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Monday, March 14, 2011

Vanity Restyle

I'm in that age range where you transition from your young adult years, when it is still moderately acceptable to a bit whimsical in your daily life - to a full fledged adult - when you are expected to be all responsible, organized, and put together. (And stuff.) I actually really enjoy organization (I'm sure my husband would declare otherwise), but I just get so caught up in the routine of day-to-day living, that sometimes I have to step back and look at things from a different perspective in order to see the disarray.

Case in point, was my vanity area. I bought this vanity because the house we lived in just prior to our current one didn't have a built-in vanity (which I had been used to having from the house previous), and just had a small open room with bare walls to use for a vanity and dressing area. So I found this vanity to solve the problem of having a place to do my makeup.

When we moved to our new house that we live in currently, it didn't have a separate dressing OR vanity area either - so I had to take up a corner of our bedroom with my vanity. (I sacrificed having a separate vanity area when we narrowed it down to this house from the other ones we were looking at, to give my husband a space to have his "man cave" area - just want that on record. Ha ha!) With a new baby and just getting settled into the new house, it was too easy to walk past my vanity on a daily basis and just ignore it. I used my makeup out of separate makeup cases and could never find anything!

The before:

Not really a pretty sight to look at, was it?

So one day, I was inspired and realized that I needed to do some re-organization... desperately.

I purchased two clear drawer acrylic containers from Space Savers (which I've also since purchased one to organize my daughter's changing table), two glass vases, and some vase filler from Michael's. I started sorting through things and found things I had forgotten I even had! I sorted the items I used the most into categories like face, eyes, and lips. And for brands like Nars, I had enough to have one drawer dedicated to holding it.

This was the result:

Everything was out in the open and easy to spot! I was amazed that this actually help cut down on the time it took me to get ready too!

In the vanity drawer, I organized all of my Bare Escentuals shadows, Benefit powders, and extra brushes:


And inside the acrylic drawers ended up looking like this:


Overall, it was a relatively inexpensive project that made a big impact! I happily can now find all of the makeup items I own quickly, and also have been using different products in my makeup routine, since I can find more than just my go-to items!

6 comments:

  1. Your vanity is to die for! I love it!

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  2. Thank you! :) I enjoy having a place to stash all of my makeup!

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  3. You don't buy cheap stuff, huh? LOL you have good taste :)
    Following back from
    http://havesippywilltravel.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for the follow, and good luck in the contest!

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  4. Thanks, LOL! As my husband says - you can set three things in front of me without any sort of background info on them and I will instinctively pick the most expensive one, ha ha! I like quality makeup though, because I've had to find things that don't make my sensitive skin act up.

    Thanks for following!

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  5. Hi!
    Found your lovely blog on Babycenter. You are so organized!

    Have a great day!
    Crystal
    http://kennedymomandwife.blogspot.com

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  6. Hi Crystal! Thanks for stopping by! :)

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