Photo 10/10
Hair Color Premium (Modiface)
Ease of use: A breeze
Features: If you want to see how you'd look with just about any hair color on the spectrum, Hair Color Premium can make it happen. Upload your photo and tap through a range of blonde, red, brown or "exotic" hair colors, adjusting the color intensity and shine, if you like. You can also create a custom hue or use the Shade Match feature, which will color-match anything you can snap with your phone's camera. And you can add sunglasses or a hair accessory, because of course.
Final verdict: If you're contemplating a hair-color makeover -- especially a non-traditional hair color -- this is $1.99 well spent. And Shade Match is simply brilliant; I've never wondered what I'd look like if I color-coordinated my hair to my miniature poodle, but now I do, and isn't that awesome?
Rating: 4/5
Sure, the arrival of the new year presents a great excuse for making self-improvements. But if you don't want to spend more time at the gym, do a juice cleanse or buy new mascara, these free smartphone apps are a pretty cool shortcut to your new year makeover (or, at the very least, a bangin' Facebook profile pic). We tried four beauty apps on our road to selfie-made perfection -- and took photos along the way. Here's how they fared.
