For whatever misguided reason, makeup can be pretty controversial. Men love to say they prefer natural looking women and women can sometimes shame other women for their love of makeup. Some people even go so far as to say that makeup is the root of self-esteem issues. Besides all this, being a makeup addict is the best thing ever. You’ve learned how to beat your face to the makeup gods and made some of your closest friends because of your mutual love of makeup. Here are some things true makeup addicts know to be true.

1. Mornings are 100 percent easier when waking up to makeup.

Mornings suck but knowing you can wake up to perfect your ultimate masterpiece makes them a little better.

2. There is only one true beautyblender.

It may be expensive and there may be knockoffs for far less but the original beautyblender will forever hold your heart.

3. Payday means Sephora Day.

You don’t know why and you don’t know how but when you get paid you always somehow end up in Sephora hours if not minutes later.

4. Speaking of Sephora…

You are a Beauty Insider member and despite the fact that it means you’d have to spend $1,000 at Sephora you still look forward to the day you become a VIB Rouge Member.

5. Boys have told you they felt deceived.

Oh yeah, my lips are naturally this red and my eyes always have a bit of gold shimmer in the corner with red in my crease.

6. Makeup videos on YouTube will waste your entire afternoon.

It started with how to wing your eyeliner and ended with how to blend with a sock.

7. You know makeup is not exclusive to one gender.

And anyone who says otherwise has obviously never seen Bretman Rock blend his eyeshadow.

8. You love yourself now more than ever.

Something about taking extra time out of your day all for yourself makes all the difference and no one can tell you otherwise.