Unique Makeup Pencil Organization

Well, hello again! It's been quite some time since my first post, and I'm really going to try and do this more often. Today, I want to show you the recent addition to my makeup organization. 

I was shopping with my mom (Hi Ma!) a couple days ago at our favorite store, TJ Maxx, and she brought my attention to a vase. 

(actually the one she showed me was turquoise - you'll see it later,

but I failed to take a picture of it before I filled it with stuff) :)

At first, I didn't think much of it, but then my mother had a brilliant idea! She asked if I could stick anything in those holes, and thought that my eyeliners would probably fit! There were two vases - a turquoise (which is the perfect color for my makeup room!) and an iridescent white (I avoid buying white things at all cost, because I much prefer color). So, I bought the turquoise one. Spoiler alert: as you can see from the pic above, I went back and bought the white one too. :)

So, how did I end up using these vases? They fit my eyeliners and lipliners perfectly! I put the vase on its side, with the wider side down, so that more of the pencil would show and I could see what each pencil was easier. 

Here is a pic of what my eyeliner organization looked like before the vase (sorry for the horrible blurry shot, but I forgot to take a before picture close-up):

They were all in a clear vase that has some beads in it and it was VERY full - so it was really hard to see what was actually in there. It was pretty, but not functional. 

Are you ready for what they look like now?! 

MUCH better, right?! I can see every single eyeliner individually now and they will get more use now that I can. The vase had the perfect number of holes and fit all my non-Urban Decay eyeliners perfectly. The Urban Decay eyeliners are in their own separate glass vase in the back - they are so pretty :)

I was so pleased with how this turned out that I had to go back to TJ Maxx ASAP and buy the iridescent white vase for my lipliners. I don't have as many lipliners, so I put all of them in there, including the Urban Decay ones. 

They were in the same type of organization before as the eyeliners were - thrown in a square vase all willy nilly. It was hard to see what I had, so I tended to use the lipliners in the front of the vase because it was easier and I am usually in a hurry. I like it so much better now! 

A big shout-out to my Ma for the wonderful idea!!! <3

PS The vases were $7.99 each at TJ Maxx. I am going to keep an eye out for a pink or purple one, because the white just doesn't really go with the decor - but it'll do for now!

UPDATE: I found another turquoise vase and returned the white one, so it matches the decor better. They're perfect! You'll see the updated vase in a post that's coming up. (It's going to be a tour of my makeup room!)