The face you used to put on for Diwali
You know the one. Full-coverage foundation two shades lighter than your actual skin, set into a mask with translucent powder. Contouring that carved cheekbones you don't have and flattened the nose you do. A lip colour chosen because it photographed well, not because you liked it. By 10 PM your face felt like a plaster cast, and you were touching up in someone's bathroom mirror under a single yellow bulb, wondering when you'd stopped enjoying the night.
