Inspiration
With the amount of new skincare circulating the internet, it was always difficult to compile a skincare routine that was suitable for our skins. The product choice is overwhelming and influencers are paid to endorse products that are not necessarily good for one's skin. As well, with the age of social media and trends, many people buy trending products and end up ruining and harming their skins.
What it does
Scure is a website designed to be access quickly on any device and will allow the user to generate a skincare routine that is suitable for their skin type and skin issues. Furthermore, Scure will also allow the user to input their current skincare routine for analysis. This analysis will indicate if any harmful ingredients are present, or if any products not suitable together. Upon analysis, products will be recommended based on the user's previous input of skin type and issue, these products will replace the harmful ones.
How we built it
Powered through a fusion of HTML and Javascript that utilizes web scraping and a data sorting algorithm in order to categorize skincare ingredients. These skincare ingredients will then be parsed through the SQL database in order to tailor a user specific routine.
Challenges we ran into
Integration of PHP, HTML, Javascript and the SQL within the website and its th
Since it is our first coding project involving web design, html, php, etc.. We were unable to integrate the data in mySql that was stored in php, to HTML. Since we could not get the database into HTML, our website's intended search function and recommending products could not be completed today.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of being able to successfully learn and integrate javascript into our HTML website. As well, we managed to upload 1000+ skincare products, their ingredients, and dictated if they are compatibility for dry and oily skin.
What we learned
This experience seemed daunting, 14 hours of coding, yet during this experience, it was enlightening at how much fun and exciting learning how to code could be. As we ran into many problem and issues as beginners , each hour was spent learning a new skill that somehow eventually tied together. The major takeaway from this event would be the solid technical skills we have learned through failure.
What's next for Scure
Once the frontend development is cleaned up, then we will develop another feature to the web application, replacing the quiz part with a machine learning model in order to customize the user's skincare even further. Then, we will utilize OpenAI's API in order to integrate the exact skincare routine tailored to each person's skin type. Additionally, we will utilize the php database to evaluate the user's current skincare routine, then give tips on how to improve the routine.
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