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It's a struggle to look stunning while looking in the mirror and then realize you don't look like that when trying to snap a quick selfie. Good news, TikTokers figured out a way to snap perfect selfies all the time. With a mobile phone and understanding of how to use it, you can take selfies that accurately represent your look.

A New Trend Is Showing That Many Of Us Are Taking Selfies Wrong All This Time

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

Ohhhh those eyes! So pretty!

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Solid Pileo 2 years ago

He's quite open about the amount of work he and his partner have got done on them.... They bear zero resemblance to their earlier selves....

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The TikTok community has introduced us to many trends, yet, this one is one of the most popular ones that reached millions of likes on the platform. With such partisipation, we wanted to share with you the magic of correctly taking a selfie, so you would always look your best.

A New Trend Is Showing That Many Of Us Are Taking Selfies Wrong All This Time

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anonymousbisexual 2 years ago

upvote for the cc

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Headless Roach 2 years ago

The selfie camera (front) usually has wider angle lens. That's how you end up as blobfish.

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On TikTok, people used a filter to zoom in on their faces while stepping back to reveal how they appear to others in comparison to how they used to see themselves through the front camera. And the results are surprising; aligned faces look slightly different than taking a selfie the regular way!

A New Trend Is Showing That Many Of Us Are Taking Selfies Wrong All This Time

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Well-Dressed Wolf 2 years ago (edited)

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barn owls ️ 2 years ago

she looks like the protagonist of a dystopian ya novel. in the best way

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The TikTok community keeps on surprising us with new ways of doing the old things and in this day and age, knowing how to properly use technological tools is a great advantage. This trend is one example of how tips and tricks people share on social media can make our daily lives a bit easier.

A New Trend Is Showing That Many Of Us Are Taking Selfies Wrong All This Time

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zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)

I love her two different eyebrows. Really. It's cool, unique and refreshing unconforming. Aaaand that she doesn't smear her pretty face full of "Barbie girl make up" plus fake eye lashes. (F, 44, here)

13points

A New Trend Is Showing That Many Of Us Are Taking Selfies Wrong All This Time

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

I know red heads get a lot of hate, but it's honestly (in my opinion) a gorgeous hair colour

42points

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lib 2 years ago

brooke monk!

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

She's gorgeous

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Unnamed Hooman 2 years ago

Wow! He was blessed with good looks, I bet he gets all the girls

23points

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

Her nose holes are staring into my soul in that first pic

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Urneighbourhoodcat 2 years ago (edited)

That makeup is so pretty and creative

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Lizzy Abbey (she/they) 2 years ago

spiderman?

73points

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your mother(she/her) 2 years ago

OMG THEY’RE SO PRETTYYY they almost look like a cartoon character!

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Alexander Izzo 2 years ago

bro's a skinny Chris Hemsworth

16points

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

The fringe is giving me "look mom I just gave myself bangs!" vibes

30points

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Henrita Manuel 2 years ago

Wkwkwkwkwk

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Brazen 2 years ago

Finn Wolfhard vibes in the right picture.

11points

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Morgan️ 2 years ago

She is so pretty

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Rostit . 2 years ago (edited)

Boxxxy

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

Hermione? That you?

24points

#24

Tiktok Selfie Trend Has People Surprised By How They Really Look And Here Are 70 Side-By-Side Comparisons

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Norma 2 years ago

That tattoo is glorious!!

9points

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

Mom come pick me up I'm scared

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Cappuccino 2 years ago

Tabitha Swatosh!

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

Aw she's really pretty

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Vintage_Misery_Business 2 years ago

that contour of this person's cheekbones has me dead. i cant i just cant

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Lizzy Abbey (she/they) 2 years ago

he is beautiful

7points

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Mokayokok 2 years ago

This is the first pic where I can actually see the person's pores.

1point

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Pink_Boba22 2 years ago

This guy looks EVER so slightly like Danny Gonzales

13points

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Pink_Boba22 2 years ago

Idk I like the left one

21points

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zak 2 years ago

Interesting, I didn't realize the selfie camera added 5 pounds ...of eyebrows and mascara.

50points

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

I wouldn't be using this one as an example. The second picture is INCREDIBLY airbrushed and heavily edited. I didn't realise we were supposed to be ashamed of our skin pores.

18points

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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago

Goddamn she's gorgeous

4points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

That left pic looks like a Batman villain.

11points

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Screen_Addict 2 years ago

+100 thicc

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

She looks like she's going to whisper the future to me

10points

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Ada Hunter 2 years ago

she’s so beautiful

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

That is so photoshopped. The eyes are bigger than her face.

1point

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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

Much better! She's smoldering.

0points

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StrangeOne 2 years ago

He looks like a BTS member.

