MAKEAPP: AI BASED EDITOR 4+

I used pictures of myself both with somewhat heavy makeup and with very little makeup (I almost always have on B.B. cream and eyeliner at least) but there were things it wanted to fix about my face that were natural such as lightening eyebrows that had no product in them and removing the natural pink of my lips. It also didn’t seem to realize that purple is not my natural lip color and couldn’t remove that so well, as well as black lipstick. It does pretty well on the eyes and removing eyeliner/fake eyelashes though, I think!

What’s most important is that it removes heavy makeup. I know it’s purpose of ideally to find disguised girls being trafficked, and I think the lipstick removal would be less important than eye makeup removal since we focus more on people’s eyes anyway. This is a cool app and I hope it can be used to do some good!

I heard about this on Twitter and wanted to see how it actually worked, since people are only reviewing this based on their political and controversial standpoint of it, I thought I’d critique the app itself. I have a few problems. 1) You only get 5 pictures you can alter, I wasn’t aware of that and didn’t save the ones I did while I was playing around in the app, I have no idea how to get more or if you can. 2) It decreases the actual quality of the photo, it blurs the whole picture a little bit. 3) All the “remove” filter does is take off any apparent color, soften lines, and redden the skin. All of the pictures I have of myself are makeup-less, I choose not to wear make up and that’s fine, I don’t care who does and who doesn’t, but the app made me look like I was on a meth bender (Just to make it clear, I don’t and never have done meth). 4) If you looked at the other filter that put make up on the picture, the quality is just terrible, it looks like someone else’s eyes are cropped onto yours.
In my personal opinion the only people this app is useful to is shallow guys that only want to get laid but don’t very much.
All controversy aside, I genuinely think this is a bad app.

This app may exaggerate slightly the photo of the person without makeup, but it still does a great job at showing what a person looks like without makeup. Indeed, makeup can be used as a form of fraud and catfishing when it comes to dating.

I’m confused by the sentiment that this app is “sexist” considering that the feminist movement asserts that a female’s value should not be determined by her looks. How can you claim that a woman’s beauty is not relevant to her worth yet assert that this app is sexist as it makes women look less attractive without makeup?

Even if it shows women are less attractive without makeup, why does it matter if female value should not be based on beauty? This logic is completely irrational and it’s extremely laughable to see to 180 degree turn many are performing in regards to women and the power they have with beauty. It looks like there is female privilege after all...