After reading the posts regarding makeup storage from Syen and Hanna, I was thinking it might be a good idea to share how I organize mine :). Well I don’t have an exclusive vanity area with makeup desk blablabla nor do I have makeup bag or train case. I store my vanity stuffs at my I-got-it-for-free-from-previous-tenant shelves :P. How’s that for being cheapskate? lol
Basically for my makeup, I organize them according to the type, i.e. lippies with lippies, foundations arranged together in a particular place etc. so that it would be easy for me to grab and find them. Nevertheless, because I’m using a small plastic rack, there are some stuffs that couldn’t fit there (the rack was barely filled up last year lol). Β I also use some unused containers to hold all of my stash. If you want to know how I organize them, click for more π It’ll be quite a picture heavy post though, and bear in mind, I am not tidy. LOL. It’s a little messy, but believe me I can find the stuff I’m looking for in this mess π Besides, I don’t own a lot of makeups so it’s a breeze to find anything I need π
When I moved in to this room earlier on this year, I was given FIVE shelves! lol So I stacked two on the other three shelves, to give me more space in my little bedroom. Nearby my shelves, I hang my full-sized mirror close to the window. No chair whatsoever, I apply my makeup while standing up everyday :P.
This is where I store my lotions, hair brushes, haispray, wax and perfumes. I also have hand sanitizer ready because to me it’s a big NO-NO applying something on my face with unhygienic hands! My brush cleanser and eye lash curler are located here too.
Directly next to it is where I store all of my makeups. A little blurry, grrrrr. Next to it is where I put all of my brushes. You can see that I use a leaky plastic cup and a cut mineral water bottle to store my brushes π Those with longer handles go to the plastic cup, whilst shorter ones go to the cut mineral water bottle.
I store these two palettes on the top of the green rack. It’s my MAC customized 15 eyeshadow palette and 88-palette (which has broken edges due to my clumsiness).
A closer look of the green plastic racks.. You can find this cheap rack easily π I can’t remember where I bought mine but I remember it’s less than RM10 teehee~
The first drawer is where I store my Β mineral foundations and loose powders (not all of them though) as well as some of miscellaneous tools.
The second drawer is where I place my eyeliners and mascaras except my liquid eyeliner. I don’t own a lot of liners and mascaras, so these are all I have π
Move on to the third drawer, is my lippies hehe. Lipbalms, lip liners, lipsticks and glosses, they all are here but my Estee Lauder clear gloss. For some weird reason if it is stored lying down, some of the product drips out -_-;. I stack my lippies so that I can put them all in one drawer.
The last drawer houses some of my blushes. Blushes tend to take a lot of space due to their packaging, so I store the remaining blushes outside the drawer *sigh*
This is where I store my eyeshadows. Some singles, quads, pigments, loose e/s and some samples, also my brow powder. I just use some cookies container I found in my house lol
Here’s the rest of the storage area looks like without my eyeshadows. All the foundations I have are on the left corner and primers are arranged nearby them. My bronzers and blushes which could not fit into the rack are stored on the right side nearby the rack itself. Concealers are arranged nearby foundations as I need them before/after applying foundation, depending on which foundation I use on that day π My ELF glosses are there, together with my Vaseline.
Some of the miscellaneous items are stored in my transparent bag, and items that I hardly use are stored in a box. Both are placed at the lower shelf below my makeup storage area π
Do you see any sign of my skincare items? π They are all in my bathroom lol By the way, the yellow tissue box does not contain tissue paper, but cotton pads.
Oh yeah, one more thing. I keep wet tissue, tissue paper and Q-tips ready all the time nearby where I store my brushes, but I forgot to take picture of it :P.
That’s how I organized my little stash π How do you organize yours? π
nice π
my loot is pretty small so im just using an organizer box from ikea. RM 5 only π
i saw you have caregloss from nivea.
i always wonder how the shades are but no testers π¦
Hi Lynn,
Hehe I’m also using cheap and free stuffs to store them ^^ As long as they are kept organized π
Ah that gloss is cream-like gloss, yet it appears to be just like other clear gloss π Here’s the swatch, hope it helps π
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3612706458_9c0e403cb5.jpg?v=0
Oooh… I see you practise minimalism in skincare products but whoa… what a gargantuan collection you have for makeup!
I envy you.. =(
Btw, let me know if it’s okay to link you.
Hi Jeanjean,
Thanks for dropping by π
I tend to stick to a particular skincare products once it works on me and hence the small amount of skincare products I have. I do try some other stuffs, or any samples, but somehow the ones I’m using right now still works better on me. Throughout my whole life, I just changed my moisturizer once, so I guess this would explain almost everything lol
Gargantuan.. lol Thank you for complimenting my humble collection. I am surrounded by a lot of makeup addicts who passed down some of their stuffs to me ;P
It’s totally fine, feel free to link me π
Woot that’s surely a BIG collection for a ‘humble’ makeup stash! Hey u’re really neat too, way more organize than I am. ;P
Transparent plastic rack? That’s SO practical! Before I had my Brenda, I used transparent makeup pouches too. heck even my pencil case is transparent. π
Yay to cheapskate-ism! *high fives Shuu* Who cares about how cheap a thing is when it’s so practical? No?
Btw, back when I stayed with my friends in a flat, I used to buy my toiletries @ Mydin’s SJ. Mydin’s rocks! Too bad there’s no Mydin nearby where I live right now.
Thank you, but really, it’s nothing π
Transparency helps out a lot to find stuff we’re looking for so BIG YAY for that! ^_^
Aye! As long as it works, even a cheap one will do. Why would I spend more if I can have cheaper alternative which works as well? π
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have fun π
Thanks a lot dear π
yours look so much more organized than mine! i have some wooden 3-tier shelves, full. some organizers also full. and most of all, i have a bad habit of misplacing the stuff =/
Hi Xin,
Thank you π I used to misplaced stuffs as well until one day my mum wrote a big (when I say big, I mean gigantic) note everywhere telling me to place the stuff back to where it should be. Perhaps that would help, though you can skip the gigantic note π
Wow…that’s LOADS & LOADS of beauty stuffs :). I have those plastic drawers thingy too; but mine is like the same height as I am…it helps a lot to organize my stuffs. π
Hi Suziana,
Thanks for dropping by π
Wow!! That’s huge lol Mine should look like a baby version of yours π Well.. as long as it keeps everything organized π
that really works? HMMMPPHH~ each time my mom comes visit me, i have to hide all the rubbish in another room. lol.
Hey Xin,
Well it worked since I stayed at home then π At least now I still can remember to put the stuff back to its right place though sometimes I tend to forget to do so π