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Ultrarealistic Warm-Lit Mirror Selfie
Recreate a reference photograph as a natural-looking mirror selfie, preserving facial identity, pose, beauty styling, accessories, and warm domestic lighting.
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- Text Parameterized
- Inputs
- reference_image (image) · Required aspect_ratio (text) · Optional · Default: 9:16 watermark_text (text) · Optional · Default: soza facial_identity_photo (image) · Optional
- Outputs
- mirror_selfie (image)
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Reference image: ${reference-image}
Create an extremely realistic photograph of a woman, reproducing the reference image as faithfully as possible. Preserve the composition, framing, pose, face angle, facial expression, hairstyle, makeup, accessories, nails, colors, lighting, and every environmental detail. The image must look like an authentic mirror selfie taken with a smartphone, without the appearance of an artificial image, illustration, or digital render.
1. Composition, framing, and perspective
A vertical photograph with an aspect ratio of ${aspect-ratio:9:16}, showing a young woman in a tight crop from the top of her head to the upper bust, with one arm extended toward the camera. The woman fills almost the entire image, positioned slightly left of center, while the pink phone appears along the right side, partially cropped by the photograph's edges.
The camera is positioned approximately at face and chest height, with the close, natural perspective of a mirror selfie. The face appears at a three-quarter angle, turned toward the right side of the image, with the nose pointing toward the phone. The head is slightly tilted, the chin subtly raised, and the eyes directed toward the screen or the phone's reflection.
The framing must preserve the closeness characteristic of a spontaneous selfie, without exaggerated lens distortion, a studio-photography appearance, or excessively perfect framing.
2. Physical appearance and facial features
A young adult woman with a feminine appearance and a warm, light-medium brown complexion, lightly tanned, with a golden tone and a natural flush on the cheeks. The face is slightly elongated and oval, with defined cheekbones, a delicate jawline, a gently projecting chin, and a proportionate nose with a relatively straight bridge and delicate tip.
The lips are full and well defined, with a fuller lower lip, a defined outline, and a pink finish. The mouth is slightly pushed forward into a subtle pout, with a confident, feminine, natural expression.
The eyes are almond-shaped, with black eyeliner extended at the outer corners, long, thick, curled upper lashes, and understated lower lashes. The eyebrows are dark, filled in, well shaped, gently arched, and relatively natural-looking.
The makeup enhances the features without completely erasing the skin's texture. The face must have natural human proportions, small variations in texture, soft shadows around the nose and jawline, and a subtle sheen on the forehead, cheekbones, and tip of the nose.
Do not change the facial features of the person used as the reference. If a facial identity photograph is provided, preserve the identity, face shape, distance between the eyes, nose, lips, and all individual characteristics.
3. Hair and hairstyle
Very dark brown hair, almost black, with subtle brown highlights visible under the warm lighting. The hair is long enough to be gathered into a high, relaxed bun at the back of the head.
The hairstyle is a casual, voluminous, slightly messy bun, with irregularly twisted sections and a few loose strands around the nape, sides of the head, and hairline. The bun appears mainly on the left side of the image, behind the raised hand.
The top of the hair is brushed back, with gentle volume at the roots and a natural finish, without an excessively polished effect. A few fine flyaway hairs are visible against the background, reinforcing the hair's real texture.
Preserve the subtle highlights, individual strands, natural density, and small irregularities of the hairstyle. Do not create a perfectly symmetrical, artificial, or excessively rigid bun.
4. Detailed makeup
Glamorous makeup in neutral and pink tones, with a sophisticated finish resembling beauty-selfie makeup.
- Medium- to full-coverage foundation with a satin finish and a softly even appearance, retaining realistic texture.
- Strong pink blush, especially on the apples of the cheeks, blended toward the temples.
- Gentle facial contouring that enhances the cheekbones, sides of the nose, and jawline.
- Subtle highlighter on the high points of the face, without excessive metallic shine.
- Beige, nude, and soft brown eyeshadow on the eyelids.
