This is the Ugly Face Challenge filter that is succeeding on Instagram Stories

Increasingly Instagram resembles TikTok. And it is that all kinds of filters and challenges, or filters of challenges or challenges that circulate like wildfire from one profile to another, do not stop emerging. Entertainment with which to prove our worth, generate content for our followers and also have a good time. This is the case of Ugly Face Challenge, which you have probably already heard of. A challenge that proposes you to put funny faces imitating the ones that appear on your head.

The Ugly Face Challenge

This filter arrives in challenge mode for the user. And you have to know imitate strange, ugly faces with grimaces that they have little or nothing to do with the spirit of Instagram and all its posturing”. But therein lies its greatest virtue. And it is that seeing our dear instagrammers making faces is a lot of fun.

The filter works simply. You frame your face and hit the record video button. This activates the filter to show cartoons above your head. Of course, although their proportions are not real, the people who appear in these drawings have very specific and imitable facial gestures. And that's it, test your ability to get ugly or ugly and a little ridiculous The faces change automatically after a few seconds, so you just have to keep pressing the record button and quickly switch gesture.So until the end of the 15 seconds that the story lasts.

When you release the record button you will see the final result: you changing from face to face, each one more ridiculous. Remember that you can always add more elements to this recording. From GIF animations, to stickers or text and strokes You can also pin them to any part of the video so they appear when you want them to. For example, to give more drama or humor to one of the faces. And ready. You can now publish the result and wait for the reactions of your followers. It sure does not disappoint.

How to Get Ugly Face Challenge Filter

Instagram allows you to get a multitude of filters without having to follow the accounts of its creators. To get this filter you have two options.One of them is to “steal” it from another Instagram user who is using it. To do this, click on the name Ugly Face Challenge that appears in the upper left corner of the story. Just below the name of the account that posted it. With this you will test the filter directly on your meat.

The other option is go through the creator's profile In this case it's @awandonjuan, who has a good collection of filters of all kinds, especially 3D elements that swarm through Instagram Stories. Once in Awan's profile, all you have to do is click on the smiley face to go from his profile photos to his filters. Among all of them you can find the Ugly Face Challenge.

By clicking on the image of this filter you will see a video demonstration of how it works.But the interesting thing is that, from right here, you can get it. One option is to click on the Test button to test the filter once. Of course, with this way you will not save the filter in your carousel. If you want to keep it and always have it at hand when you enter Instagram Stories, what you should do is press on the down arrow icon in the lower corner right. This will save the filter to the collection to the left of the Instagram Stories record button. It will stay there forever (unless you remove the filter), so you can use it whenever you want.