Face Mask Gone Wrong

This morning my face was exceptionally rosy and I came up with the (horrible) idea of making a cinnamon, water, and peppermint extract mixture. The idea was to use it as a sort of toner in hopes of settling down the redness. This has been one of my least brightest moments in life because seconds later my face was burning and bright red. Please take note: PEPPERMINT EXTRACT WILL NOT REDUCE REDNESS OF THE SKIN. IT ISN'T A BAD IDEA TO GOOGLE THIS BEFORE FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY LIKE I DID.

Anyway, I had work today and did not want to show up looking like a literal red head, so for once I decided to put on all my makeup. (I have 90% stopped wearing makeup all together except for on rare occasions like today). This has been the result:

My mum was staring at me in a funny way so I finally asked why. "You just look so pale and your lips are so dark... I'm not used to seeing you like this." To which I responded, "That's because my face is normally makeup-less and tinted red."

I work across the street from a DUI driving school which had just gotten out. When I stepped out of the car I noticed people (guys) looked at me right away. One even said, "Hi how are you doing?" as I walked past him. All because I'm wearing makeup?

Then I realized, when I'm all natural it's like I don't exist but all of a sudden when dark red lipstick and mascara (and a lot more) come into play, I look good, or on point, and get stared at. WHY SOCIETY!? WHY!? Even my friend Jon said I was "on point" and Im 99.9% positive he's never said anything like that to me when I'm my usual no makeup self. He's the one who encouraged me to not wear makeup in the first place so I listened - yet when he finally compliments me it's when Im practically a cake face...Oh the irony.

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