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There are dozens of beauty apps out there that you can use to make your selfies more polished than you look in real life. If you want to smoothen your skin, darken your eyelashes, or add cat ears (no judgment), technology has you covered. But in “features that we’re pretty sure literally nobody asked for,” here is a photo editing app that does just the opposite by removing makeup from photos for a more natural look.
MakeApp actually has a number of functions that it can perform on photos or videos, using a neural network to imagine what a person’s facial features look like with more or less makeup. It’s the no-makeup feature, though, that has had the most controversial results. Here's what happens when it's tested out on famous people.
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Audrey Hepburn
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Night Owl Night Owl Community Member Follow
Still beautiful
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Emilia Clarke
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Francis Francis Community Member Follow
still beautiful!
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Angelina Jolie
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still look beauty
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It’s probably fair to guess that most people aren’t using this feature on themselves. Commenters were quick to point out its sinister uses, saying that it encourages viewing makeup as deception and would most likely be used to jeer at the supposed shortcomings of women’s un-made-up faces. Some called it “a plot to make men think all women are ugly” and criticized its ability to “strip women of their makeup without their consent.”
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Jennifer Aniston
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Grace Marraffa Grace Marraffa Community Member Follow
Very little difference
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Rita Ora
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Kimaya L Kimaya L Community Member Follow
She doesn't really look that different in this picture
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Bella Hadid
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Thought it was Liv Tyler when the makeup came off!
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Others pointed out that the makeup app actually exaggerates one’s appearance without makeup. Many of the popular celebrities whose doctored photos were used as examples have appeared without makeup in reality looking considerably different. Women who tried out the app on themselves found that it took deepening lines and blemishes so far that it added some that weren’t there in the first place. To prove the point, one journalist put her bare face through the photo filter repeatedly until the app had made her look like a decaying zombie. ADVERTIsem*nT
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Kendall Jenner
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she looks the same
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Miranda Kerr
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Krishna Vishwas Krishna Vishwas Community Member Follow
Still pretty
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Kate Middleton
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Just an everyday wholesome face. Nice.
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To sum it up, the neural network has its flaws and we can’t take it as a definitive picture of regular people or celebrities without makeup. But even if you needed help visualizing that celebrities have dark circles and uneven complexion under the layer of contour they’re wearing to brightly lit promo events, that’s nothing shocking—if you think showing someone with normal features like those is some kind of sick burn, you might need to go outside more.
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Charlize Theron
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Merilyn Horton Merilyn Horton Community Member Follow
She just looks paler
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Nicole Kidman
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Please try to get over her having botox or whatever she had done. It's her face to do with whatever the f**k she likes. And she looks beautiful regardless
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Jennifer Lawrence
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I'm pretty sure she doesn't look that tired and haggard in real life!
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Katy Perry
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Kjorn Kjorn Community Member Follow
without makeup she makes me think at Anna Faris in Scary Movie
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Scarlett Johansson
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All the eyelashes gone with the app
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Victoria Beckham
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with or without makeup she's not pretty
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Adele
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Apparently a little too challenging for the app
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Taylor Swift
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A little too challenging for the app perhaps?
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Britney Spears
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Is Britney really 55 already? I thought she was younger
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Rachel Mcadams
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Why does everybody get dark circles?
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Melania Trump
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Christoph Lindemann Christoph Lindemann Community Member Follow
Wow ... with yellow – yes, I mean yellow – hair she would look like her husband. The hairstyle is pretty similar.
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Emma Watson
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Becky Moore Becky Moore Community Member Follow
Is that Harvey Weinstein behind her? No wonder she looks scared!
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Gigi Hadid
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“GoldFINGahhhhhhhhhh...”
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Chloë Grace Moretz
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The app makes them look dead
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Selena Gomez
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no way. She is definetely way prettier than that, this makes her look like a sleep deprived lizard.
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Ana Kasparian
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Who?
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Emma Watson
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Did a cartoon cigar explode in her face? Gimme a break.
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Angelina Jolie
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Why the hell did Charles Manson came to my mind oO
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Kim Kardashian
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need another bucket!
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Hillary Clinton
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Lori Ann Lori Ann Community Member Follow
Interesting that every other picture was a flattering picture of the woman. I mean, surely there must be at least ONE photo where she's not making a silly face. Cheap shot, Bored Panda. Surely you can do better.
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Kim Kardashian
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Scary with, scary without
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Ah, shaming women. The favourite hobby of spiteful people.
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BP always rants again body shaming. But if it is about celebrities. They ought to be perfect, beautiful, slim...
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Clavelle Clavelle Community Member Follow
Yeah, let's make an app that tells women they shouldn't leave the house without full hair and makeup. This app is horrible and doesnt seem to work. All it does is put a filter over the picture assuming everyone has bags under their eyes. Also, why are the same people posted multiple times? This one story bores me.
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RaroaRaroa RaroaRaroa Community Member Follow
It fades the eyebrows, removes the lashes (sometimes) and dull the lipstick - but still leaves most lips more coloured than natural. What it doesn't do (if it wanted to be accurate) is remove contouring.
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Nea Nea Community Member Follow
Stop this nonsense! One, this is blatant body shaming of women and two, men wear make up too and you could incldue their photos as well if your grand motive was to show the power of make up (for whatever reason you might have).
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Wendy rain whitequail Wendy rain whitequail Community Member Follow
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Ah, shaming women. The favourite hobby of spiteful people.
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BP always rants again body shaming. But if it is about celebrities. They ought to be perfect, beautiful, slim...
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Clavelle Clavelle Community Member Follow
Yeah, let's make an app that tells women they shouldn't leave the house without full hair and makeup. This app is horrible and doesnt seem to work. All it does is put a filter over the picture assuming everyone has bags under their eyes. Also, why are the same people posted multiple times? This one story bores me.
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RaroaRaroa RaroaRaroa Community Member Follow
It fades the eyebrows, removes the lashes (sometimes) and dull the lipstick - but still leaves most lips more coloured than natural. What it doesn't do (if it wanted to be accurate) is remove contouring.
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Nea Nea Community Member Follow
Stop this nonsense! One, this is blatant body shaming of women and two, men wear make up too and you could incldue their photos as well if your grand motive was to show the power of make up (for whatever reason you might have).
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Wendy rain whitequail Wendy rain whitequail Community Member Follow
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