7points

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

Stunning!

1point

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RoanTheMad 2 years ago

why does the picture on the right look like a mugshot where he's stoned or something? ._.

26points

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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

Wow!

0points

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Demolition Lover (He/him) 2 years ago

OMG it´s them!

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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

50s vibes!

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Rostit . 2 years ago

Soo much filter here. I hate TikTok. These people are putting too much emphasis on pointless looks. So much toxicity.

5points

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Lizzy Abbey (she/they) 2 years ago

she is sooo handsome!

5points

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

What is it with these bottlebrush eyebrows

11points

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Autistic apricot 2 years ago

The first one is so cute

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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago

Another pretty heavily filtered one

1point

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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago

The hair is sending me- its like if my hair was multiplied by five and given way more volume

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

Pores? What are those?

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Well-Dressed Wolf 2 years ago

Neither one is how people actually see you. Our eyes aren’t camera lenses with filters built in.

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zububonsai 2 years ago

Stunning, both sides. 👍🏼

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Well-Dressed Wolf 2 years ago

7points

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

Freckle go BYE

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Pope Francis Official™ 2 years ago

I have a twin...? what?

2points

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Ed Gomaz 2 years ago

Looks like a Caricature.

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Strawberry Pizza 2 years ago

She looks like someone drew kylie Jenner from memory

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Double Rainbowz 2 years ago

shes so pretty!

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Jonathan Nichols 2 years ago

Are people so used to taking pictures of their faces on their phones, that they can't tell the difference from what they see in a mirror?

33points

StrangeOne 2 years ago

Mirrors can also distort your face and figure. I have a mirror on my wall that makes me look 20 lbs heavier than the mirror in the other room. When I walk by it I can see myself all wavy like I'm in a funhouse. Some clothing retailers put "slimming mirrors" in the change rooms to make it look like the clothes look better on you and fit you better than they actually do.

11points

Chich 2 years ago

It seems that half of the internet is people obsessed with themselves

24points

Something 2 years ago

Honestly, I prefer that over people obsessed with celebrities. At least they're personally familiar with themselves.

15points

Debbie 2 years ago

Do the left one is with the front camera, and the right ones are with filters? Most of them have barbie like skin.

15points

Victor Trejo 2 years ago

Totally. Many of them have the exact same face shape. This post was a collection of filtered photos and lies.

18points

Llama_flower93 2 years ago

I feel like most people know this, but in case you don't, this difference is just a difference in camera lenses. It's not filters. A longer lens flattens an image and a shorter one makes a kind of fish eye effect. Human eyes are closest to a 50mm lens.

12points

Chancey 2 years ago

I don't think it ever explained clearly so thank you. The first pics are taken with how you would normally hold the phone but the second are turning the phone around to the back to take your own picture?

3points

Mystery Egg 2 years ago

This is such a dumb post containing the dumbest of society

4points

Benita Valdez 2 years ago

No matter which way I do it I'm still not photogenic. That said, I'll keep with not taking selfies and continue to load my phone memory with pics of my dogs and nephew

4points

Annette Blanks 2 years ago

I don't get this article at all. They're saying, "this is me close up and this is me backed up a little"? People don't have their faces so close to the camera either!

3points

MongoMarcia 2 years ago

I think I missed the point of this one. 😕

3points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

WHO ARE ALL THESE GORGEOUS PEOPLE. I'd never look like this in a million years. And I still don't know what they mean in how to hold the camera properly.

3points

Ed Gomaz 2 years ago

The phone lens turned them into Caricature of themselves.

3points

Edgar 2 years ago

That's basic photography. A wide angle lens is rarely flattering for portraits. Photographers (reals ones, who use Dslr or mirroless) use a small tele lens to avoid the fisheye effect. I;m amazed that people seems to discover this.

2points

Mimi M 2 years ago

Serious uncanny valley vibes on both sides.

2points

Ada Hunter 2 years ago

all these people are gorgeous. i did this, you can see my disappointment in the video

2points

Nizumi 2 years ago

You expect me to believe that TikTokkers don't actually know what they look like? Please.

1point

tara 2 years ago

So...good looking people getting more good looking when they take the filters away?! Great! Next I will go look at how people who win the lottery spend all of their money. Then I will go look at how people who don't have to work anymore spend all of their time. And THEN I am going to look at people making delicious food that is not available to me. Great fun....Great fun.....

1point

VonBlade 2 years ago

As someone with even a basic grasp of camera lenses, in addition to having a face for radio, means I've taken about two selfies in my life, and knew what to expect. Then again with the obsession with filtering yourself into oblivion, I imagine the more elfin "all cheekbones, no jaw" ones on the left are what they themselves prefer.