- Defined, elongated black eyeliner with a small wing at the outer corners of the eyes.
- Thick, long, curled false eyelashes, emphasizing the upper lash line.
- Dark, filled-in, brushed eyebrows with individual hairs still visible.
- Dusty rose lipstick with mauve undertones and a creamy, slightly glossy finish.
- Defined lip liner that does not extend excessively beyond the lips' natural outline.
The makeup must remain detailed and realistic, with smooth transitions between the products and the skin, without an exaggerated beauty-filter effect.
5. Pose, hands, and body language
The woman is taking a mirror selfie, with her left arm extended forward toward the lower-left part of the image. The arm appears in the foreground, naturally enlarged by the camera's close perspective.
The other arm is raised beside her head. The hand is close to the ear and bun, with the fingers delicately separated and curved, as though she is adjusting a strand of hair or displaying her nails and accessories.
The fingers are long and elegant, with natural joints and proportions. The hand must have realistic anatomy, with five correctly positioned fingers, without deformation, duplication, or fusion.
The nails are long and narrowly almond-shaped, with a milky-white finish and light tips. The polish is even, glossy, and elegant. The nails of the hand holding the phone are also partially visible, maintaining the same shape and shade.
The posture conveys confidence and naturalness. The shoulders are relaxed, the upper chest remains visible, and the head is turned slightly to the right. The expression is serene, with a sideways gaze, prominent lashes, and subtly pursed lips.
6. Jewelry and accessories
The woman wears small gold earrings, including a hoop or organically shaped earring on the lower part of the ear and small piercings or delicate hoops distributed along the cartilage.
There is a small gold piercing on the side of the nostril, discreet and shiny.
Around her neck, she wears a relatively short gold necklace resting at the base of the neck. The chain has elongated links and small floral- or clover-shaped decorative elements distributed along the front. The details reflect light delicately, without excessive shine.
Thin gold rings appear on the hand holding the phone, particularly near the fingers visible on the right side of the image. On the hand near the hair, a small jewelry detail is partially visible, consistent with a delicate ring.
All jewelry must look like real metal, with soft gold reflections, small variations in shine, and proportionate details. Avoid inventing excessive accessories or changing the placement of the elements.
7. Clothing and neckline
The woman wears a very dark navy blue blouse or top, almost black, with a straight neckline and bare shoulders. The fabric follows the bust naturally, with a relatively smooth finish and subtle variations in light and shadow.
The neckline crosses the chest at a slight diagonal because of the body's position and the photograph's angle. The garment looks elegant, minimalist, and fitted, with no sleeves visible around the shoulders.
The clothing must retain its deep navy blue shade, with natural shadows and understated texture. The upper chest, shoulders, and upper bust remain exposed, with warm lighting and a consistent skin tone.
8. Phone and mirror details
On the right side of the photograph, the woman holds a smartphone with a light pink case, close to pastel pink. The device is partially cropped by the image boundary, appearing mainly in the upper-right area.
The case has a matte or satin finish, rounded edges, and precise cutouts. On the back, there is a raised black camera module with several dark circular lenses and subtle reflections.
The hand holds the phone naturally, with the fingers wrapping around its side. Some white nails and gold rings are visible around the phone's edge.
The mirror does not need to appear as a separate object. The image must retain the feeling of a photograph captured while taking a mirror selfie, with coherent phone placement and framing.
9. Environment and background
The background consists of a plain wall in light olive green, greenish beige, or warm sage green, with a matte appearance and yellowish lighting.
The wall has small natural tonal irregularities, very faint marks, and subtle variations in light. It must not look like a perfectly uniform digital background.
In the lower-left area, behind the arm, a small portion of bedding or a white surface appears, accompanied by a partially visible orange or reddish detail near the bottom edge. These elements remain out of focus and secondary.
On the left side, near the hand and hair, there is a small white text mark resembling a signature or watermark, reading “${watermark-text:soza}”. If reproducing the reference requires this detail, keep it small and discreet, without allowing it to become a dominant element.
