sumsum

your skincare, summarized

Know what's actually on your face.

The average skincare product has 25 ingredients. Most of us can pronounce three. sumsum reads the rest, so you can see what's really in your routine, and decide what stays.

See how it works

Skincare is harder to read than it should be.

"Clean," "natural," "dermatologist-approved" are not regulated terms. The real answer is on the back of the bottle in print you can barely read. sumsum makes it readable.

Five ways to scan

Pick whichever's easiest for what's in your hand

Barcode

Point at it. We look it up across multiple databases.

Front of the bottle

Photograph the label. We find the ingredients online.

Ingredient list

Photograph the back. Works in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, and more.

Type it in

Useful for online shopping or screenshots.

Search by name

If someone's scanned it before, you get it instantly.

What one scan tells you

A score that doesn't change

Every product gets a 1 to 10, calculated from a fixed database of 150+ flagged ingredients with severity ratings from EU CosIng, SCCS, IARC, and EWG. Same product, same score, every time.

The full breakdown

Every flagged ingredient comes with a severity level, a category (carcinogen, endocrine disruptor, allergen, irritant), a plain-English reason, and a source you can check.

What to use instead

15 common swaps, from SLS to parabens to phthalates, with safer alternatives and why they're better.

Made for your body

Pregnant, thyroid condition, acne-prone, sensitive? sumsum flags what matters for you specifically, not a generic list.

More than a scanner

Scanning is the start. The shelf is where it gets useful.

Your shelf

Every product you own in one place, with a single shelf-health score so you can see how your routine is actually doing.

AM and PM routines

Built in the right order: cleanser, toner, serum, moisturizer, SPF, with a streak to keep it going.

Expiration tracking

Open dates, period-after-opening, months remaining. You'll know what to use up and what to retire.

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Smart calendar

Your week at a glance: which products on which days, AM and PM.

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Conflict detection

Retinol and AHA shouldn't share a night. Vitamin C and SPF work better together. 37 conflict pairs and 8 synergy rules, ingredient-level.

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Coming soon

sumsum is launching soon on the App Store. Get notified when it drops.

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