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✨ Skin Tracking 6 min readJourney: Skin
Tracking a Skin Journey
Skin fluctuates daily with sleep, hydration, hormones and weather. Weekly photos in identical light are far more informative than daily photos in whatever light is available.
Photograph fairly
- No filters, no beauty mode, no retouching — ever.
- Bare skin or the same makeup routine each time.
- Front plus both profiles at the same head height.
Give products time
- Introduce one product at a time and note the date.
- Most routine changes need weeks, not days, before visible differences appear.
- Stop and seek advice if anything causes irritation.
Read it kindly
- Compare month to month, not day to day.
- Expect uneven progress.
- One bad photo day is a photo day, not a setback.
Keep reading
How to Take Consistent Progress Photos
The complete guide to lighting, background, distance, angles and clarity so every photo can be fairly compared.
Progress Tracking Best Practices
How often to photograph, how to read change fairly, and how to keep tracking healthy rather than obsessive.
Your First Week with Journae
Set up a journey, take a baseline photo set and build the habit that everything else depends on.