The environment must look like an ordinary bedroom or domestic space, without excessive decoration, with an intimate, everyday, spontaneous atmosphere.
10. Lighting and colors
Warm, soft indoor lighting with a yellowish tone, similar to light from a household lamp falling from the front and slightly above.
The face, neck, upper chest, and shoulders receive warm light, creating soft highlights on the forehead, nose, cheeks, lips, and skin. There are natural shadows beneath the chin, around the nose, behind the ear, and in the tied-up hair.
A narrow band of brighter light crosses the arm and upper chest diagonally, creating a distinctive lighting detail from the original photograph. Transitions between light and shadow must be soft, but not completely uniform.
The color palette combines tanned skin, pink blush, mauve-pink lipstick, dark brown hair, gold jewelry, a navy blue top, a pastel pink phone, and an olive green wall.
Keep the white balance slightly warm, without turning the skin orange, excessive saturation, or artificial contrast.
11. Photographic quality and realism
The image must reproduce the aesthetic of a real selfie captured with a good-quality modern smartphone, with natural photographic processing, a close perspective, and enough sharpness to reveal details in the eyes, lips, hair, nails, and jewelry.
Simulate a smartphone lens equivalent to approximately 24–28 mm, with relatively broad depth of field and a background that is softly less defined because of distance and the camera's natural processing.
Preserve subtle pores, real skin texture, loose strands of hair, small metallic reflections, natural differences in tone between the face, neck, and arms, and the shadows produced by the ambient lighting.
Do not apply excessive artificial blur. Do not make the face excessively smooth. Avoid exaggerated sharpness, edge halos, plastic shine, artificial symmetry, and a catalog-image finish.
The result must look like an original social-media photograph captured in a spontaneous moment, with a real-camera appearance, domestic lighting, and small natural imperfections.
12. Final fidelity to the reference
Reproduce the same visual composition: a relaxed dark brown bun on the left, a hand with white nails near the hair, a three-quarter-profile face turned to the right, thick black lashes, pink blush, mauve-pink lips, a gold nose piercing, gold earrings and necklace, an off-the-shoulder navy blue top, a phone with a pink case on the right, and an olive green wall in the background.
Maintain the tight vertical framing, the arm extended in the foreground, the sideways gaze, the subtle pout, and the warm lighting with soft reflections on the skin.
NEGATIVE PROMPT
Illustration, drawing, digital painting, anime, cartoon, CGI, 3D rendering, doll-like appearance, artificial face, artificial-intelligence look, plastic skin, excessively smooth skin, exaggerated beauty filter, erased pores, fake skin texture, smeared makeup, artificially asymmetrical eyes, deformed eyes, duplicated eyelashes, artificial eyebrows, deformed nose, disproportionate lips, unnecessarily visible teeth, excessively slimmed face, altered facial identity, artificial perfect symmetry, wig-like hair, rigid bun, fused strands, hair without texture, deformed hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, fused fingers, crooked nails, inconsistent nail sizes, deformed jewelry, duplicated piercings, distorted necklace, floating accessories, deformed phone, incorrect camera lenses, melted phone case, clothing with impossible cutouts, incorrect anatomy, deformed shoulders, duplicated arm, excessively orange skin, exaggerated saturation, excessive contrast, artificial sharpness, oversharpening, exaggerated HDR, studio lighting, impossible shadows, digital background, excessively blurred background, repetitive texture, advertising-photography appearance, render-like appearance, low resolution, excessive noise, digital artifacts, unrealistic proportions.
Suggested settings: vertical ${aspect-ratio:9:16} format, photorealistic photography, a high level of natural detail, warm indoor lighting, smartphone perspective, tight framing, and maximum priority on fidelity to the reference image.
Parameters
Replace each placeholder with your own value, or use its default when one is provided.
${reference-image}
reference-image
Required
${aspect-ratio:9:16}
aspect-ratio
Default: 9:16
${watermark-text:soza}
watermark-text
Default: soza
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