The scan you are previewing is a cosmetic reading of a photo. Not a medical diagnosis; does not replace a dermatologist. Keep that sentence in mind when you read the result screen, because your shoppers will read it too.
Key terms
- AI skin analysis demo: a live trial or shared storefront where you can run a real scan, not only watch screenshots.
- Face analysis demo: the same idea, often used in search when people mean a photo-based tool rather than a quiz.
- Plan gate: a feature that appears in a higher tier (on Face Age, history, comparison, PDFs and routines are Plus and above).
- Product mapping: the Admin rules that attach your SKUs to concerns, severity, conditions and exclusions.
- Capture step: the camera or upload screen where photo quality is won or lost.
What an AI skin analysis demo should include
A vendor-hosted sample catalog will look tidy. Your catalog will not. Before anyone joins a call, do this:
- Install the app on a development store or a password-protected theme, or start the 7-day Face Age trial from the Shopify App Store.
- Pick five products you know well, including one that should never be recommended for a reported fragrance allergy or a similar hard stop.
- Write, on paper, which concern and severity each of those five should match.
- Add a short quiz with at least one exclusion question and one Email field if you want to test results mail later.
- Decide which plan you are actually shopping for, so you do not grade a Start budget against Plus screens.
If you are still choosing among vendors rather than installing one, read how to choose an AI skin analysis tool first, then come back to this list. The skin analysis feature page and the Shopify page show what a published Face Age scan includes.
Photo quality: break the capture step on purpose
Most face analysis demo recordings use a well-lit, front-facing photo. Your shoppers will not. Run at least four captures:
- A clear, front-facing photo in even daylight (the control).
- The same face in warm indoor light.
- A slightly angled photo, as if someone held the phone too low.
- A photo with makeup or a filter if you wear either, so you know how the tool responds.
You are not scoring "accuracy." You are watching what the interface does when the input is messy. Does it ask the shopper to retake the photo? Does it refuse the image? Does it return a result that you would not stand behind? Face Age's own guidance for shoppers is collected in photo tips for a usable skin scan. If a vendor has no equivalent advice you can link from the scan screen, you will end up writing it yourself.
Try this on a phone, in a browser, not only in Shopify Admin preview. The capture step is where demos that looked fine on a laptop fall over.
Concerns shown: read the result like a copy editor
After a usable photo, look at the result screen before you look at products.
- Which concerns appear, and in wording you would allow on your site?
- Are scores or labels explained, or dumped as raw numbers?
- Is Skin Age or a similar badge presented as a cosmetic estimate?
- Does the disclaimer appear where the scan is described?
Face Age analyzes 13 concern groups and 250+ attributes and can show badges such as Skin Age. The full list is in the glossary for store teams. A skin analysis demo for stores should let you see that level of detail on a photo you provided, not only on a vendor's sample.
If a result uses medical language, stop. That is not a wording tweak; it is a liability problem for a beauty store.
How products map: bring your own SKUs
This is the section that separates a demo from a pitch. In Admin, connect three of your products:
- One straightforward match (one concern, one severity).
- One conditional match (scan concern plus a quiz answer, such as "I prefer a cream").
- One exclusion (the allergy or "never recommend" item).
Then take the quiz and scan as that shopper. The excluded item should stay off the list even if the photo would have matched it. Face Age's rule order is documented in how AI skin analysis picks products: exclusions override inclusions, and inclusions can override the raw analysis. There is an optional AI pass that suggests connections from names and descriptions; use the demo to see those suggestions, then edit them. Do not leave them unreviewed.
If the tool can only assign a generic skin type to a product, you will feel that limit the first time you launch a targeted serum.
Quiz plus scan, not one or the other
A skin analysis demo that skips the quiz hides half the setup. Add two or three questions you would really ask: known sensitivities, texture preference, maybe climate. In Face Age the builder has sections with conditional hide logic and seven element types (Title, Paragraph, Text Box, Email, Image, Select, Multi Select). You can show the quiz before the scan or just before results.