1point

Lea S. 2 years ago

Some people overuse filters and some don't use them at all. Everyone doesn't prefer the one on the left, you just made that up.

1point

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago

Before : bad angle, light. After : photos with more filter then tbe before picture. 🙄

1point

Snacking on cats 2 years ago

I wish I didn't have pores like these people😩

1point

April Stephens 2 years ago

I like the ones on the left better in most cases! They look like they have cute baby faces.

1point

TheFloydist 2 years ago (edited)

Why are all the ones on the left visibly lower resolution? Edit: Alright, I just read the description at the top, They just hold the camera further from themselves and then they zoom in to crop the image.

1point

Llama_flower93 2 years ago

Cause you can't use a longer lens or zoom with the front facing camera. Which is part of the point. The front camera is lower quality and gives a distorted version of you.

1point

Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 1 year ago

Most of them have used filters for the "after", so none of them look like them for real. LOL

0points

Jill Pulcifer 2 years ago

Wow! Night and day, this is awesome.

0points

Curry on... 2 years ago

My camera doesn't let me zoom in on a selfie --- unless I'm doing it all wrong.

0points

Joe Bloe 2 years ago

Never too late to learn how a camera works!!

0points

Csaba Horvath 2 years ago

Yes... selfie cameras are quite wide-angle, which distorts the image. This is why ~80-100mm lenses are used for portraits, it gives a mostly natural perspective at a size of a face.

0points

Terry Waters 2 years ago

What a weird coincidence that none of these people have ever seen themselves in a mirror and are all surprised that they don't look like in a selfie.

0points

Albino 2 years ago

People no longer have pics taken that are not selfies? Wow

0points

Łukasz Markuszewski 2 years ago

How about buying a mirror?

0points

J. Maxx 2 years ago

Thank Goddess I'm unattractive! I'm serious. I know what I look like and I accept that fact and I'm quite happy about it. Being an attractive person seems to be a lot of work/pressure/worry and who the hell needs that in life?!?

0points

Richard Ross 2 years ago

Definitely a lot of filtering going on here though. 🤔

0points

Will Cable 2 years ago

It makes you wonder how some people even recognise eachother from apps when photos are so heavily filtered.They would make Freddie Kruger look handsome

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Jonathan Nichols 2 years ago

Are people so used to taking pictures of their faces on their phones, that they can't tell the difference from what they see in a mirror?

33points

StrangeOne 2 years ago

11points

Chich 2 years ago

It seems that half of the internet is people obsessed with themselves

24points

Something 2 years ago

Honestly, I prefer that over people obsessed with celebrities. At least they're personally familiar with themselves.

15points

Debbie 2 years ago

Do the left one is with the front camera, and the right ones are with filters? Most of them have barbie like skin.

15points

Victor Trejo 2 years ago

Totally. Many of them have the exact same face shape. This post was a collection of filtered photos and lies.

18points

Llama_flower93 2 years ago

12points

Chancey 2 years ago

3points

Mystery Egg 2 years ago

This is such a dumb post containing the dumbest of society

4points

Benita Valdez 2 years ago

No matter which way I do it I'm still not photogenic. That said, I'll keep with not taking selfies and continue to load my phone memory with pics of my dogs and nephew

4points

Annette Blanks 2 years ago

I don't get this article at all. They're saying, "this is me close up and this is me backed up a little"? People don't have their faces so close to the camera either!

3points

MongoMarcia 2 years ago

I think I missed the point of this one. 😕

3points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

WHO ARE ALL THESE GORGEOUS PEOPLE. I'd never look like this in a million years. And I still don't know what they mean in how to hold the camera properly.

3points

Ed Gomaz 2 years ago

The phone lens turned them into Caricature of themselves.

3points

Edgar 2 years ago

2points

Mimi M 2 years ago

Serious uncanny valley vibes on both sides.

2points

Ada Hunter 2 years ago

all these people are gorgeous. i did this, you can see my disappointment in the video

2points

Nizumi 2 years ago

You expect me to believe that TikTokkers don't actually know what they look like? Please.

1point

tara 2 years ago

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VonBlade 2 years ago

1point

Lea S. 2 years ago

Some people overuse filters and some don't use them at all. Everyone doesn't prefer the one on the left, you just made that up.

1point

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago

Before : bad angle, light. After : photos with more filter then tbe before picture. 🙄

1point

Snacking on cats 2 years ago

I wish I didn't have pores like these people😩

1point

April Stephens 2 years ago

I like the ones on the left better in most cases! They look like they have cute baby faces.

1point

TheFloydist 2 years ago (edited)

1point

Llama_flower93 2 years ago

Cause you can't use a longer lens or zoom with the front facing camera. Which is part of the point. The front camera is lower quality and gives a distorted version of you.

1point