A deep purple lipstick made her look like a vampire, she said to screams, laughter and wefies, before trying out the coral hue and ochre shades.
Why is "said to" followed by nouns like "screams, laughter and wefies" but not verbs like "scream, laugh and take wefies" here?
Can it be written as "To her screams, laughter and wefies, she said that…"?