Jelly
Jelly is an app that aims to repair your relationship with your skin. Your skin buddy.
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Figma
Jelly is an app that aims to repair your relationship with your skin. Your skin buddy.
View Demo ↗Mobile App Prototype
Figma
Although many people strive to improve their relationship with their skin, they lack the knowledge, support, and inclusion needed to find products that personally fit them.
This was a submission for Level Up!, Rice University's 3-day Design-a-thon.
We aimed to design an app that fosters a supportive and comfortable environment where individuals can share their skin stories with others while receiving help in return!
I led the user interface for this project. I focused on the hi-fi, wire-framing, and prototyping.
I created Jelly after struggling to find skincare products that fit my skin. Navigating countless options felt confusing and isolating, so I set out to design an inclusive app that helps people feel supported, informed, and confident in their skincare journey.
I started by sketching how users might share their skincare stories and track their routines in a comforting, community-driven space. I played with ideas like digital skincare journals and message boards to visualize connection and self-reflection.
The design of Jelly uses vibrant shades of green to evoke freshness and confidence to reflect healthy, glowing skin.
We shared our prototype to college students to understand their skincare habits and challenges.
We conducted interviews with students aged 15-25 who had varying skin types of levels of skincare experience. Our goal was to explore their daily skincare routines.
We used surveys to find challenges.
Majority of responses wished to learn more about the best, affordable skin products. For Jelly, we focused on:
Are comfortable with their skin
Are knowledgeable about skincare
Average amount of money spent on skincare
An app that fosters a supportive and comfortable environment where individuals can track their skincare and share their skin stories with others.
We designed the experience around three core features: skin log, discovery, and tips.
For our college palette, we focused on shades of green for the feeling of 'youthful' and 'soothing' to target college students.
Our secondary colors, purple and brown, represented knowledge for our own skin and power and inclusivity of all complexity.
The Skin Log aims to motivate users to keep track of their facial skin condition journy by taking photos and seeing progressive change over a period of time.
There's also a private digital journal to track and display their diet and sunscreen habits that may impact their skin conditions.
The onboarding quiz allow users to identify their skin problems and revisit their relationship with skincare.
At the end, the user is given a personalized product recommendations according to each user's skin type.
This allows users to connect with other community members and verified dermatologists/licensed estheticians.
This provides an easily searchable and accessible centralized resource hub for users to read articles on latest skin care research.
This lists personalized skincare steps user should take every morning and night for their defined skin type. This educates users on what types of products are safely available to use.
The product recommendations card offers affordable and suitable skincare product suggestions based on the needs of users. It provides cost, ingredients, and benefits of the product.
There were many features that we had wanted to add to the app but doing so would have made the app less user-friendly. Instead, we narrowed it down to the essential features.
Skincare is expensive and not always accessible! Through our research and interviews, we realized how many students struggle to find affordable products that truly work for them.
Jelly was a true team effort! I'm grateful to have collaborated with such a creative and dedicated group.
