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25 Obsessive Behaviors That Every Beauty Junkie Will Understand

From over-grooming to a preoccupation with pimple-popping, we take a look at our most neurotic beauty practices
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Going to Extremes to Ensure Eyelash Separation
You would rather die than have your eyelashes clump together. Mechanical pencils, safety pins, sewing needles--you've used them all to painstakingly separate each lash one by one. Yep, you'd rather hold a sharp object to your eyeball than step out with clustered lashes.

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Constantly Applying Sunblock
Whether you're at the beach or sitting by an open window, you apply and re-apply your sunblock 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.

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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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Practicing Department Store-Like Makeup Organization
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. In fact, you're getting so excited just thinking about beauty product organization that you're going to reorganize your supply right now--just as soon as you update your Excel list documenting your entire makeup inventory.

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You Compulsively Clean Your Makeup Brushes
Some people schedule their dentist appointments. You set aside time to regularly 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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BY ROSE CURIEL | SEP 25, 2015 | SHARES
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