Feeling your emotions is a healthy thing.
Sometimes, that necessitates crying.
It’s all the more reason why you need tissues handy.

In the process, your body starts to release the endorphins that help calm you.
When you first start to cry, tears get released from the tear ducts in your eyes.
The result is a drippy, runny nose.

Otolaryngologist Dr. Erich Voigt, M.D.
Then what we do makes things worse, says Dr. Voigt.
Yet crying while wearing make-up may be the worst-case scenario.

You’ve probably noticed after a good cry that your makeup is gone.
If makeup gets stuck, it can also cause chronic tearing from a clogged duct.
Then they get broken down and digested the same way your food does.