I know you want to see this ;-)
Makeup storage solutions are one of my favorite things to read on Blogger, I get so many ideas from you guys, on how to store things usefully and efficiently, and if it weren't for all your ideas, my makeup storage would look a lot different.
Of course, I am never fully happy with how things are organized, I am always running out of space and have to rearrange things, it's a work in progress...
Before I start, a little disclaimer:
I have been collecting makeup for years, all these things have accumulated over many many years. It's a lot, it may be unnecessary, but it doesn't matter, I consider makeup a hobby, I wear it every day and it makes me happy. It always gives me a good start into the day.
By no means am I intending to say that anyone should own that much makeup. You really shouldn't! :-)
Ok, here we go!
Since my apartment is very small, I have to keep my makeup in different rooms, it doesn't all fit into my bathroom, which is where I keep most of my stuff. My bathroom is tiny! When you walk in, you can only turn left to the shower and right to the washing machine, you can't acutally walk around. So the sink and mirror being in front of me, I keep all my makeup to my right, on the washing machine. In order to fit as much as possible, I stacked these pink and green plastic containers. I got them at KiK, a couple of years ago. They are not pretty, but they are perfect in size for my very narrow washing machine. The white plastic inserts are from Müller, they are for cutlery, really.
In the drawers I keep lipsticks, palettes, paint pots, concealers ect.
I have put little labels on the drawers where I store the lipsticks, N is for nude, P is for pink, R is for red etc. That way it's easier to find things at 6.30 in the morning... :-)
I have my pigments and MAC paint pots stored in this acrylic container that I purchased at Magno Nails a couple of years ago. I just checked, they don't sell these displays anymore, but I'm sure you can find plenty of similar shelves on Ebay!
My lipglasses are mostly stored on top of my whole arrangement so that I can see them all and can quickly alter the shade of my lipstick in case it doesn't completely match my eye makeup that day.
My favorite brushes are also within arm's reach, all my other brushes I keep in a kitchen cabinet.
A random big drawer with random things:
My eyeliners:
The "nail drawer" :-)
My other cream shadows, mostly Benefit Creasesless Creams and MAC Fluidlines:
As I said, my makeup is stored in different parts of my apartment. You saw the bathroom, now let's move on to the kitchen. My bathroom is right next to the kitchen, so basically, what I store there, is within arm's reach.
I store most of my palettes here, the MAC LE Palettes are in a box on the left, my MAC Eye Palettes in the middle and to the right I keep lipsticks I want to swatch soon.
On top on the left are my MAC Blush Palettes, my Urban Deday Naked Palettes and a NYX Palette. On top on the right in the back: My Catrice Big City Life Palettes, two Guerlain Palettes and in front - barely visible - two Sleek Palettes:
I have Mr. Angry Cat watch all my MAC eyeshadow palettes, so nobody steals them :-))
You can find him at Butlers, but careful, he's mean! :-))
Here is a little tip, if you like Jo Malone and have her boxes: I put my MAC LE Palettes into three small Jo Malone boxes and stuck those into a big box:
Last but not least: my bedroom, here is where I keep everything else, everything that doesn't fit in my bathroom! I store it in the top drawer of my Ikea Koppang dresser. The big divider on the left is also from Ikea, it's this one here.
Hope you liked my little tour of my makeup collection, if you have a similar post, please put it in the comments below, I'd love to read!
xoxo
Blusherine