Tuesday, July 1, 2014

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!)