ€™โ€”looks messy you know. Thank you ahead of time, sorry if it sounds like I am nagging just a thought :)

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CYoung Teamโœ“ Expertabout 1 month ago

I am sorry about delaying! I missed this reply :'( First, the button you were looking for was there but hidden: tap the โœ“ on a product card and the little "Added by mistake? Remove" link was at the bottom of that dialog. Nobody was finding it, so as of today it's a proper red "Never used it โ€” remove" button in the same place. Finished it? Pick a verdict. Never used it? Remove. Second, why you had three Isntree toners in the first place: every Shelf Audit run was adding what it recognised, and it treated "Pure Cleansing Oil" and "PURE OIL" as two different products. Fixed โ€” an audit now skips anything that's already on your shelf under a different spelling. If you'd rather not click through the duplicates yourself, reply with which ones to keep and we'll tidy them for you.

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