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Meitu has blown up on social media over the past few days thanks to it's adorable filter that essentially makes everyone look like a flawless, baby-faced character from Harajuku. 

The app has been big in China for a number of years, but the gimmick has just caught on in the wider world.

The beauty app allows its users to smooth and whiten skin, sort out spots, slim down the face and create anime-sized eyes. 

However, some people have become alarmed at the amount of data permissions that you have to enable in order to use the app.

The app can access your calendar, internet browser history, take photos and videos, location, read phone call status and caller identity, read, modify and delete the contents of your photo USB storage, control phone vibration and prevent the phone from sleeping. 

It’s normal for apps to need to access different elements of data and enable functions on a phone so they can run properly. 

However, "they are collecting some very odd data that shouldn’t be looked at necessarily for the application functioning, ” Greg Linares, a security researcher at threat management firm Vectra Networks told Wired.

While there is no evidence to show that Meitu is a scam, that is a worrying amount of information to part with.

The app has been running since 2008 and is massive in China,  and is currently worth billions.

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We're all a little obsessed with finding out what makeup our favourite celebrities apply to their famous faces.

Unveiling the celebrities' best kept beauty secrets can be a full-time job, but luckily there's a brand new app coming our way that's committed to the cause.

Metix is coming to the rescue, and could change the way we find our favourite beauty bits forever.

 

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The upcoming app gives you all the info on what celebrities, makeup artists and influencers are wearing, and lets you to shop the look directly.

Jennifer Metix, the app founder and up-and-coming #girlboss, wants to bring the ultimate digital beauty experience to your smart phone.

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'It is linking social media and shopping, specifically in the beauty space," Jennifer told the Coffee with Dani podcast.

"If someone wears something, it's quite easy to find out where they got it from; but if you're using products for your face or your hair, it's really difficult to know exactly what eye shadow you're wearing, or what mascara, or if your hair always looks amazing and you've got a specific tool that you use," she explained.

 

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"It allows celebrities, bloggers, makeup artists to upload what they use, and then you can buy it within the app," she added.

The app is also for people who are thinking about buying that new blusher, but want to see it on someone first. Metix will allow beauty junkies to essentially try before they buy and get recommendations.

The launch date is November 22nd, so keep your eye on the app store for its big reveal. 

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