16 and don't wear makeup

I've just turned 16. When I was slightly younger I wanted to wear makeup, because it looked like a fun and artistic way of expressing myself. Then as I grew older and more girls wore makeup and I got comments about how I should wear makeup I became more self conscious about it.

My mum believes that I'm still too young and yells at me anytime I bring it up. I feel really embarrassed, because I've already had 3 guys tell me they would never give me a second glance, because I look ugly. Girls in my year laugh at me sometimes and ask about it a lot. I know I shouldn't care, but it really gets too me. (Btw I'm not really bullied it just a few comments occasionally).

I also feel like at this point if I started wearing makeup it would be more noticeable as girls have already been through that stage and it would be odd for me to suddenly turn up in makeup and it may make me even more self conscious. However, now that I'm about to start at a new sixth form I thought it would be perfect as no one there would know that I didn't wear it in the first place.

I don't know if I should continue begging my mum or give up entirely. I don't want to wear a lot just the basics like mascara and stuff, but my mum says I still have to wait a long time before I'm old enough. Am I to young?? What do I do??

Any help/comments/opinions will be much appreciated. Thanks x

(Sorry it's so long btw)