19 January, 2012

Makeup Storage

Hey Guys,

So todays post is just a little bit about storage and where I keep all my makeup, nail polish and other goodies. I recently purchased a small shabby chic style set of drawers to store some of my makeup and I love it so much. I have it sitting on another set of drawers and it is so cute :)



Above is my lovely new purchase which I found on eBay for around £20. I was then having a lookie on some of my favourite shabby chic sites and found the exact same item here for only £14.95!

I'm not really sure where the other item is from, if I remember correctly I got it as part of a Chrismtas present a few years back. Anyway, it's really handy for storing my makeup brushes, nail files etc and keeps all of my goodies in one place!





I have had this set of drawers for a couple years now, I believe it was from IKEA? (Not to sure!) It came as just a simple wooden box and I decided to paint it the same colours as my bedroom. It is a wonderful size to store all my makeup and things but keep them all separate at the same time. As you can see I have all my eye products and my lip products in separate drawers :) Some of the other drawers contain jewellery, other basic makeup items and even some stationary.



Finally, my nail polish. I keep all of my products together in a nice pink box that came with a perfume gift set. These boxes always come in handy and you should never throw them away... you will eventually find a use for them! So anyway, I store all of my nail polishes in this box along with some cotton balls and swabs which I use when I am removing nail polish.

All of these are positioned in my wee makeup corner of my bedroom. I unfortunately don't have a lovely dresser to sit at whilst I put on my face so I just have to kneel on my lovely fluffy cushions on the floor and I'm sorted :)

Do you have any handy storage tips? Where do you buy your items?

Enjoy,
GEM x
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14 comments:

  1. Jessica Roseanne LatchmanJanuary 19, 2012

    Hi,thanks for your comment on my blog! This blogs really cute,I'm following-would love if you followed back :) xxx

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    1. gem xJanuary 20, 2012

      thank you :) it's so hard to get started up and get followers! I appreciate it and I will of course follow you also! x

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  2. HannahJanuary 19, 2012

    I want the OPI best of the best collection, jealous! xx

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    1. gem xJanuary 19, 2012

      I purchased it as a gift for my Step-mum for xmas but then decided I wanted it too so my lovely boyfriend bought it for me :) It has such nice colours in it! I really like the bubble bath one :)

      thanks for visiting x

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  3. gem xJanuary 19, 2012

    thanks very much! I am already following you :) would love it if you could join via google also so I can see that people are actually subscribing haha

    thanks for visiting x

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  4. LYLOTSJanuary 19, 2012

    lovely blog, i want those shabby chic drawers in my life, they're gorgeous! x

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    1. gem xJanuary 20, 2012

      thanks very much! I really like them, they're so cute just sitting in my wee makeup shrine :) x

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  5. JosieJanuary 20, 2012

    Love those little drawers! You're a lot more organised than me, everything is just shoved in a drawer. Did get some Cath Kidston make up bags for Christmas though, need to put it in them because they're so pretty! xx

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    1. gem xJanuary 20, 2012

      Aw thank you! I was so happy when I found them :) Gotta love a bit of Cath Kidston too! :)

      Thanks for visiting x

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  6. DANDYLIONJanuary 24, 2012

    The drawers amazing! When payday comes im for sure getting myself one, im moving and ive made a promise to myself to be move organised sooo thanks for the tip! x

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    1. gem xJanuary 25, 2012

      thanks very much, i am really pleased with them :) the drawers are reasonably deep too so you can get quite a few products in there. i have all of my lipsticks in one, but haven't decided what is going in the other drawer yet! there's loads of other similair products out there on eBay etc :)

      thanks for checking out my blog x

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  7. UnknownJanuary 25, 2012

    IKEA is quite good.. but for my jewellery I've just used what I think would work lol :)

    My jewellery storage: http://yolandaas.blogspot.com/2011/12/jewellery-storage.html


    My make up storage: http://yolandaas.blogspot.com/2011/12/ikea-news.html

    Take Care xx

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    1. gem xJanuary 25, 2012

      yeah i've had the item for IKEA for years now and it's very handy. having a trip to IKEA in a few weeks so hopefully i'll find some more treats! :) really like that box you have for your makeup!

      thanks for checking out my blog x

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  8. Chloe MiaJanuary 26, 2012

    I love the chabby chic drawers!
    chloe-mia.blogspot.com

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