Remember back in the day all we wore was mascara? We didn’t even know what highlighter was. Now, we can't imagine our life without our 2+ pound bag of makeup essentials.
1. You never leave Sephora empty handed.
You only went in to try that new highlighter you've been meaning to buy, but it's so expensive so you find some self-control… and buy something else.
2. And your online Sephora bag always has $500 or more of products in it that you’ll only dream of buying.
Okay, one day you will. When you’re rich and famous from your own makeup tutorials.
3. But drugstore makeup just doesn’t cut it anymore.
It has to be name brand. It has to be expensive. It has to be well known. Even if people claim it’s all the same, you know in your heart, it’s not.
4. Your makeup bag has gotten incrementally larger over the past few months.
Soon you’ll have to pack an entire suitcase full of makeup when you travel because you never throw it out and you’re always buying more.
5. Binge watching makeup tutorials alone > Netflix and chill. Any day.
No tutorial is off limits— from how to do the perfect smokey to how to properly shave your face. You've seen it all.
6. Makeup artists and tutorials fill your Instagram feeds, and you love every second of it.
Who cares what people from high school are up to? All you want to see are shimmery eyelids and pouty over-lined lips.
7. Once you’ve mastered one skill, you need to learn another.
The ever-difficult winged eyeliner? Got it. Contouring 101? Down pat. Next up, lip over-lining.
8. Sephora makeovers are your favorite pastime.
When you’re bored, you’ll just walk on in for a makeover. You walked in looking decent but you walked out looking like Beyonce. Win.
9. When someone asks you for makeup advice you have a conniption.
You love to talk about makeup. You could talk makeup for hours. So when someone willingly afflicts this upon herself, you get way too excited.
10. And minimal makeup meant to look natural takes almost as long as full glam.
There is no such thing as low-key anymore. There are so many steps to take and you can only go so fast. You are an artist, you need some time to complete your masterpiece!
11. You’ve applied to work at Sephora so many times that…
You just want to share your love for makeup with the world! There’s nothing wrong with that. Plus, think about how much fun you would have doing other people’s makeup and being the first one to try out a new product!
12. You've considered dropping everything to become a makeup artist full time.
It's never too late for a career change you're truly passionate about.
So, continue being the modern day Picasso with your makeup brushes and eyeshadow palettes of every shade and never let anyone tell you you don’t need makeup.
Sure, you don’t need makeup to look good. You need makeup because it’s your obsession.
