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The most beautiful thing about these four stellar beauty influencers is their power to shatter harmful stereotypes. 

Muslim vloggers Dina Tokio, Zukreat Nazar, Manal Chinutay, and Amena Khan have a combined following of over 4 million people. In a new video from Elle, these talented women open up about how they use their platform to not only provide makeup and beauty and style inspiration, but to shatter misconceptions and change the conversation about Muslim women.  

They open up about the labels placed on them, how wearing hijab is their own choice, why starting their YouTube channels filled a void of representation and how, yes, makeup really can make a difference in the world. 

“It annoyed me a bit that I didn’t see any representation of Muslim women other than really negative ones or ones that just weren’t like me and my friends were, and I just thought, ‘You know what, the only way to talk to people or show people what we’re like is to just get on,’” said Tokio. “’Get on YouTube, get on social media yourself, and just do it yourself.’” 

“It may seem like such a small thing to do, to have the notion that beauty can make a difference,” Khan said. “But just having the platform and being able to engage with people as a human has the potential to broaden people’s minds about understanding Muslim women, and women in general.”

Chinutay said that within Islamic society “there [are] a lot of head turns toward people who do practice makeup or that style the hijab a little differently,” but she maintained the importance of continuing to do so. 

“I feel like what I do really empowers women, and builds confidence in women,” she said. “And builds a community of Muslims and non-Muslims.”

Having an open dialogue and understanding of one another is crucial. If change can start with a blush brush, count us all the way in. 

Watch the entire video above. 

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However all of that could soon be replaced by biometric security in the form of fingerprint scanning. Mastercard appears to be leading that charge by launching a credit card with a fingerprint scanner over in South Africa where the system is being tested. As you can see in the photo above, all users have to do is hold their thumb/finger against the scanner and insert it into the terminal in order to verify themselves, after which the payment will proceed as usual.

The company is looking to expand its trial and will be bringing the technology to markets in Europe and Asia, and eventually they are also planning on introducing a contactless version. The contactless version should function similarly to mobile payments such as Apple Pay where users have to authenticate themselves via fingerprint while holding their phones against the terminal.

According to Ajay Bhalla, Mastercard’s head of security, “Whether unlocking a smartphone or shopping online, the fingerprint is helping to deliver additional convenience and security. It’s not something that can be taken or replicated and will help our cardholders get on with their lives knowing their payments are protected.”

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As the name suggests, this means that users can convert words they are thinking into actual text on the screen. This will be accomplished through brain implants which at the moment is capable of typing out words at eight words a minute, which is clearly not very efficient. However according to Regina Dugan who is heading up Facebook’s Building 8 research program, the company plans on making it fast enough to hit 100 words a minute, which is faster than the average typing speed of most people.

The goal is also to make it non-invasive, meaning that you don’t need to actually get brain implants for it to work. Dugan revealed that Facebook is working with researchers at several US universities to make that a reality. Ultimately this should help increase and improve accessibility for those who are disabled/paralyze, or just for novel purposes where you can send text messages to your friend just by thinking it.

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