[Personal] Someone told me to cover up my reddish cheeks

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So a little background on my skin. I consider myself lucky with my skin, I have a very clear skin, I barely have pimples or blackheads and I have never had acne. The only thing I have is a dry skin, sometimes so dry that it feels very tight after a shower and it used to sting when I would put something on it. The only thing that was actually bothering me when I was a kid/teenager were my red cheeks.I have had red cheeks since I was a little kid, lots of people made fun of it and called me names. I pretended that it didn't bother me but it made me very self conscious about the redness of my cheeks.When I was a teenager I hated it, I hated how red my cheeks were, but I never covered them up because I don't like wearing makeup.Now I am 22, and I don't hate them anymore! I got a nice skin routine which hydrates my skin and the red cheeks became less red. I am happy with how my skin looks and I feel comfortable in it, however today I got a comment about covering my cheeks with makeup.I was sitting at the lunch table at work having my usual morning coffee with a colleague of mine. We were talking about some skincare products while an intern joined the conversation. At some point she told me that I could cover up my cheeks, and said that there were plenty of products that help to reduce the red colour of them.I told her that I am actually quite satisfied with my look (including the red cheeks) and that I personally don't like to wear make-up as I always found it a bit itchy and I tend to touch my face a lot when I'm wearing makeup which would eventually ruin it. At which she responded with: but they are really red, it would look much nicer.This agitated me, who is she to tell me I would look nicer by covering up my cheeks. And I didn't know how to respond to this. I got so quiet not knowing how to respond. After a while while the intern was in the kitchen my colleague tolde somewhat loudly that she was probably just jealous. And we left the lunch room.I am still pretty angry, I mean you don't just tell someone they would look nicer if they cover up their cheeks. Or am I just overreacting....
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