Put away the make-up and cancel the gym membership - now you can see how you'd look with a bit of nip and tuck with little to no effort at all thanks to an app that lets you photoshop your face in real-time. Selfie time!
Beauty Mirror for iOS, created by New York-based Modiface, lets users enhance their image using an iPhone or iPad as a virtual mirror.
With various features users can alter their facial features to their heart’s content - and then share a video of their new appearance with others.
Through live 3D face tracking the app gives users the ability to apply customisable facial, skin and anti-aging effects to every angle of their face instantly as they look into the camera.
The company claims its transformations are ‘seamless’ and designed to produce an improved image only noticeably edited to the user. ‘Beauty Mirror is designed to give users a very natural looking modified image through the addition of subtle effects, like skin clearing and slight weight loss,’ said Miriam Pettinen, director of partnerships and mobile strategy at Modiface.
‘We’re excited to bring an app to the marketplace that will not leave users looking very obviously edited, but instead just slightly more polished.’
While the app is free to download, unlocking all the features will cost £1.49 ($1.99). 
HOW BEAUTY MIRROR WORKS
- Instant 3D facial tracking and calibration takes less than a second to find and track your facial features.
- Photo-realistic 3D effects result then apply changes to your face in real-time with allow you to see a 'new you' as you look from side to side.
- Four pre-set looks and over 14 customisable effects such as weight loss and skin perfection can then be applied.
- You can then record, save and share your modified videos with a single touch.
- Through live simulation the app updates face location and pose every 0.03 seconds as up to 14 customisable effects are applied to the face while the user looks into the camera.
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Some of the effects include eye enlargement, facelift, skin clearing, acne reduction and weight loss.
Users are able to take a picture of themselves at any point or record their transformation as a video, which is then saved directly to their device for sharing on social networks.
In the coming months Beauty Mirror technology will also be integrated as filters that users will be able to apply while using video chatting programs.
The technology will also be used by several anti-aging and skin-care brands for in-store product simulation.
Source: Daily Mail