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Wow! What a haul, mira! That's practically a makeup ROOM!
Love it, I'll ask BH to do something like this for me at some point, I can't hardly see at ALL w/o my glasses on and obviously I can't wear it when I'm doing shadow!For those of you that don't know, I am new to the makeup thing. I am 29 years old and I am embarrassed to say that I've only used a mineralized powder and lipgloss. However, all of that has changed w/in the last two months and I have gone shopping makeup crazy. I needed a place to store all this makeup besides just laying around on my bathroom counter. Here is how this desk all came about.
So...first we went looking for a makeup mirror and I could not find anything I liked (in price and in style). So then, we went looking for a mirror to hang on the wall or something. Again, I found a couple of mirrors I liked but not for the price tag. Then, we went looking for a table or something that I can sit down while applying makeup. My problem is that I like to get really close and personal to the mirror (probably because im such a newbie) but the depth of the table's we found were so wide that I literally had to stand up and hover over the table to get close enough to the mirror to see what I was doing.
Finally, my dear sweet husband said "Let's go to Home Depot and see if I can't make something to fit what you want."
He ended up making me this! It's perfect because it's only like 12 inches deep to where I can, while seated, lean super close up to the mirror when I do my eyeshadows, etc. You can't see the side but I bought these cute little fabric cubby hole things and it's super cute) I love the whole thing! I love the price tag even more. The whole thing only cost around $100- $110 to put together including power strip, light bulbs and everything. And it's super bright! I much rather spend a low amount in the desk/vanity area and spend the rest on makeup
Sorry for the essay...I'm a lawyer, what do you expect?
Update: VG said they are behind on production and mine should be leaving Cali today.means I prob won't get it until next Monday
Since visiting this thread, I got a little carried away....and well, since I don't have a vanity area and because I quickly apply my make up in my powder room while my kids kill each other...I decided to make the most of how I store my makeup....
Now all I have to do is organize everything....
Thanks for letting me share
. Looks great!, but thought I'd share my makeup storage in case anyone else was interested in something similar. The acrylic cases I use are from Muji and are what a lot of women are using to store makeup after being inspired by the "Kardashian" storage cases (Clear Cube). I am one who fell in love with the LOOK of the Clear Cube cases, but decided on Muji because shallow drawers work better for me. I prefer things in a single layer for a more organized look and better accessibility. I originally had just the three drawer sets, but recently received some two drawer sets that are a little deeper. I'm still playing around with how many to use/stack because too many looks silly being so tall! 
I'm so jealous
