I started wearing makeup in middle school -- quite badly, I might add. I knew the basics -- a little mascara here, some lip gloss there, but it wasn't until this year that I truly began to appreciate the art form. Makeup is much more than putting products on your face and calling it a day. It's a means of expression, a way to embrace creativity and show your own style. Whether or not you are "good" at it, here are are few things every makeup lover can relate to.
1. You've aimed for Kylie Jenner, but ended up looking more like Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
Because contouring is hard.
2. Well-done eyebrows kind of turn you on.
3. The struggle to get your cat-eye wings to match is real.
4. Sephora and Ultra are your ideas of what heaven must look like.
Until the cashier tells you what your total comes to, that is.
5. You've developed a girl crush before due to her makeup.
You want to become her friend just so she can teach you all her blending secrets.
6. Makeup isn't just for "girly-girls."
Dreaming of the day Ruby Rose comes and sweeps me off my feet.
7. In fact, you know that guys can wear make up too!
And will slay while doing so.
8. Nothing is antagonizing as waiting for a makeup restock.
Kylie Jenner lip kits, anyone?
9. You're beginning to look like a makeup brush hoarder.
Sorry, not sorry.
10. You've spent hours watching makeup tutorials, trying to get your contour just right.
And experienced a meltdown afterwards when you still couldn't do it.
11. Dark lipsticks aren't just for goths.
12. You've held off crying before due to your flawless makeup.
In the words of Adriana Lima, "I won't cry for you, my mascara is too expensive."
13. Any time you leave a makeup store, your hands always look like this.
14. You've learned that setting spray isn't a suggestion, but a necessity.
This is how I look by the end of the day when I forget to use setting spray.
15. Several bags are needed in order to contain your makeup collection.
16. You find it hard to contain yourself when someone says that lipstick and lip mat are essentially the same thing.
Because no, they really aren't.
17. One of the most beautiful things in the world to you is an untouched eye shadow palette.
(Tears up.)
18. You know all the drug store alternatives for you favorite designer brands.
Because paying $26 for lip-gloss isn't always feasible on a college student's budget.
19. Your role models include people like Kat Von D.
I would trust this woman with my life. In addition to being a flawless goddess, her makeup line is what dreams are made of.
20. You laugh when people say, "You wear too much makeup."
I can't hear you over my perfect eyebrows.
21. Because the truth is, you're amazing just the way you are.
With or without makeup.
