Halsey says she's 'exhausted' with 'damaging' filters on Instagram: 'I have to make peace with my face'

• Halsey recently told Byrdie that she's "exhausted with this industry of Instagram filters."
• "It's gotta be damaging to your brain to constantly be looking at yourself through an altered lens."
• The "Manic" singer said she hopes her new makeup line will inspire fans to be "brave."

Halsey opened up about self-image and conventional beauty norms in a recent interview with Byrdie.

"I'm exhausted with this industry of Instagram filters," she said. "It's gotta be damaging to your brain to constantly be looking at yourself through an altered lens and being disappointed with what your face actually looks like."

The 26-year-old "Manic" singer said she was compelled to accept her natural appearance when paparazzi began taking photos of her.

"I can't control the angle. I can't control the lighting. I can't control if it's my good side or my bad side," she explained. "The pictures would come out and I would just have to look at them and go, 'Okay. That's what I look like.' I don't get to change it. I have to make peace with my face."

She added: "That's what I want About-Face to be: loving and appreciating what you look like."

Halsey recently released her own makeup line called About-Face, which is marketed using images of bold lip colors, intense highlighters, and dramatic eye looks.

"I want young people to feel like they're brave enough to leave the house with, like, lime green eyeshadow and black lipstick on," she told Byrdie.

Halsey first tasted fame in 2014, when her debut single "Ghost" went viral on SoundCloud.

At the time, she was famous for her long, aqua-blue hair, but has since gained a reputation as a risk-taking beauty chameleon. Most recently, she shaved her head on a whim.

"I have a pretty good idea of what my 'prettiest' look is, by social standards, but it doesn't mean it's what I want to look like," she said. "I definitely don't think that my most 'Hollywood' look is when I have a bald head, but it's when I feel the most confident."