When we moved in to this apartment about a year ago, I insisted on getting a vanity, because I couldn't fit one in my previous one room apartment. So we got a mirror, a wall shelf and some Ikea drawer units. I wanted a big and ornate mirror and fancy drawers, but since we were on a budget, I chose the cheapest drawer units, a discount wall shelf and a smaller mirror with no frames. And for the chair I used a stool found in the garbage ;P
Everything is still in use (the stool is the kitties favourite place in the hallway and the mirror is getting frames) but I've slowly updated parts of the vanity and now I finally got new drawer units! I'm super happy with them, my main problem was storing my brushes on the table so that they always had some cat hair on them (it just floats around!) and that the cheap drawers looked ugly because everything showed through their wire sides.
But now I have two brand new Helmer units and could even get rid of the ugly little plastic drawer thingie which used to hold all my eyeshadows. Everything fits better, is easy to reach and looks so neat!
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The old drawer units and tons of stuff on the table. Sorry about the laundry and beer cans in the background ;P |
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| The new neat drawer units and less stuff on the table! |
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I arrange my eyeshadows by colour, here are the whites, blacks, red/orange/yellow, greens, light pinks, teals, blues and dark pinks. |
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| Browns/taupes and purples, with some brushes and eyeshadow primers. |
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| Blushes, small brushes and large brushes. |
How do you store your make-up? Any handy tips?