What do you use to organize your makeup?
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Does anyone else think there's a gap in the market here? I'm not sure I have ever seen something marketed as storage for cosmetics that I didn't think was fug. It's so weird - so many makeup brands sell such deliberately pretty/display-worthy pieces, and so many of them end up out of sight/not displayed. I have a neighbour who does woodwork and we've discussed him making a custom shelving piece for me - very shallow, 3 inches ish, with many, many different compartments/'cubbies', so I could store AND display my little beauties. And I am talking a big piece - something that would cover a big chunk of wall, 5 foot by 5 foot at least.
I just hate having to hide everything away in storage when so much of it seems designed specifically to display!
I just hate having to hide everything away in storage when so much of it seems designed specifically to display!
the container store!
http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10028386&N=&Nao=50&Ns=p_price_sort|1&Ntt=acrylic
you can also fit MAC false lashes in there.
I am moving soon and rather than keep me makeup in a makeup bag like I currently do, I would like it easy to get at, whats a nice way to display makeup, how do you keep yours?
I use a fair-sized (20x20 inch-ish?) white/clear plastic 3 compartent drawer unit (phew!) Top is for all my lip products, middle is for eyeshadows, bottom is for everything else - falsies, mascara, eyeliner, founation, powder, blush, ect. Then I have all my extras Ive accumulated in another plastic box. I desperately need to go through my stash of makeup because I have too much but its hard to throw away! All the pretty colors, they're all so different from each other. As for how long I keep makeup, well I never follow all those makeup rules. Im not going to throw away a perfectly good item I spent good money for because I "didnt use it on time." If it is not seperating, the color hasnt faded and it doesnt have a funky smell then its perfectly fine.
Updated my organization (went nuts at The Container Store). There's a photo somewhere on this thread of my old system (I think!).
On to the photos (things may change, I kept re-arranging things and I'm picky about what items I want standing up vs. lying down).
1 - Full set-up; three stackable trays on left with my make-up brushes and cotton items on the right (notice my Stila color wheel in the back, behind the cotton items).
2 - Close up on the three stackable trays.
3 - Middle tray
4 - Bottom tray
5 - The Stila palette that didn't fit! Ugh! Oh well, haha.
On to the photos (things may change, I kept re-arranging things and I'm picky about what items I want standing up vs. lying down).
1 - Full set-up; three stackable trays on left with my make-up brushes and cotton items on the right (notice my Stila color wheel in the back, behind the cotton items).
2 - Close up on the three stackable trays.
3 - Middle tray
4 - Bottom tray
5 - The Stila palette that didn't fit! Ugh! Oh well, haha.
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Is it just me or did the Muji acrylic drawers increase in price? D:
I've been eyeing them for quite some time and it looks like they went up by about $5 (I'm mainly looking at the 5 drawer ones
I've been eyeing them for quite some time and it looks like they went up by about $5 (I'm mainly looking at the 5 drawer ones
I just got done tidying up/reorganizing my vanity/desk and I thought I would share some pics of what I'm working with 
Sorry if the pictures come out too big -__-
Sorry if the pictures come out too big -__-
I'm about to get a Malm vanity and some Muji drawer units to put on top. I think I want the 5 drawer units but I have a question - have any of you stacked a 3 or 2 drawer unit on top of a 5 drawer unit. They are slightly smaller and I'm wondering how they would look together. I'd like to have one unit that has slightly deeper drawers but I don't want to stack them together if they will look funny because of their size. Also, way back somewhere on a tPF thread I saw a picture of someone's vanity that I LOVED. It had what looked like a combo of 2 drawer units with a 2 drawer lid unit on top. Inside that she had what looked like a small nail polish organizer. She also had another nail polish organizer on the other side of her vanity and had MAC eyeshadows and polish on it. It looked gorgeous and I'm trying to figure out what combo of units she had as well as where she bought the smaller nail polish holder. I think the larger one may have come from transdesign. Thanks for any info!
Im getting the 5 drawer and 2 drawer units as well. I also plan to stack the 2 on top of the 5. I've seen plenty of peopl on YouTube do that and I didn't even notice they were different sizes. I think you we should be fine with stacking the 2 drawer unity on top of the 5 drawer unit.
As for the nail polish racks, are you saying she had a rack inside the 2 drawer units? Sorry I didn't understand that part
haha I feel the same! I wish I had gotten into makeup sooner and got the malm vanity in black while it was available
Im getting the 5 drawer and 2 drawer units as well. I also plan to stack the 2 on top of the 5. I've seen plenty of peopl on YouTube do that and I didn't even notice they were different sizes. I think you we should be fine with stacking the 2 drawer unity on top of the 5 drawer unit.
As for the nail polish racks, are you saying she had a rack inside the 2 drawer units? Sorry I didn't understand that part
haha I feel the same! I wish I had gotten into makeup sooner and got the malm vanity in black while it was available
I would have loved to have had it in black too. Cant wait to see how your set up turns out. Sorry I was confusing. I actually found a picture on google image showing the set up I'm talking about. It links back to tPF but I couldn't find the post. Here the link to the image on google images:
http://www.google.com/search?q=muji...GU2AWuirnDBw&ved=0CCMQsAQ&biw=320&bih=416#i=2