This App Has A Filter To Remove Makeup And People Are Using It To See How Celebrities Look Without It (30 Pics)
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
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.”
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.
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.
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman
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
Melania Trump
Wow ... with yellow – yes, I mean yellow – hair she would look like her husband. The hairstyle is pretty similar.
Emma Watson
Ana Kasparian
Kim Kardashian
Note: this post originally had 56 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
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Ah, shaming women. The favourite hobby of spiteful people.
BP always rants again body shaming. But if it is about celebrities. They ought to be perfect, beautiful, slim...
Waaaaah!
Yes Kathleen, you are so right on & I so much agree with you. I grow so sick of it. Let's congratulate and stand up for weman but instead we are the worse at being critical. This attack is than passed down bc this behavior is what we TEACH our children.
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It's not shaming women, its showing their natural beauty and getting rid of unrealistic body standards.
Oh yeah, you know Bored Panda, always woman shaming *rolls eyes *. This is an article about a phone app that shows celebrities but somehow you've turned yourself into the victim here. Way to go.
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How could it possibly be shaming them? It's merely showing now they naturally look. Do you think being natural is something to be ashamed of? I'd say the opposite.
The only thing is the app makes them look like they have bad skin and ugly bald eyes! I don't know many woman who look that weird without make-up. But yes nothing wrong with no make-up. Also nothing wrong with make-up. Whatever floats your boat.
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.
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.
I don't quite see makeup removal as body shaming. In my opinion, people look better in the no-makeup pictures, most of the time. I feel that it is more of a process of revelation of one's natural beauty. If one wants to play with options and mix in some makeup, well, that can be fun. But I almost invariably prefer a non-enhanced face.
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).
Agreed with you
You know you can post pictures too right?
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no. men don't wear makeup... also, many men hate makeup on women... also, the non-makeup pics make them look more normal and they are all still pretty.
Ah, shaming women. The favourite hobby of spiteful people.
BP always rants again body shaming. But if it is about celebrities. They ought to be perfect, beautiful, slim...
Waaaaah!
Yes Kathleen, you are so right on & I so much agree with you. I grow so sick of it. Let's congratulate and stand up for weman but instead we are the worse at being critical. This attack is than passed down bc this behavior is what we TEACH our children.
yee
It's not shaming women, its showing their natural beauty and getting rid of unrealistic body standards.
Oh yeah, you know Bored Panda, always woman shaming *rolls eyes *. This is an article about a phone app that shows celebrities but somehow you've turned yourself into the victim here. Way to go.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
How could it possibly be shaming them? It's merely showing now they naturally look. Do you think being natural is something to be ashamed of? I'd say the opposite.
The only thing is the app makes them look like they have bad skin and ugly bald eyes! I don't know many woman who look that weird without make-up. But yes nothing wrong with no make-up. Also nothing wrong with make-up. Whatever floats your boat.
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.
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.
I don't quite see makeup removal as body shaming. In my opinion, people look better in the no-makeup pictures, most of the time. I feel that it is more of a process of revelation of one's natural beauty. If one wants to play with options and mix in some makeup, well, that can be fun. But I almost invariably prefer a non-enhanced face.
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).
Agreed with you
You know you can post pictures too right?
This comment has been deleted.
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no. men don't wear makeup... also, many men hate makeup on women... also, the non-makeup pics make them look more normal and they are all still pretty.