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Snapchat's Cinco de Mayo lens turns you into a giant taco

May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, a day synonymous with margaritas and Mexican food.

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Snapchat is letting its more than 100 million users celebrate in a special way: by becoming a taco.

If you open Snapchat on May 5 and tap and hold on your face with the selfie camera, you'll see the option to face swap with a giant taco. The lens is sponsored by Taco Bell, of course.

It looks like this:

taco bell snapchat lense
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Snapchat has been consistently using its lens feature to celebrate holidays. It also lets companies like Taco Bell and Gatorade pay to sponsor lenses. Not all of them have been a hit (a Bob Marley lens recently caused uproar after some called it "digital blackface"), but it's hard to imagine that this Taco Bell lens won't be a success.

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