README.md

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license: mit
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# BeautyBank-Inference-Dataset

This dataset is used for inference in the paper:  
📄 **"BeautyBank: Encoding Facial Makeup in Latent Space"**  
[🔗 arXiv:2411.11231](https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11231)

## 📌 About the Dataset
This dataset provides reference images and their corresponding **makeup codes**, enabling inference using the **BeautyBank** model.  
It allows users to apply various makeup styles without requiring training data.

## 📂 Dataset Contents
- 📁 **BeautyBank-Inference-Dataset.zip** → Contains **1289 reference images (PNG format)** for selecting makeup styles.
- 📄 **refined_makeup_code.npy** → Encoded makeup features for inference.

## 📥 Download and Usage

Since the images are stored in a ZIP file, you need to extract them before use:
```bash
unzip BeautyBank-Inference-Dataset.zip -d makeup_images/
```

## Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite our paper:
```bibtex
@article{lu2024beautybank,
  title={BeautyBank: Encoding Facial Makeup in Latent Space},
  author={Lu, Qianwen and Yang, Xingchao and Taketomi, Takafumi},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.11231},
  year={2024}
}
```