I used a makeup removal app repeatedly to turn into an acne-covered zombie

An app called MakeApp on iOS and Android recently gained attention from beauty and fashion sites for claiming to remove makeup from women’s faces. Sites like Teen Vogue and Pop Sugar called out the app for being problematic and creepy, but its lesser-known function is to double up as a Zombify app.

Here’s how it works: you take a selfie, or use a photo from your camera roll like a screenshot of another person, and then the app lets you apply any of its filters, including removing makeup or adding any of a number of garish makeup colors.

It’s pretty rude and vaguely sexist to try to strip women, or anyone who enjoys applying makeup, of the eyeliner, blush, and cover-up they’ve applied to their face. It’s also certainly a blow at people’s...

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