1. No one ever has to worry about which cup is yours.
2. And you're always making the mistake of re-applying a fresh coat RIGHT before eating.
3. You leave Sephora looking like this every time. EVERY TIME.
4. Windy days and long hair are always out to get you.
5. And you face a day-to-day fear of not knowing you got lipstick on your teeth.
6. Your loved ones have learned to accept the inevitable.
7. And when you do meet a cute new stranger, you have to really think about your lipstick choices.
8. You have your application and blotting ritual down, and you feel entirely off if you don't do it.
9. You know and have learned to deal with your vibrant lip fading far too quickly.
10. You unintentionally look really vain because you're always whipping out your compact or your phone camera to check your lip game.
11. But your friends forgive you, because they always ask to borrow your lipstick.
12. This is what your stash looks like. And it's only growing.
13. You spend shameful amounts of money on expanding your collection.
14. You've never understood how your lipstick gets so horribly and mysteriously misshapen.
15. Even more tragically — it can melt if you're not careful, leaving you an emotional wreck.
16. And the days where your lipstick falls out of your bag and is lost forever are ones that will haunt you for eternity.
17. The most devastating though is when you realize it's almost all gone.
18. But then you get to buy a new one and experience complete nirvana when you take off the cap.
19. You've dreamed up hues that you can't actually find in stores, and it's a source of constant disappointment in your life.
20. You've experimented with some ambitious looks, which you may or may not regret.
21. You frequently struggle to commit to a color and almost have an existential crisis over it.
22. Because the right lipstick will always somehow reflect your mood perfectly.
23. And it makes you look confident even when you feel like crap.
It's a part of you that you will never give up.
