Free tool · camera stays on your device
Online Mirror
Use your front camera as a mirror: check your hair, makeup or teeth before a call. Switch to the true mirror to see yourself the way other people and photos do, or put both side by side.
Your mirror, on this screen
Your browser will ask for the camera. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
The camera stays on this device. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
How it is measured
A mirror flips you. A camera doesn't.
A mirror shows you left-right reversed, which is the only version of your face you see every day. Other people, and photos, see it un-flipped. The mirror view here flips the camera picture like a mirror; the true mirror view shows it the way the camera sees it. Any asymmetry in your face shows as a difference between the two, which is why the true mirror often looks 'off' at first.
- Mirror
- Flipped, like a bathroom mirror. Raising your right hand raises the hand on the right.
- True mirror
- Not flipped: how others and photos see you.
- Side by side
- Both at once, to see what changes.
- Light
- Turns the edges of the screen white, a soft front light for dark rooms.
Sources
What this is based on.
The measurement and its reference ranges come from published research. Studies use different methods and populations, so compare your number with the range shown on this page rather than with other tools.
- 1.
Mita TH, Dermer M, Knight J (1977). Reversed facial images and the mere-exposure hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.35.8.597
People preferred their mirror image, while friends preferred their true image: the familiarity effect.
- 2.
Wang TT, Wessels L, Hussain G, Merten S (2017). Discriminative thresholds in facial asymmetry: a review of the literature. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. PubMed 28200081
How much left–right difference people can notice in a face.
- 3.
Kartynnik Y, Ablavatski A, Grishchenko I, Grundmann M (2019). Real-time facial surface geometry from monocular video on mobile GPUs. arXiv. arXiv:1907.06724
The face-mesh model that places the 468 surface landmarks this tool measures from.
- 4.
Ablavatski A, Vakunov A, Grishchenko I, et al. (2020). Real-time pupil tracking from monocular video for digital puppetry. arXiv. arXiv:2006.11341
The iris model that adds 10 eye landmarks (478 in total), used for pupil-based reference lines.
Our own data: how much each reading moves when the same face is photographed again is published on the methodology page. How we choose sources.
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FAQ
How do I use my screen as a mirror?+
Tap 'Turn on the camera' and allow camera access. The picture appears flipped, like a mirror. Use full screen and the light button for a bigger, brighter mirror.
Is anything recorded?+
No. The camera picture is shown on this page only. Nothing is recorded or uploaded; a snapshot is saved only if you tap Snapshot, and it stays on your device.
What is a true mirror?+
A view that is not flipped, so you see your face as others see it. Most people find their true-mirror face slightly strange, because they are used to the flipped version.
Why do I look different in photos?+
Photos are not flipped, and the familiar flipped face is the one you prefer, a well-studied effect. Lens distance also changes proportions: close selfies widen the nose and shrink the ears.
The camera does not open.+
Allow camera access for this site in your browser settings, close other apps that use the camera, and make sure you are on the https page.
One reading here.
Nineteen in the app.
A controlled scan, every reading against its ideal band, bone vs trainable, a plan, and a 3D model on Face ID iPhones.