A Beauty Blogger Tried To Give Herself Henna Freckles And It Went Horribly Wrong

Naomi Jonzeck rose to fame on the app TikTok, where she has 1.5 million followers. Her YouTube channel has a little less, with 835,000+ subscribers. Her Instagram boasts 583,000+ followers.

So it looks like she's a big deal in the makeup community.

On December 9, 2018, Naomi posted a video to YouTube entitled, "i tried giving myself permanent freckles and now i wanna cry." At the time of writing, the video has over 5 million views.

The video starts with Naomi eating Kinder Schoko-Bons, which she says are so good that you need to move if you can't get them in your country.

I actually can attest to this, as a Canadian with access to Schoko Bons. Those things are delicious. #NotSponsored

After 20 seconds of Schoko Bon stanning, Naomi reveals why she's making this video, even though we all already know from the title: she wants to give herself permanent freckles. (Henna, as a quick Wikipedia read will tell you, is not permanent.)

@uglysxegirl on Instagram gave herself a smattering of freckles using henna, and Naomi wants in, fam.

She actually ran into the self-named Ugly in real life and got the whole low-down on how to get those envious freckles.

After hitting up auction site eBay (I don't know why, either) to get the exact brand and color recommended to her by Ugly, Naomi is ready. To. Go.

She notes that the product doesn't look anything like the one in the video.

That's...concerning.

One part of @uglysxegirl's henna tutorial involves applying carrot oil to her face, which Naomi immediately decides to skip, since she isn't into oils.

This is also concerning, and definitely a sign of things to come.

"You know what, I'm not gonna be a chicken finger, I'm gonna do it. Is that how you say it? Chicken finger? Is that, like a coward? I...I don't think so."

Okay, I'm, not gonna lie. I laughed out loud at this and I'm probably gonna use it from now on. Don't be a chicken finger, guys.

So, here we go. It's time. The henna is going on her face. She begins dotting it under her eyes while chatting about her acne-prone skin.

As someone who also has that, I can definitely tell you that I wouldn't put henna on my face just in case my skin doesn't like it.

But that's just me.

At one point, Naomi stops to point out a weird mole she's suddenly developed, and how it's gone down recently but hasn't really left her face. Naomi, if you're reading this, maybe go to a dermatologist and get that checked out? Like, I'm not a doctor, but a suspicious mole is always a good thing to have looked at.

OKAY, BACK TO THE VIDEO.

As she works, she notes that her skin is turning red. In fact, she literally says, "My skin is turning red underneath, which is a very good sign. Like, very, very good." The sarcasm is real, and so is her skin's suffering.

After finishing up her burning red freckles, it's time to wait for them to set. Naomi snacks on some more chocolate and makes me wish I had some. She also shows off her progress to Vincent, who she ropes into drawing a BTS album cover on her arm with, also in henna. This is going well.

This is it, guys. The moment we've all been waiting for. What will her henna freckles look like? Soft, like the freckles from her inspiration? Natural and scattered, like Lindsay Lohan's? Here we go...

This is...this is art.

This is comedy.

This is...actually, this is basically what Kim Kardashian looked like during her vampire facial.

The freckles resemble drops of blood more than they do actual freckles. Oh boy.

Naomi is very aware that a massive mistake has been made. While snacking on more Bons, she decides that she cant totally save this look by putting foundation over it.

I'm gonna go ahead and spoil that the foundation trick does not work out like she wants.

Even with super high-coverage foundation, the freckles still shine through like the absolute worst kind of acne.

Naomi laughs her way through the entire ordeal, including while searching up how to remove henna. It is now time to see if this semi-permanent dye can be magically removed immediately. It's totally gonna work, right?

One of the tricks she finds says to use olive oil to wipe away the henna. It also says to use salt for quick removal, but Naomi skips that step because she doesn't think putting salt on her face is a good idea.

Girl...where was that energy 9 minutes ago?

In fact, she just straight up says, "I regret everything." I would also feel the same way. Actually, I do feel the same way, and I'm just watching her do this.

Also, needless to say, the oil didn't work.

"I feel like I'm gonna cry, honestly. I'm laughing, but I'm crying." She laughs. "Pray for me. Include me in your prayers tonight." I don't think prayer is gonna help with this one, but bless her heart.

In her next video, Naomi shows off her total lack of freckles. As henna is wont to do, it faded away after a few days.

However, Naomi put in an order for the "right" henna and is going to try the whole thing again.

For now, it looks like Naomi is back to drawing her freckles on with eyeliner, which seems like less hassle than the henna experiment gone very, very wrong. Who knows what 2019 may bring, though.

Naomi also recently uploaded this pic, which shows off her freckle-less skin. While people have a lot of dissenting opinions on whether freckles should be a fashion accessory, it seems it's a trend that's here to stay.

If you want to watch Naomi's entire freckle journey, from bare skin to burning skin (and everything in between), check out her video.

In the time it took me to write this article, the video has picked up 3000+ more views.