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When you make a living as a beauty writer, your home quickly becomes a beauty-product pharmacy of sorts.

Men are constantly wandering into my beauty closet. My kid brother realized his job as a pizza delivery boy wass giving him a case of pizza face. I handed him a fancy new gadget that treats acne (then teased him mercilessly, of course).

One ex, a dashing Brit with curly locks, was like a kid in a candy store when I showed him my array of hair gels and mousses. My current boyfriend marvels at my "awesome"-smelling shampoos and bath gels.

Creating a Moisturizing Monster
While I'm happy to share my beauty goodies, my friend Alice did so to her own peril. "I used to give small samples of beauty products to my boyfriend," she says. "And now whenever he comes over, he helps himself to anything and everything he can find in my bathroom for his hair and face."

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"I gave him a jar of Clinique night cream a while back," Alice recalls. "Since then, he says he's become addicted to it and uses it after every shower. He never used any sort of products prior to dating me, and now he wonders if in a year he'll look like a gay man with good skin."

A Self-Tanner Thief
Alice and I are not alone. My friend Laura confided that her boyfriend Pete -- quite possibly the least metrosexual man I know -- steals her self-tanner. Another friend shares hair products with her husband and even knows somebody who lets her husband use her eyebrow tweezers. Gag.

Sure, we girls may giggle over this -- and trust me, they're the first thing I'll be broadcasting to my boyfriend's pals should we ever break up -- or occasionally moan about dwindling supplies. Still, I think we take a weird little satisfaction in being able to bond over the shared love of, say, Kiehl's Crème de Corps.

But honey, hands off the Fekkai conditioner. That stuff's expensive.

Tell us: Does your guy ever steal your beauty stuff?

Erin Donnelly is a beauty and fashion writer living in London.

Get him his own guy-product!