11 Signs You Have A Grown-Up Beauty Routine

Girls start experimenting with makeup pretty young and slowly, through practice and experimentation, start to blossom. What separates the women from the girls? It's not how much money you spend on luxurious products, it's proof that you know who are and what it takes to make yourself look flawless. You know you have a grown-up beauty routine when...

You Never Skip SPF

Not wearing SPF, either by choice or forgetting, is a sin to you. You understand the importance of protecting your skin from harmful rays that’s cause dark spots, wrinkles, and fine lines. You go girl! Whether it’s an ingredient in your makeup or tube in your purse, you have officially received an A+ in Beauty 101.

You Clean Your Brushes

Mature makeupers clean their makeup brushes once a week! If you are reading this thinking, “wait, I’m supposed to clean my brushes?” you’re a little behind. Dirty makeup brushes contain bacteria, oil, dead skin, and gross left over makeup. Why would you want to put all that stuff on your face? Protect your skin from breakouts and keep your brushes working well by washing them often.

You Are a Face Mask Pro

If you are a girl that can’t get enough of your facemask routine, congrats! You’re off to a great start. A good face mask regimen calls for different types of masks a few days a week depending on how your skin is behaving. You don’t need to spend the big bucks on top brands. There are so many great DIY recipes with ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.

You Always Remove Your Makeup

This could be the biggest sign you’re a grown up girl with a grown up beauty routine. Even if you stumble home at 4 in the morning, you always stumble to the bathroom first and take off your makeup gently. If you sleep in your makeup, even if it’s only every once in a while, STOP! Do you realize you are soaking your face in sweat, oil, and pore-clogging powder for 8 hours? Ew.

You Exfoliate Everything

Is it part of your daily shower routine to exfoliate, and exfoliate well? Good, you are learning well young grasshopper. Don’t just exfoliate the face. Do your lips, arms, hands, legs, and everything else in between. It might take a few extra minutes but your skin will feel freakishly smooth after.

You’ve Nailed The No Makeup Look

It’s easy to tell who’s a grown up beauty queen because she can do the all natural makeup look in a few minutes and get it perfect every time. That girl also knows that that the no makeup look can actually take a lot of makeup. If you aren’t at that makeup expert level yet, don’t worry. It takes a lot of practice to master.

You Use Two Types Of Concealer

A grown-up makeup routine contains two different types of concealer: one for blemishes and one to erase under eye bags. Concealer that is made specifically for under eyes usually has a green or orange tint because those colors counter the red or blue under eye bags. If you are just using normal concealer on the eyes, try to find a good under eye one. You will be surprised at how much better it covers your bags.

You Have a Signature Lip Shade

Not only have you found your own personal Holy Grail of all lipsticks, but you know it’s name and pantone number just in case you ever need to buy it in bulk. And you may or may not have five tubes of it for each of your bags. We don’t judge.

You Have a Signature Makeup Look

Through years of practice and experimentation you have found your one perfect makeup look you can do in 5 minutes, tops. And it just magically works as your go-to look for every occasion. Date, done. Work, done. Family party, done. Gym, eh, maybe not.

You Use Eye Cream Religiously

Eye cream is a huge part of your night routine. You would rather skip brushing your teeth than skip your precious eye cream. The time to start using eye cream and anti-wrinkle serum is before you start to notice sagging skin and fine lines. Ant-aging products can cost a little more than your average beauty product, but a youthful appearance is priceless.

You’ve Mastered Winged Eyeliner

You could do a perfectly even cat eye in your sleep. We’re not talking about a little wimpy kitten swoosh or an Amy Winehouse-style thick sharpie line. No, you can do a flawless flick every time. We salute you, girl with the grown-up routine. You’ve made us proud.