Liking it cheap and easy is not always best, but when it comes to storage, it's what works best for me. I don't want something complicated that takes 10 years to assemble or requires a complex system of levers and pulleys screwed with special screws to the ceiling or something. I also don't want it to cost much, because I would rather be spending it on other things (ahem, makeup and nail polish).
I spent all my money on "other things" for so long that the makeup just piled up on a shelf in my linen closet. I also kept stuffing more and more into my makeup bag until it couldn't close anymore. I was so frustrated with the disorganization I resorted to only using the top few items in my makeup bag and neglecting the rest.
I finally (!) decided I needed some organization. So I headed down to Walmart, bought a Sterilite 5 drawer storage tower, and some organizer baskets. I have a bit of OCD so organizing is fun for me; but I'm also lazy so I rarely do it. I guess the laziness usually wins.
The storage tower was $17.97 and the 3 3-packs and 1 2-pack of organizers were $1.17 each. So for under $25 with tax I'm set!
Oh, and I have
something else for my nail polish collection. Unfortunately it would not all fit in one of these on its own, much less sharing it with makeup.
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| Empty and ready to be filled! |
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| The storage trays |
As you can see the inserts fit perfectly, almost as if they were made to fit in the drawers (they weren't though, I just got lucky).
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| 1st drawer |
The top left basket has single pressed eyeshadows.
The top right has cream shadows, gel and cream eyeliners, and eyeshadow pencils.
The middle has my makeup brushes and a tube of Too Faced Shadow Insurance that snuck in there.
The bottom drawer has pen and pencil eyeliners.
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| 2nd drawer |
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The top basket has pressed eyeshadow palettes with 2 to 6 shadows and some random mascaras.
The bottom left has foundations and concealers.
The bottom right has face powders and primers.
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| 3rd drawer |
The top basket has loose eyeshadows. Mostly Fyrinnae samples on the left and L'Oreal HIP pigments on the right.
The bottom left has eyeshadow palettes.
The bottom right has blushes.
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| 4th drawer |
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In the back are a few of those huge multi-pan palettes from eBay.
The middle is a random bronzer I never wear and Maybelline Dream Mousse shadows I got from Dollar Tree.
The front basket has a few lip products that aren't currently in my purse (I have about 10 times as many in my purse).
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| 5th drawer |
This just has a few empty makeup bags. Yay! Room for expansion!
I purchased the Sterilite 5 drawer tower at Walmart, but I don't see in their website or even the Sterilite website. Maybe it was discontinued and what I bought was just old stock.
It is similar to to this one, but it has 7 drawers instead.
Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!
