Comments on: Makeup Wars: Beauty Storage Solutions

By: Kendra

Kendra — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:37:51 +0000

This entire post made me feel normal. So.much.makeup

By: Christine Mikesell

Christine Mikesell — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 18:34:59 +0000

Yes, seriously! I have an impeccably clean and organized home (hello… married to an engineering professor!) and chose to be "real" and share the 2 areas of clutter (and it's just clutter, everything is well dusted and cleaned) in my home.

By: JoElla

JoElla — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:54:58 +0000

People are "uncomfortable" serious? As in really serious?! Wouldn't it be nice if we could have so much extra time? 😉

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:51:30 +0000

Your stuff looks pretty organized. I doubt DH would believe anyone actually has more than I do. Maybe I should start blogging to justify all the makeup I have! Mine is not organized at the moment but you've given me some super ideas. Great post, thank you.

moushka26

By: Christine Mikesell

Christine Mikesell — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 23:06:37 +0000

CW- About 90% of what gets sent to me gets given away to friends. Things I didn't absolutely love or weren't quite right for me go into a big giveaway box and my friends are free to take it home whenever. If I used most of a product and I'm not planning on keeping it then I'll just throw it away. I've tried finding shelters or other charities, but they won't take anything that has been opened, let alone swatched or used. :( And yeah, if I was continually trying out new products my skin would break out too! I'm only trying new skin care every 8-12 weeks now, so I have a lot of time to adjust in between. The rest is just makeup.

JoElla- I did post the clutter pics on purpose because i'm a normal person (and one without much time, I work full time as a doc, I have a toddler, I blog AND I write for Babble, that's a lot of hours and not time left over!), though there's now a forum post dedicated to this post saying I make some of them very uncomfortable because I'm so messy and hoarderish (Hi there GBCN people, you do know your forum isn't private, don't you?) Though the pics are small so the organized bits look less organized than they are. Sigh. Anyways, I always had more than the average girl, but then to be a beauty blogger for almost 7 years and have products sent to you for free all the time? Would you throw this stuff away? Probably not! LOL Of course I hold on to it! And as much as I purge, more stuff just shows up on my doorstep, often without me knowing that it's coming. It's just... there. And needs to be stored. Ah, the life of a blogger!

SirenPrincess- I'd love to be able to use some of those drawer systems, but I think it would just clutter up my bathroom even more! I've heard they have some great ones at Home Goods too!

By: SirenPrincess

SirenPrincess — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:55:57 +0000

Loved seeing your stash! I really want an e-diva, but they are just too expensive for me to justify the cost. I'd rather spend that kind of money on make-up! So I recently bought some 12"x12" business paper organizer drawers from Meijer. They were about $12 each and I bought two. Then I bought acrylic drawer organizers, about $3 each, for some of the drawers. I stacked the two drawer sets on top of each other and put the drawer organizers in, and I am SOOO happy with the results. Happier than I think I might have even been with an eDiva because I could pick more specifically how I wanted each drawer organized. I hope to post some pictures on my new blog soon!

In general, I have 6 drawers. Top one is all brushes and tools (eyelash curler, tweezers, nail clippers, etc). Drawer two is moisturizers and the foundations, concealers, and powders I use every day. Drawer three is mostly blushes and bronzers, but I do have a stash of BB creams and tinted moisturizers in the back. Drawer four is drug-store brand/cheap eyeshadows. Drawer five is high-end eyeshadows (yes, I have an eyeshadow addiction like you have a nailpolish addiction) and also a tiny little organizer thing from Target to hold mascaras (try to keep those to only just a couple in use because you have to pitch them so quickly) and another one that I think is supposed to be a bracelet organizer for eyeliners. My final drawer is all lippies, mostly lip gloss because that's my other obsession. I do have an actual bathroom drawer that is for my 'extra' foundations because I go through those so fast I like to keep some in reserve. And an actual bathroom drawer full of only hair products. Anyway, that's how I organize my stash!

By: JoElla

JoElla — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:07:43 +0000

Granted my bathroom isn't as nice, but I find it refreshing that you showed your vanity 'warts and all'. No matter how many times I clean up my vanity, it always ends up looking like a combo of Neiman's and CVS blew up in there. Kinda like an organized chaos. I also love your nail polish storage. I really need to do something about mine.

Also I always giggle when I see or read 'bloggers are hoarders blah blah blah' because when I look at my own stash, I have to admit, perhaps, I have a wee bit more than the average bear ;)

By: Cw

Cw — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:50:51 +0000

Wow thanks for sharing! As a reader of your blog for almost a year I always wondered what do you do with the products that you weren't so thrilled about and now I know. You've got quite a collection and that is impressive. I think my skin would break out if I tested so many different products.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:33:59 +0000

Cool idea of organizing make up cosmetics by Brand !

-Aline Myers.
http://www.plusbig.net

By: Beautiful Makeup Search

Beautiful Makeup Search — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:50:56 +0000

Your polish collection – wow! I'm impressed. And I need to know, is that soapstone or marble on your bathroom counter? I am debating both for one of mine.