What do you use to organize your makeup?

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alysp said:
lol thank you, I do wish I had more make up, I just started actually wearing it and I wish I had started a lot younger! the best part of all of my storage is that I made it, so that was much cheaper than buying an actual nailpolish rack etc, although it was a lot of work lol
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I know what you mean---I didn't wear ANY makeup during high school & university (unless you count lipgloss as makeup? XD), and it's only been in the past year that I've really started to make an effort into putting on eyeshadow, blush, etc. I never even touched blush until I was 23, so it's still trial by error for me ^^;

Building up the essentials though made me realize just how damn expensive makeup can be (I only have ~4-5 brushes, and 3 sets of eyeshadow palettes, and one of every other thing [blush, mascara, etc.]) and I still spent easily over $500 o_O Mind boggling.
 
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oceansportrait said:
I know what you mean---I didn't wear ANY makeup during high school & university (unless you count lipgloss as makeup? XD), and it's only been in the past year that I've really started to make an effort into putting on eyeshadow, blush, etc. I never even touched blush until I was 23, so it's still trial by error for me ^^;

Building up the essentials though made me realize just how damn expensive makeup can be (I only have ~4-5 brushes, and 3 sets of eyeshadow palettes, and one of every other thing [blush, mascara, etc.]) and I still spent easily over $500 o_O Mind boggling.
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def pricey! I am lucky that my parents pay for my university and books etc, so all the money I save up was destined to clothes , shoes and bags, but now I discovered makeup lol and omg it is expensive. However it does make the biggest difference, i am not good at it yet by any means, but my face changes so much with makeup on, I have really bad dark circles so yea, touche eclat and theyre gone lol, love this forum
 
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alysp said:
def pricey! I am lucky that my parents pay for my university and books etc, so all the money I save up was destined to clothes , shoes and bags, but now I discovered makeup lol and omg it is expensive. However it does make the biggest difference, i am not good at it yet by any means, but my face changes so much with makeup on, I have really bad dark circles so yea, touche eclat and theyre gone lol, love this forum
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I think I'm still at the stage where I'm just trying out everything (and in different combos) to try to figure out what's best for me. It's quite tricky because most of the MUA that work at stores like MAC aren't experts when it comes to makeup for Asians (I'm Japanese). They always recommend me makeup that makes me look like the "generic Asian" (does that make sense? :sweatdrop:).

I really want to try out fake eyelashes, but don't want to get ones that scream "FAKE EYELASHES!" just something really natural that makes it look like I have naturally thick eyelashes...do you have any recommendations??
 
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oceansportrait said:
I think I'm still at the stage where I'm just trying out everything (and in different combos) to try to figure out what's best for me. It's quite tricky because most of the MUA that work at stores like MAC aren't experts when it comes to makeup for Asians (I'm Japanese). They always recommend me makeup that makes me look like the "generic Asian" (does that make sense? :sweatdrop:).

I really want to try out fake eyelashes, but don't want to get ones that scream "FAKE EYELASHES!" just something really natural that makes it look like I have naturally thick eyelashes...do you have any recommendations??
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i'm not asian but shu uemura has a WIDE variety of eye lashes from really eccentric to regular and natural ones :D

here is their USA site. http://www.shuuemura-usa.com/_us/_en/accessories/false-eyelashes.aspx
 
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oceansportrait said:
I think I'm still at the stage where I'm just trying out everything (and in different combos) to try to figure out what's best for me. It's quite tricky because most of the MUA that work at stores like MAC aren't experts when it comes to makeup for Asians (I'm Japanese). They always recommend me makeup that makes me look like the "generic Asian" (does that make sense? :sweatdrop:).

I really want to try out fake eyelashes, but don't want to get ones that scream "FAKE EYELASHES!" just something really natural that makes it look like I have naturally thick eyelashes...do you have any recommendations??
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I dont know what to tell you because my best friend is korean and when we just met back in high school I did her makeup and she told me she looked horrible and that asians do their makeup different lol But id say get natural ones like this : http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/150/402/31-Lash/index.tmpl or if youre good with your hands this are def the most natural looking http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/150/417/30-Lash/index.tmpl
 
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^Ahaha, I think it's quite tricky (but by means not impossible) to learn how to do Asian makeup if you're not Asian yourself. The biggest issue is that many Asians have single eyelids (there's no fold above the eye) which just messes you up because if you try to follow makeup instructions for people WITH the folds (aka 98% of makeup tutorials on youtube), all that hard work goes down the drain because in the end, all that color (except maybe the highlight near the brow bone) ends up being hidden when we...you know, open our eyes haha.

In Japan (where I'm from), it's all about natural makeup. The blushes there are VERY subtle (not the red RED that you can find in North America), and I don't think I've ever seen bold (say, red or mauve) lipstick colors on your "average" Japanese woman. Gloss is really popular. And there's an obsession with having white skin (and by that I mean, translucent pale skin. I know, I know---why? But it goes back in history XD). In Canada, I've had MUA recommend me a slightly darker shade to cover up blemishes or recommend me a darker shade for the summer, but that kind of thing would not fly in Japan because looking lighter is the objective, not looking darker XD
 
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Just got my muji 3 drawers, and honestly i tought it would be enough to hold all my make up, well : I was wrong !! So i'm gonna buy maybe another set of three drawers or maybe a two drawers or even maybe 2 two drawers, i buy make up regularly and now it doesn't even fit all my make up, and since the fall collection are out i'll definitely buy more !

Here is a picture :
1st drawers hold all my lip stuff except 3 glosses and two more lipsticks
2nd drawer hold some of my eye pencils (6 more won't fit) and some of my eye shadows (4 nars duos and estee lauder duos can't fit, with some cream shadows from Bobbi brown)
3rd drawer hold 4 bronzers/cheek product (bobbi brown shimmer brick, bobbi brown bronzer, chanel, dior aurora) and 4 blushes (nars) it can't hold my face powder or anything else.

But overall i'm happy, it's really sturdy, and i like the way you can see everything, it'S really pretty with all my lipstick on the first drawer especially the YSL one with gold packaging (i know i'm sucker for pretty things :P). What's also very nice is the fact that you can read the name of your lipsticks ! since i have 4 rouge coco shine i now know which is which without getting them out !

PS : the other picture is my old way to store my make up in LV boxes !
 

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#1,584
alysp said:
Thank you :) This summer Ive done some storage things with the help of my dad, he made it I decorated it, here you go :








The wooden house is yet to be decorated but I will use it for perfumes most likely, and I am still trying to think what other things I can do before I am headed back to school!
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it's a good work :tup: i like it :cutesy:
 
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After looking through this entire thread at work, I've decided to reorganize my makeup. I do not have a lot, but I did have this mini drawer set with 3 drawers at home, so I moved all my stuff into that. Luckily there are 3 drawers, which is just enough for my lip, eyes and face products =)
 
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Nobody reads the arts and crafts section, NOBODY, so I hope you dont mind if I post this on here

Im trying to decorate this, the problem is Idk what colour to choose. What do you guys think? btw, I am going to paint it white or a pastel color first :







previous work include:





 
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PrincessD said:
After looking through this entire thread at work, I've decided to reorganize my makeup. I do not have a lot, but I did have this mini drawer set with 3 drawers at home, so I moved all my stuff into that. Luckily there are 3 drawers, which is just enough for my lip, eyes and face products =)
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I love little collections! Quality> Quantity. I do not have much make up myself, just what I need! :)
 
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