Check three things:
- Can a quiz answer hide a product the scan would pick?
- Is there only one Email field, and can you say why you are asking?
- Does the flow still make sense if someone skips optional questions?
Question design is covered in skincare quiz questions that actually help product matching and conditional logic in a skincare quiz. If you are comparing this with dedicated quiz apps rather than analyzers, see best Shopify quiz builder apps for skincare.
Mobile, language and privacy copy
Open the published scan on a phone in the store language you care about most. Face Age displays the analysis in the store's selected language; multilingual notes are in multilingual skin analysis.
Then read every sentence around the camera permission and the result. Your privacy policy must disclose AI skin analysis. Face Age provides a template; the merchant-facing explanation is in AI skin analysis privacy. In the demo, confirm you can reach that policy from the flow, and that nothing on the result screen contradicts it.
A storefront check that often gets skipped: after the scan, open a product page and see whether the match is explained there. Face Age does this with the optional Product Insight block, documented in Product Insight on Shopify. If you will not add extra theme blocks, decide that now rather than after install.
Plan gates: know which show you are watching
Face Age's Shopify prices are Start $59, Plus $129, Growth $249 and Scale $499, with a 7-day trial. Confirm numbers on pricing. The scan, quiz builder, product matching, customization and multi-language are on Start. Plus adds analysis history, two-scan comparison, PDF reports, the routine generator and Klaviyo and Mailchimp integrations.
During the demo:
- If someone shows a before-and-after comparison or a branded PDF, you are looking at Plus.
- If they show a Klaviyo audience built from skin-concern tags, you are looking at Plus.
- If they show only the scan, quiz and product list, that can live on Start.
Ask the vendor (or check Admin yourself) which plan the trial store is on. Grading Start against a Plus walkthrough is how stores subscribe to the wrong tier. Plan differences are spelled out in Start, Plus, Growth or Scale.
A one-page scorecard you can print
| Check | Passes when | Easy to fake in a slideshow? |
|---|---|---|
| Photo quality | The capture step handles a weak photo without producing a result you distrust | Yes |
| Concerns shown | Labels match language you would publish, with the medical disclaimer visible | Yes |
| Product mapping | Your SKUs appear, and the exclusion holds | No |
| Quiz plus scan | A quiz answer changes or blocks a recommendation | No |
| Mobile | Capture and results are usable on a phone | Sometimes |
| Privacy copy | Policy language matches what the app stores | Yes |
| Plan gates | You know which screens need Plus ($129) | Yes |
Stay until the "No" rows are tested. Those are the ones that cost time after you install.
When the trial week is over, you should be able to say, in one paragraph, what a shopper sees after a photo, which of your products appeared, what you had to exclude by hand, and which plan that setup requires. If you cannot say those four things, the demo was not finished.
FAQ
What should I look for in an AI skin analysis demo? Run it on your own products and on your own phone. Check photo handling, the concerns returned, how those concerns map to your catalog, whether a quiz can change the picks, mobile layout, privacy copy and which features sit behind a higher plan.
Does Face Age offer a trial I can use as a demo? Yes. Face Age lists a 7-day trial on Shopify. Confirm which plan you install for that week, because history, comparison, PDF reports and routines are Plus ($129) and above.
What is the difference between a face analysis demo and a sales walkthrough? A walkthrough shows polished screens. A useful demo lets you upload a test photo, connect three live SKUs, trigger an exclusion and open the result on a phone.
Should I test on desktop or mobile? Both, with mobile first. Most shoppers will take the photo on a phone, often in whatever light they have. If the capture step is awkward there, the rest of the flow does not matter.
How do I avoid being shown Plus features when I plan to buy Start? Ask which screens require Plus before you start. On Face Age, Start includes the scan, quiz, matching and multi-language. Count history, comparison, PDFs and routines as Plus behavior.
