network effects · profile-space · illustrative simulation on real engine config
your skin has twins. the engine already knows them.
every goodbadgray profile is a 14-metric weight vector — real skin-type weights × concern
tilts × life-stage overlays, straight from the live engine's config. profiles cluster.
clusters transfer knowledge: what the engine learns for your twins, it already knows for you.
the cohort below is 50,000 simulated profiles (labeled illustrative) —
but the geometry they land on is the engine's own math.
8,595
ingredients scored in the live engine
770
engine-exact weight combos map this space
86
real product-for-profile scores harvested
87.8%
of config variance in these two axes
profile-space
illustrative cohort · 50,000 simulated profiles
axes are a pca projection of the engine's real combined weight vectors (5 skin types ×
22 concerns × 7 life-stage states = 770 combinations). dots are simulated; positions come
from real config math. rings are the 8 real, engine-scored personas.
← irritation & barrier weighted
comedogenicity weighted →
↑ sensitization-weighted
↓ hydration & barrier weighted
simulated profile illustrative engine-scored persona real you
loved by profiles like yours
real engine scores
one-size-fits-all your twins' weighting
cold start ranks every product with the config-average weight vector — the best the system
can do knowing nothing about you. warm start uses your twin persona's real engine scores.
watch the ranks move.
cold start · config-averagewarm start · your twins
the flywheel
illustrative
every scan makes the next verdict smarter.
a scan becomes a profile. profiles that weigh alike become twin clusters. clusters
transfer evidence — what worked, what irritated, what got gated — into sharper priors.
sharper priors mean better verdicts on day one, and better verdicts bring more scans.
the clusters aren't aspiration — they already exist in the engine's config:
5 weight vectors × 22 tilts × 7 overlays, and 86 real
product-for-profile scores anchoring the recommendations above.