How do I store my make up?

I have a ton of acrylic cases and  drawers and lipstick holders from Ebay and Amazon  and stationary shops too, I even use a washed out strawberry punnet for some stuff!
But the main part of my make up is still held in my Nutella jars!

I did a whole video on it which you can see right here, and since then I've only expanded.
They're great, and they look cute too.
If you have the Nutella label because you think it looks a little too 'upcycled chic' then just peel it off, you still have a pretty, neat, free container!

From left to right I have my face brushes, then moving along I have eye pencils, brow pencils and even a mascara, then the next jar along is some of my recent lip products that I'm reaching for more frequently and trying out!
In the far left you can see a little sneak of my lipstick holder which looks nice, but it's simply too small but I don't like to put my lipsticks or short lip glosses in the Nutella jars as they're too shrot, so lip products int he nutella jar are all long, easy reach and easy to see!

If you've already seen my Nutella make up holder video then fear not, I have a new fun video coming out tomorrow!

Acrylic Makeup Drawers

It's a tough job to find makeup storage that is good, accessible, effective, large and sleek looking. I'm yet to find a company that makes really effective long term ways to store cosmetics, I find any storage cases are either not big enough, horrible colours and look clunky on surfaces or make it difficult to actually see what I have.
I'm still searching and still haven't found 'the perfect' way to store my makeup, perhaps it doesn't exist!

But here's a little something that helps..

I spotted it in stationer Rymans, I often find that stationers are the best for cosmetic storage, that and sometimes homeware storage places like IKEA.
This acrylic drawer set was in a larger size but it was a little too large so I thought I would use it to store my odds and ends that are more peculiar in terms of size so that they finally have a 'place'

 In the bottom drawer I have my concealer, Fluid eyeliner, a pore concealer and paintpots go in here too

In the middle I can stash my mascaras, I have a mascara sized eye primer in there too and some of my larger lipglosses

In the top I've kept my clear lidded vegan eyeshadows from Madison Street Beauty because I felt they looked so pretty all together, and in the top drawer they can be seen all the time!

This acrylic drawer case was a little over £10 all in all!

Storing up nail polish!

Sometimes the best, and easiest way to decorate your bedroom, is to use the things already in it, but arrange them in a decorative way!
You may have read my 'tired of untying your necklaces?' post, where I show you how to store your jewelerry while decorating a blank wall.

Well here, I give you....

The nail polish rack!!!

What do you need? A spice rack and a pot of paint.

If you're a little less patient you can use a spray can .

You could but a new spice rack, get one from a second hand store or even from ebay to really keep costs low.

For the hot nail colours of this season for the teeny price of £2.99 a bottle see Fridays post (30/03/12)