I have a wee bit of an obsession; an addiction if you want to call it that. By no means is it a bad addiction; there are a lot of worse things I could be addicted to. It’s not drugs, it’s not alcohol, it’s not anything along those lines. But I think it is safe to say that it is an addiction.

As hard as I try not to be, I am addicted to makeup. It did not come on all at once; it was gradual, like a storm moving over a lake. It came slowly, then all at once, and it came hard. I remember watching my mom put on makeup when I was a little girl, and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. I couldn’t wait to be able to do it myself. But as a 20-something, the fascination has turned into an addiction.

1. Who needs food?

Anyone who has ever looked into the makeup aisles — whether in the drugstore or browsing at the mall — knows that makeup is an investment. Even drug store brands have been able to bump up the prices because the products have increased in quality. As much as I hate to say it, sometimes my paychecks go more toward makeup than food. Oops.

2. Netflix and chill... How about YouTube and chill?

Casey Holmes, Jaclyn Hill, Nikki Tutorials, Nicole Guerriero: the list of beauty gurus on YouTube goes on forever. You can tell when your addiction gets to a new level: you spend some time watching the new looks and tutorials they put up, and before you know it three hours have passed.

3. Oh my gosh! Thank you so much!

You take pride in your makeup, even if it is just throwing on some of your favorite mascara, so when someone compliments you it makes you feel 1,000 times better. Don’t get me wrong: any compliment makes me feel great, but it’s a cherry on top when other people love my makeup just as much as I do.

4. Will you do my makeup?

Now that friends and family have started to understand my obsession with makeup, the questions, tips and lessons are becoming an everyday part of life. I hope that, after spending far too many hours watching tutorials, you have picked up some sort of different skills or tips.

5. Don't even get me started on the collection!

When someone sees your makeup collection it is simply a picture of the addiction. You have one...two...three of everything: foundation concealer, blush, bronzer and lipstick in every color imaginable. And don’t even get me started on the eyeshadow pallets; you can never have too many of those.

6. Go glam or go home

I don’t need a special occasion to want to put on a full glam makeup look. All I need is a little extra time and I will be set for a mini photo shoot with photo finish makeup all day every day. Everyone may think you have somewhere to be, or that you have a hot date later, but who are you kidding? This is just fun for you.

7. Unless they have it, no one gets it

Spending hundreds of dollars on new makeup, countless hours watching makeup videos and waking up just a little bit early to do your makeup is a very hard concept for people to grasp. If they do not have the addiction to makeup that you do, they might never truly understand what it is like to be addicted to everything makeup.

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