I thought I was special when people kept smiling at me – then I realised the massive make-up mistake I made in the dark
SHE was struggling with chapped lips, so grabbed a lip balm when she was out at the shops.
But what Nikki didn’t realise was that the one she’d bought – a Burt’s Bees number – was more heavily tinted than she thought it was going to be.
She took to TikTok to share a video explaining her epic mistake, as she began: “I’m at Cole’s doing a return, put on the chapstick and like, oh, feels so great.
“My lips aren’t chapped anymore.
“I’m walking around the store, kids are looking at me, and I’m smiling like, ‘Happy holidays!’
“I checked out, and the lady looked concerned… a nice man held the door for me.
“I thought I was special.
“I am special all right!”
She then removed the hand she’d had in front of her mouth to reveal that she’d accidentally smeared the lipstick all over her mouth – not just on her lips.
“Oh, my god – I walked around the store like a clown!” Nikki exclaimed, as she struggled to hold back her laughter.
“A lot of times it’s just so lightly tinted and you can’t see it!
“But apparently Burt’s Bees wax is not tinted -it’s lipstick!”
“Having a bad day? Watch this!” Nikki captioned the video on her TikTok page.
Among the comments was one from Burt’s Bees, who wrote: “Okay but can we all agree that color of our Lip Shimmer suits her so well!”
“Aww thank you @Burt’s Bees I do love the colour!” Nikki replied.
“I will just have to be more careful next time!”
“Narrator: it was not, in fact, ‘lightly tinted’,” another joked.
“If it makes you feel any better my father was also a victim of Burt’s bees chapstick,” a third laughed.
“As soon as you said Burt’s Bees I knew it was the red one! I did this too,” someone else said.
While others revealed the similar make-up mistakes they themselves had committed.
“I got sidetracked and left the house with only 1 eye done,” one recalled.
“Full smokey eye on ONE side just all over town!”
“One time I wore red lipstick to work and forgot,” another wrote.
“Rubbed my face at some point while working. Went to a meeting.
“My coworkers’ faces!”
“I’ve done this except my under nose was also chapped,”a third admitted.
“Didn’t find out till I got in the car where my mum was waiting for me!”
“Omg I did this at work and talked to customers ALL DAY!!” someone else laughed.