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Errm...my face is leaking blue stuff?!

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Thisnamechanger · 20/12/2018 21:26

This sounds insane but over the last two weeks or so I've noticed bright blue marks on my pillow. The kind of colour of that Carex blue handwash. Isn't makeup as I only wear black, nor toothpaste/mouthwash and all my toothpaste is white. What the hell could it be Shock

Any ideas at all MN??

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KeepServingTheFestiveSnogs · 20/12/2018 23:27

You probably ARE an octopus.

Belly button fluff is always blue. Hth

KittensAndChristmasCake · 20/12/2018 23:49

Maybe it's your dreams, gradually leaking from your soul in the dead of night.

Nothing to add but just to say this and the slush puppy comment made me guffaw 🤣

Gilead · 21/12/2018 00:42

I had to get out of bed and pee I was laughing so hard at you licking pillowcases!

AwdBovril · 21/12/2018 00:48

If not HoneyDragon, then how about @Stratter5 ...

Playdonut · 21/12/2018 00:52

Are you going to bed wearing any 'cheap jewellery? Once I thought I had gangrene but it was my cheap necklace turning my neck a funny green colour. Could it be something similar happening to You?

tumpymummy · 21/12/2018 01:22

Agree, we need a pic of blue on pillowcase please! Who knew that dreams were blue?!!

MulledWineMayhem · 21/12/2018 01:47

I thought I was crying blue once but I had bought “blue/black” mascara thinking it was “black”.....? It was great lash so looked the same in the packaging but I obviously didn’t have good light on my mirror!!!

7salmonswimming · 21/12/2018 02:13

Do you use blue shampoo or conditioner? Not wash it out of your ears properly?

Punto1 · 21/12/2018 02:19

Fake tan?

Bowlofbabelfish · 21/12/2018 02:46

Some Squalane containing compounds are blue in colour. My money is on pseudochromohydrosis caused by sweat hitting something external.

Are there any areas of unusual pigmentation on your skin? Any discolouration of clothes? What happens when you wipeawhite damp cloth over face/skin?

WarCat · 21/12/2018 03:08

Chromhidrosis?

LaurenDisorderAtChristmas · 21/12/2018 03:35

Are your towels or facecloth blue?
If so it might be the dye transferring to your face.

Or it could be this. I looked up the ingredients in your The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% in Squalane. It contains Bisabolol, which comes from Matricaria Chamomilla essential oil. The oil is blue in colour but bizarrely Bisabolol is colourless after extraction, however it may be this reacting with your skin & possibly the chemical reaction is causing the blueness of the Chamomile oiil leach out, if this is remotely possible?

Or if you live near Gatwick you've probably been sprayed from the drones alien spaceships Grin

Or you're really a shape shifting Octopus who only comes out at night Grin

Aquamarine1029 · 21/12/2018 03:45

This thread is FUCKING AMAZING. What is even happening right now, op?? I use the same product from The Ordinary as you do and this has never happened to me. This is an extraordinary mystery!

Yearofthemum · 21/12/2018 04:30

It wouldn't surprise me if it was the black eye makeup. Black does sometimes have a blue base/undertones.

Rafabella · 21/12/2018 05:21

Check your night time products for Benzoyl Peroxide - it can leave blueish stains on fabric.

chickhonhoneybabe · 21/12/2018 05:23

Purple shampoo? It turns blue on your scalp and if you get it in your ears.

Rafabella · 21/12/2018 05:25

Very funny playdonut!! DH is still asleep and I just laughed out loud!! Can just imagine the initial panic thinking you had gangrene!!😂😂

RedForShort · 21/12/2018 05:37

According to doctor Google it's either bochulism, cyanide poisoning or I'm an octopus.

Is Miss Marple staying with you? Do people have to make a choice when they shake your hand? If the answer is no to either of these, it makes botulism more likely. Which is rough. Plus you’d have thought, like if you were an octopus, someone might have noticed.

RedForShort · 21/12/2018 05:45

“Or you're really a shape shifting Octopus who only comes out at night grin”

Actually, this is probably the most sensible post. It’d certain explain the lack of noticing and handshake choice.

How fond of you of cockles, molluscs and other similar seafood?

brizzledrizzle · 21/12/2018 05:56

For conclusive proof that you are an octopus or not try putting on a string vest, you will soon have all the answers you need.

KeepServingTheFestiveSnogs · 21/12/2018 09:50

How you doing today, OP?

Still feeling a bit blue? Xmas Grin

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Thisnamechanger · 21/12/2018 10:08

For conclusive proof that you are an octopus or not try putting on a string vest, you will soon have all the answers you need

OMG that made me laugh A LOT.

I'm slightly miffed that after all my years of trying to start funny threads this is the one that everyone laughs at!!

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Thisnamechanger · 21/12/2018 10:09

Do people have to make a choice when they shake your hand?

GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

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GiveMeAllTheGin8 · 21/12/2018 10:14

Any pics?!!

Miffymeow · 21/12/2018 10:16

Do you have fairly new pillowcases? Could be iodine in saliva reacting with starch.

Seafood, mineral supplements, some toothpastas and face cleaners could lead to this... or if you have had any kind of iodine based dye in hospital tests?