Honestly, I see where @jeff is coming from with YouCam Makeup and Facelab, but honestly, even they feel like a letdown for anything beyond the most generic straight/parted styles. I’m not sure either of those apps deserve a “best” title, but I do get why people lean their direction—the bar is super low for everything else. That said, I’d actually throw Hairstyle Try On (the one with the somewhat cheesy UI, yeah that one) into the race if you’re just looking for an easy-peasy way to see what you’d look like with a pixie cut or mullet before accidentally embarrassing yourself at a salon. It’s a bit clunky and feels like it hasn’t been updated since 2013, but at least its color overlays are less terrifying than most, and you can quickly swipe through a bunch of lengths.
But let’s be real, none of these apps, YouCam included, seem to understand what wavy hair actually means, or what the heck to do with a non-standard face shape. I once got a “virtual makeover” that gave me a combover and cartoon eyebrows. Not exaggerating. There’s only so much you can do with algorithms pasted over selfies—I mean, c’mon, my hair is brown, not unstable anti-matter, but half the apps made it look radioactive.
If anyone’s found something that lets you upload YOUR face and map actual, customizable textures (not just color), let me know, because I’m desperate to stop traumatizing myself. At this point, I just send screenshots to my friends to get roasted in our group chat. It’s like a beauty filter for your self-esteem. So yeah: maybe YouCam for not hating your life, but have absolutely zero expectations, or try Hairstyle Try On for some extra giggles. AI might run the world, but it’s still failing hard at poodle bangs.