25 Crazy Habits That Sum Up Every Beauty Junkie’s Life
If you find yourself compulsively cleaning your makeup brushes and acquiring a new polish every time you paint your nails, this list is for you
There are plenty of ways to identify a beauty junkie: She always sports a flawless face, holds an encyclopedic knowledge of every brand and changes her hair and makeup look up as often as her clothes.
But behind all those layers of perfectly applied beauty products lie some seriously quirky behaviors that many makeup-obsessed gals will not only recognize, but wholeheartedly endorse.
From their department store-like makeup organization standards to their bizarre fascination with pimple-popping, we take a look at the reasonable, peculiar and downright neurotic behaviors that compel many a beauty junkie.
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You Keep a Short List of People Allowed to Cut Your Bangs
Your bangs are meant to be a very, very specific length, and only a few people on earth can be trusted with that responsibility. You’ve had your bangs destroyed by one too any amateurs, resulting in a nightmarish saga of trying to repair them yourself. Never again.
You Apply Lip Balm Nonstop
Not only do you start and end your day by reaching for your preferred lip balm, but you also reapply just about every chance you get: after your coffee break, before an important meeting, when your phone’s dead and you need something to do with your hands. Your friends all think your lips are drier than the Mojave but you can’t remember the last time your lips were actually chapped.
If You Miss a Step in Your Beauty Routine, You Start Over
If you accidentally apply your whole face of makeup without primer or your whole skin-care routine without serum, it doesn’t matter – you’re taking it all off and starting from scratch. These things need to be done right or not at all.
You Refuse to Believe That Your Eyebrows Are “Sisters, Not Twins”
You will do whatever it takes to achieve perfectly symmetrical eyebrows, even if it means canceling all your plans and appointments for the rest of the day. They will be perfect.
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You File Fastidiously
File this behavior under obsessive: You’ve been known to binge-watch an entire season of your favorite show while attempting to achieve perfectly round-, square- or talon-shaped nails.
You Go to Extremes to Ensure Eyelash Separation
Yes, clumpy eyelashes are having a moment right now, but there are still days when all you want are perfectly separated lashes. Mechanical pencils, safety pins, sewing needles – you’ve used them all to painstakingly separate each lash one by one. Yep, it’s worth the risk that accompanies holding a sharp object to your eyeball.
You Apply SPF 70 Every 10 Minutes
Whether you’re at the beach or sitting by an open window, you apply and re-apply your sunscreen as if your life depended on it. OK, who are we kidding? You would never take a trip to the beach because you’re absolutely terrified of prematurely aging your skin.
You’re Hellbent on Perfecting the Polish-to-Brush Ratio
You’re a brilliant artist and your nails are your canvas, so getting just the right amount of polish on the brush before you apply it is absolutely crucial. (Never mind the fact that it takes you a few hours to complete your manicures.)
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You Practice Department Store-Like Makeup Organization
Makeup products are treasures and deserve to be treated as such. You simply can’t understand why anyone would choose to stash their beauty products in a flimsy makeup bag when they could organize their products by type, brand, color, expiration date and a million other no-brainer categories.
You Compulsively Clean Your Makeup Brushes
Some people schedule time to meditate or spend time with their families. You set aside time to clean your makeup brushes. Like, we’re talking setting up calendar reminders to make sure absolutely no level of bacteria infiltrates your beloved brush set. It may or may not take you an entire day to get through half of your collection, but you soldier through it nonetheless.
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You Peel Off All Your Nail Polish the Moment It Chips
As soon as the polish on one of your nails chips, you might as well kiss your entire manicure goodbye because you will spend the rest of the day obsessively chipping at your lacquer until there is no trace of product left.
You Obsess Over Creating the Perfect Part
We’re pretty sure scientists at NASA would love a window into the mathematical precision you use to create an insanely straight part. If even a single strand is off center, you scratch the whole thing and start over. You’ve even been known to enlist the help of others in perfecting your razor-sharp line.
You Buy a New Polish Every Time You Paint Your Nails
Can a person really have too many colors? Is that even a thing? Not in your mind. Your nail polish supply alone could qualify you for an episode of “Hoarders.” And even though you have enough to last you a lifetime, you can’t bear to stop shopping for new ones. I mean, there’s a clearly a visible difference between your OPI true red and your Essie true red.
You Refuse to Leave the House With an Uneven Cat Eye
Creating a cat eye is no easy feat but you will not give up until both the right and left wings are mirror images. This means you either end up adding product until you resemble a raccoon or go through an entire bottle of makeup remover while correcting your mistakes.
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You Pop Every Zit in Sight – Even If It’s Not Yours
There’s nothing quite like the sweet, sweet release that comes from popping a nice, juicy pimple after you’ve obsessively picked at it all day. It’s as if you’re purging your body of nasty bacteria andeverything that’s wrong with your life at the same time. No pimple? No problem. Your partner’s blemishes are totally fair game.
You Overstock Your Favorite Products for Fear That They’ll Be Discontinued
At any given time, your must-have beauty product occupies an entire shelf (or closet) in your house, because you will most certainly have a panic attack if you find yourself without it. If one of your preferred products is taken off shelves forever, you will systematically track down every last one within a 50-mile radius.
Eliminating Split Ends Is Your Favorite Pastime
There’s nothing like kicking back with a glass of wine on a Friday night…and combing through your hair to fanatically find and trim every single split end.
You’ve Become Closer to Your Nail Technician Than You Are to Your Significant Other
Your unbreakable beauty ritual? Getting a mani/pedi every week – no matter what. Sure, last week’s color is still impeccable and no one will see your toes because it’s winter, but you can’t go a week without spilling your guts to the love of your life, aka, your nail girl.
You Watch Makeup Tutorials Until the Sun Comes Up
We’ve all been there. You search for a quick online tutorial on how to create a single look and days later, you emerge from the oh-so-dangerous YouTube vortex with an encyclopedic knowledge of every beauty trend ever and gnarly under-eye circles. Good thing you watched a video on how to get rid of dark circles.
You Live In Fear That Sharing Your Makeup Will Give You Diseases
You die a small death every time a friend asks if she can borrow your lipstick or eyeliner because GERMS! And as far as you’re concerned, those testers at the beauty counter are the way the black plague spread.
Your Skin-Care Ritual Takes at Least 30 Minutes Every Night
You marvel at people who simply wash their face in the evening or, gasp, don’t wash their face at all. Not only do you cleanse, you double cleanse. Roommates, boyfriends and anyone else who has witnessed your nighttime ritual are simultaneously amazed and frightened by your multistep routine that involves essences, toners, serums, exfoliants, night creams, eye creams, the occasional mask, face oil and a number of other potions that keep your skin looking perfectly pristine.
You Apply Fake Eyelashes With Surgical Precision
You’ve been known to cancel an outing because your fake eyelash placement was ever so slightly off.
You’re a Serial Subscriber
You’ve subscribed to every beauty box subscription under the sun because you can’t stand the mere thought of being unaware of amazing new products.
You Take Your Makeup Removal Very Seriously
Only the weak sleep in their makeup. No matter how tired you are, you better believe you’re going to remove your makeup before hitting the sheets. And we’re not just talking about rubbing a makeup wipe over your face. Nope, you’ll reach for a cleansing oil and makeup remover to tackle foundation, as well as roundelles and Q-tips to strip miniscule traces of mascara from in between your lashes.
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