Makeup Collection and Storage!

 I love watching and reading makeup collection videos and posts so I thought I would do one of my own! I don't have a lot of makeup but it's enough for me.

My makeup is situated on my desk so I can sit down to do it, and I also do my homework here too. I keep it all in this 9-drawer wooden storage case that is available at IKEA. In this case, the green drawers contain office supplies, and the yellow drawers contain makeup products. My mom actually painted these double-sided so I could switch around the drawers to mix up the colours, and I like the way I could use that to my advantage. The plastic bins that you will see later in this post are available at Wal-Mart or dollar stores.  

Off to the side here, you can see I keep my brush holder, my eyeliners, my sunscreen, face lotion and my MAC quad (just because I've been using it often. To see the blog post on that, click here). 

I have a post on how to make this brush holder, so to see that, click here.

 

I keep my eyeliners in this little ice cream cup that I painted a while ago, and I used some of the little plastic beads from my brush holder to stand them upright.

In this first drawer, I have complexion products. I have a few concealers, one foundation, one tinted moisturizer, one BB cream, a powder and a couple of highlighters.

In the second drawer I have blushes and bronzers, as well as a random Annabelle eyeshadow quad that I have no use for. I've got quite a wide variety of blushes and one sad, lonely little LORAC bronzer.

The third drawer contains eye products. This is a super full drawer, but as you can probably see I have one mascara, a few primers, some cream eyeshadows, some singles, two pigments and a few palettes. I also have one gel eyeliner in here.

My last drawer is my palettes drawer, which is fairly empty - in here, I just have my Urban Decay Naked 2 and my Too Faced Natural Eye palettes.

Off to the side I keep two white baskets with my lip products as well as my eyelash curler and my mini brow kit. In one basket I have lip balms and glosses, and in the other I have lip sticks and my Avon lip product samples. If anyone would like to see this collection in detail, I can do a post on that, but there are quite a few products in here so I thought I'd just do a brief overview.

The rest of my beauty products (i.e. skincare, samples, perfume, etc.) are located either in my dresser or my bathroom - so this is my full makeup collection! For those reading, do you have a makeup collection video/blog post? If so, leave it down below! I'd love to see it :)

DIY Inexpensive Brush Holder.

I wanted to share a little tip I have about brush holders - and how I saved a little money making mine. I haven't actually seen anyone who did this like I did, so I thought I'd share my way today!

One of the most popular ways to hold brushes is the "Sephora-esque way" - having your brushes standing straight up in a container filled with clear plastic beads. This is how I did mine.

You're going to need:

1.) Brushes

2.) A small package of clear plastic beads (available at Michael's craft stores)

3.) A Slatkin & Co. 3 Wick Candle (preferably empty, and available at Bath and Body Works)

1.) Finish your candle. I already had mine and I finished it up, and this was when I realized I could use it to hold my brushes. Clean it out using hot water, but make sure to scrape out the left-over candle and throw it out! If you pour the leftover hot wax down the sink, it will solidify and clog your drains.

2.) Fill with the beads. I found one package was the perfect amount to fill the container.

3.) Put your brushes in! I find that this holder fits just enough brushes for me, since I have very few. If you had a larger brush collection, you might need two or three candles.

I love the way this looks on my vanity. I just turned the holder so that the candle label was facing the wall, and it's a simple yet elegant storage method for my brushes! If you already have any sort of candle (Yankee candles would work also, as well as the single wick candles from BBW) then you can do this for a very low cost - you just have to pay for the beads. 

Of course, candles can get pretty pricey - the Slatkin & Co. three wicks retail for about $20 per when you don't get them on sale - but as I said above, if you already had a candle, then this is a good way to make use of the container as well.

Thanks so much for reading! How do you store your brushes?