This is exactly what happened to an American woman called Triana Lavey, who used apps like Perfect365 to ‘improve’ the way that she looked in selfies. One of the biggest dangers of these kinds of apps is that they may leave you feeling unhappy with the way that you really look. ‘Perfection’ is an unhealthy and unrealistic ideal This app is reinforcing typical western standards of beauty and telling people everywhere that true beauty only comes from tweaking your features to fit this mould. Funnily, it’s only possible to enlarge, lift, deepen and slim down, as if I could never possibly desire opposite effects.
PERFECT365 FACE SKIN
With the app that can supposedly make you look like a Kardashian (as suggested by Buzzfeed, in a funny and slightly terrifying article in which they use this and similar apps to transform people into Kylie Jenner) I ‘deepened’ my smile, enlarged my eyes, added fake makeup, lifted my cheek bones, slimmed down my nose and face, smoothed my skin out, brightened my eyes and increased the size of my eyelashes beyond natural ability. Honestly, do we really require new technology so we can obsess over our looks even beyond choosing flattering angles and Instagram filters? People are quick to pinpoint media and celebrities for promoting an unrealistic cookie-cutter image of beauty, so why has this app, which personifies this problem, received such positive feedback? My terrifying experience
Perfect365 encourages a narcissistic dream.
However, the app can be as realistic (just don’t try the hair – it looks like you stepped into a cardboard cut-out) and diverse as it wants, but this doesn’t distract from the fact that it is toxic. You can choose from a range of make up looks and pinpoint specific points on your face, such as your lips, which you can adjust so that changes are accurate as possible. It does exactly what it says on the tin with a relatively high level of professionalism, to the extent that careful and subtle use of this app could create an image that would be believable to the unsuspecting viewer. Let me begin by confirming that this article is not a criticism of the quality or capability of the Perfect365 app. Testing of this app led to a sudden spike in my horrified and apprehensive state, and you can see the result of my attempt below. When I heard about this app, I was intrigued to try it out, if not also slightly horrified and apprehensive of the possibilities. Yet as we grow older, we are now being told that we require the help of some clever technology to be beautiful and that we must ‘improve’ on the way that we look. As children, we are taught to accept ourselves for who we are and that perfection is a myth. These ridiculous apps have jumped on the selfie bandwagon and taken off with immense popularity, as people are apparently fond of being able to completely manipulate and change their own faces with the use of a smart phone. The aim of this app? To create perfection “in just one tap”. The app allows you to upload a selfie and then tweak it in a myriad of eerie ways, doing everything from applying make up to your face to enlarging your eyes and lifting your cheek bones.
Now, thanks to Perfect365 and other related apps, you can even photoshop your selfies into doll-like ‘perfection’. These days, it seems as if there is an app for everything.
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