Experience
Skinbar comes from living with South African light — harsh Highveld sun, coastal humidity, load-shedding that turns bathrooms into yellow islands. The scan is deliberately small: it describes the picture you take, not a condition you might fear. That humility is the product.
Expertise we claim — and do not
We write cosmetic, educational guides with tables of contents and FAQs. We do not claim dermatology credentials or diagnostic accuracy. Where SPF or sensitive-skin topics sit near YMYL territory, the medical disclaimer stays visible and the language stays general. Affiliate shop links are labelled; they are not prescriptions.
Authority signals
Every guide is dated, word-counted, and linked from a curated llms.txt. The organisation schema, article schema and FAQ schema are in the HTML — not bolted on later. Contact and privacy paths are public. When a clinician review is added later, it will appear in this byline block.
Trust & privacy
Camera off until asked. Frames and journal rows in IndexedDB. No Skinbar account that uploads your face. Ads sit after content. PayFast handles cards when keys are live; until then checkout says so honestly. Read Privacy & POPIA and the medical disclaimer.
Design system
Two chromatic notes — ink and clay — on warm paper. Newsreader for display, DM Sans for UI. One restrained motion: a breathing orbit on the hero and a fade-rise as sections enter the viewport (honours prefers-reduced-motion). No WebGL theatre. Scan UI ships with idle, live, reading, ready and error states — empty journal and gallery cards are designed, not accidental.
Awards should reward clarity under bad bathroom light — not particle systems.
Contact
South Africa · skinbar.co.za. For editorial corrections on guides, use the domain contact path listed in the footer resources.