Monday, 13 August 2012

Acrylic Storage!















Hey everyone! Hope you are well! For ages now I have been lusting after the 'perfect' makeup storage and have gone from it being stored in my dressing table, to buying a 'tall boy' mirror chest of drawers, using empty Glossybox's and even diy-ing my own. All of these didn't quiite work for me and I would end up just keeping my daily products out on my dressing table and the rest would be hidden away and never used. I have forever been eyeing up the Kardashian clear cube, but as it is pretty expensive, I wanted to find something a bit more affordable. I have seen the Muji acrylic storage on many blogs before, so after some research (and worrying it wouldn't fit all my makeup) I made the splurge. I ended up getting three sets of the stack-able drawers; two of the 2 drawers- wide and one of the 2 drawers- wide with flip lid, so in total I had 6 drawers, costing around £40 inc p&p. They arrived within a few days and I was super excited to get it all set up. I absolutely LOVE the way my makeup looks in the clear drawers, and how easy it is to get what I need BUT, as I had previously thought, they definitely didn't fit all my makeup, and as the drawers are fairly thin, they were spilling over prettyy quickly. So, I decided what I would do is keep my most used makeup in the acrylic drawers and keep the rest in my tall boy chest, switching it around every now and then. This way, I will get use out of a lot more of my makeup than before, and can sit at my dressing table and easily grab what I need.

The only downside of the Muji drawers is that not all of my foundation bottles will fit, as like I said, the drawers are quite thin. Rimmel Wake Me Up fits perfectly, but Mac Face and Body and my beloved Clinique Superbalanced don't, which is a little annoying. I will definitely be picking up something else to store these in soon, but for now, their home is my diy acrylic storage which I did a post on a little while ago. (You can see that here)

I'm not a big fan of storing my lipsticks lying down, and I have been searching for the perfect lipstick holder for a while with no luck. I had an Amazon voucher that needed spending so I picked up an acrylic nail polish stand, which I had intended on storing some of my nail polish on, but, when setting it up, I realised it would make a lovely temporary place to store my lipsticks! The nail polish rack was delivered super quicker and only cost just under £10 inc p&p. (Here's the link to the nail polish stand) Obviously, this also has limited storage, so I decided to do the same thing as with the Muji drawers and keep my most used lipsticks out on the rack so they are easy to grab, and again switch them up every now and then to get use out of the others that will be put out of sight. 

I am so happy with how these have turned out! So much so that I have already ordered another set of the Muji drawers for extra storage, aswell as an acrylic pot to hold my eyeliners and another nail polish rack!

What do you think of acrylic storage? How do you store your makeup?


22 comments:

  1. I've been eyeing up these Acrylic Storages for a while now, i think they look so cute and they keep everything so organised :)

    http://sophiameola.blogspot.co.uk/

    xx

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  2. This is a great way to store your make-up, I think I may have to buy some too x

    www.hiboufashionbeauty.blogspot.com

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  3. I'm always meaning to buy some acrylic storage! I love how you can just see everything so easily

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  4. oh my eyes are rolling! u got a great make up collection and are very well organized! love this acrylic storage! wish I could did the same to mine too!:) xoxo

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  5. wow, im so impressed how neatly and organized your make-up collection looks! :) i've been wanting to get those acrylic storage, hopefully i'll find some around here soon :) great post as always!

    hope you have a fab day hun! ~ XO
    Chriissydollxo's Blog

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  6. I love the way you've stored it! I love the fact you can see where everything is! Also, very jealous of your makeup collection ;).


    I found you through BlogLoveTherapy blog hop :)


    xxx

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  7. Hey Sophia!
    I just followed your blog because its amazing, and you are so gorgeous! :O
    I also have done a post similar to this, so I hope you will check it out :)

    Love India Robyn

    www.thejewelbeauty.blogspot.com

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    1. Aww thankyou! You are too! Love your hair, following your blog :) xx

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  8. I'M IN LOVE! Thank you so much for showing this as it is exactly what I need to store my make-up.
    I'm starting the hunt RIGHT NOW :-D

    <3

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    1. Aww im glad! I was on the hunt for these for a long time :) xx

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  9. I see you have some Gosh products I was just wondering what do you think of them?
    I've never used any but I've seen they have a really pale foundation (I'm very pale) and I'm tempted to give it a go.
    Love your storage by the way.

    http://totstrinkets.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. I love the Gosh big shimmer bronzer, its such a pretty colour and also looks lovely as a highlight! I also love the eyebrow kit, its a complete HD brows dupe! The powders i'm not overly keen on, mainly because they don't work well atalllll with flash photography and I have been left with white marks on my face in photos! I have never used their foundation so i'm not sure, although one of the powders I have is very light, so may be worth a go :) xx

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  10. Looks amazing! :) i've always wanted the acrylic storage for my makeup but i'd have the same problem with it not all fitting in but this is making me want it even more! Love your blog :) x

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  11. We share a passion for make up...you have quite a collection!

    Found you on BLT blog hop and am now following!

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  12. I love makeup - but I love Organized Makeup even more! That looks like a great system. Found you thru Blog Love Therapy and am now following - Great Blog!

    Jasmine @ www.formosacandidus.blogspot.com

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  13. I like so much your blog!I follow you! I hope you follow me too! xoxo

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  14. This looks so organised! I need something like this!
    I found you through the blog hop :)

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  15. I have been wanting to have an acrylic case for my stuffs.. But I dont think I have enough makeup. hehe. :P im kind of a newbie here.. :D

    Anyways, I saw your blog from another blog.. and I think your pretty. I followed you! :)

    -chel
    allaboutbeingglam.blogspot.com

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  16. I really like how you store your makeup!
    Easy to reach and visible at all times, haha.
    I need to get myself some of these! x

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  17. I really love how organized this looks and how easily you can reach everything you need! Good job!

    www.eliseloves.blogspot.be

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  18. I don't know what I like the most about these, the products or the storage? definitely getting this, thanks so much for posting! I'm loving your blog :)

    pourlefemmes.blogspot.com

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  19. This looks amazing, I really need to get some storage like this!xx

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