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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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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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Peeling Your Nail Polish
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.

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Obsessing Over Creating the Perfect Middle Hair Part
We're pretty sure scientists at NASA would love a window into the mathematical precision you use to create an insanely straight middle 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.

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BY ROSE CURIEL | SEP 25, 2015 | SHARES
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