To find this kind of smile annoying?

[Brindle5]

There's a certain smile a lot of young women use in photos on social media and something about it is irritating me. I guess because it looks posed rather than a natural smile. Or maybe I'm wrong and it IS their natural smile, but I'm seeing it more and more so I believe it's a trend. It's hard to describe but it looks like just the corners of their mouth are curling up... I tried to find an example but without doing screenshots from social media which isn't cool, I can't find one. Does anyone know what I mean and why am I seeing this smile a lot?

ffs now women can’t even smile without someone moaning about it. ‘Smile love, it might never happen. Oh no, don’t smile like that.’

Can women do anything right?

I th him I know the type you mean. A bit more smirky than a smile?

Stop looking at people's faces if you can't handle it.

Very much a "you" problem.

It’s FaceApp

Can we see the smile you mean? Or better yet show us your own smile.

Do you mean that weird Joker smile?

I knew what it was before I finished reading 😹

Yes, I hate it too.
It (to me) feels very patronising and forced.

There's a certain Tiktoker who I have blocked because she does it constantly.

It's definitely a bit of a trend at the moment but will soon disappear like the duck pout did.

It would help if someone posted a picture of the smile. The rest of us have no idea what anyone is referring to

It will soon disappear just like the duck pout and tribal tattoos (well, outdated tattoos don’t disappear obviously but it’s in the same category..).

"Smile, luv."

"Smile properly, luv."

I’d love to see this too.

There was a post last week naming celebrities that had this DONE to their lips surgically.

The idea is that a youthful mouth would point up rather than down I guess. But it looks creepy af.

I've got no idea what you're talking about.

I don't know what you mean - could you post a picture of just a mouth so it doesn't identify the smiler?

I don't know the smile you mean, but I do remember a few years ago how young people (male and female) would take selfies pulling a strange face that made them look like they were straining to do a poo. My daughter and her friends used to do it. I called it the "constipated pose" and suggested they include more fibre in their diets.

Well exactly. If someone holds a camera up, then I'm going to pose for the photograph. It's quite obviously not a natural smile, and I don't particularly care if people can tell it wasn't a candid moment of genuine happiness.

Just another thing that we women do wrong I suppose.

Definitely FaceApp… just did this to my own face, think that’s the sort of tight smug smile OP means

I didn't want to post a photo of another woman as that's a bit mean (and I can't do it with ny mouth shape) but yes!
Like what Noddy posted, but often even more exaggerated.

Oh wow is it an app? Yes Noddy that is the kind of thing I mean. Sorry to those who don't know what I am talking about. I agree it's frustrating to not have given an example, but googling didn't bring up anything useful and I am absolutely not posting a picture from social media.
Yes, Hermit, I think it could be the joker smile! It has that unnatural quality to it!

I understand people smiling for a photo are going to pose. I'm not talking about that. If people are making this smile in real life rather than using an app, I can't believe it's a face they make without practising in a mirror. I can't even work out how I'd make that face if I wanted to.

I found a picture of one! This is the kind of thing I am talking about.

Offended by a smile. I've heard everything now. Only on mumsnet 🙄🤦‍♀️

It's Face app.