| I store my lashes in a two layered cake which has room for 16 pairs. I am bad with throwing away lashes because until recently they were quite expensive here. Also when they come apart I like to use the individual lashes for other things like to accent the corners of my eyes or layer them.
So problem: too many old crappy lashes.
Solution:
Wash and clean off any dirt with make up remover. If the lashes have lost their shape, put them in very warm water and carefully bend back into shape.
Sort them all into pairs. Throw away anything that is broken, too damaged, un-cleanable or useless.
Clean out your storage area with damp paper towel and after it’s dry store them away again. DONE!
Problem:
Too many crappy shades of eyeshadow that I’m never ever going to use taking up space.
Solution:
Mixing and matching my own colours! For example, I have an unnatural number of blues and yellows in my collection. I really only need a couple of them… so I crushed them up and mixed them into green which I wear all the time.
Before…
After…
Also… I’m almost out of purple but I have lots of red/blue/white! So before:
After :D
Super fun to experiment with colours and if you don’t like the end result it’s a good excuse to chuck out colours you’ll never wear anyway :D
Problem:
I need some place to store lip sticks and glosses that isn’t just the shove-in-a-drawer solution. I hate not being able to find what I need at a glance. So I found this little wooden box that came with some bath salts I bought back when we had a bath and set to work with it using the same roses I’ve been painting on everything lately XD
Nail polishes at the ready…
Done!
I added a stripe of lace using a glue gun so the lip glosses didn’t slide out ^_^
And there you have it!
Very useful and easy to see everything!
Last problem for the day:
I can’t get any more lip gloss out of my favorite with the wand thing but I can see there’s lots more in there!
Solution:
This trick is an old one but just cut the sucker open and scoop it all into something else!
Even though I couldn’t get any out with the wand there was still this much left in my favorite gloss…
So that was what I managed in a night, once I’m finished over-hauling the bathroom I’ll make sure to take some photos of it all for you :D |
Is that Bourjois the really sparkly hot pink one? Number 21 or 23?? I used to wear that one all the time over my lipstick when I was at Qantas :)
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It’s super hot pink, it’s more berry-ish one I think it’s #23! Seriously one of the best lip glosses I’ve ever had! So worth the money :D
Go go Super Violet! gosh I wish i was in such a spree^^ btw, if you warm the gloss tube in some warm water for 15-30 mins it’ll turn more runny so you can just slide it out^^
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That’s a great idea too! I’ll try it out next time :D
That’s such a smart idea to mix and match your own colours if you’re not gonna wear some of them anyways! And I love that lip gloss storage, your paintings made it so pretty.
Heehee thank you! I love customising things but I most definitely like mixing my own colours!
this was a really interesting post! i’m the same, i tend to keep lots of my falsies and hardly ever chuck them out because i like to make use of them as individual lashes or whatnot :/ anyway, i liked how you mixed your eyeshadows and decorated your wooden storage box :) it’s so pretty
I’m really glad you enjoyed it ^_^ Thank you!
Your bathroom is still bigger than mine! and I’m sharing with 4 other people :s
What are the containers you put the lipgloss into? Empty eyeshadow cases?
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Oh wow! I hate sharing a bathroom >_< The containers were old mineral eyeshadow samples ^_^
go you! especially the lipgloss reminder struck, I should clearly do that.
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:D Thanks Charlie! I’m on a roll here, only half the bathroom is done!!
These are all so clever, doable, yet commonsense! Thanks for the tips, I will use these ideas:)
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:D No problems!
Especially love the lipstick holder :D
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waaaah, love that post :D!
your bathroom is so pretty, and everything is so super cleaned up and evrything :D !!! ~~
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Haha it doesn’t look like that any more XD I really need to clean it again! I’m glad you enjoyed!
You’ve heard me say this a billion times, but I’m going to say it again anyways .. YOU ARE AWESOME AND SO CREATIVE *-*! I think you might be one of the most creative people I know teheheh.
I would of never have thought about mixing eye shadows together ><" (not that I really have that many..)
Your bathroom looks so niceee now ^___^
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XD Thanks Melody!! I so need to clean my bathroom out again, I’m only half way!
you are genious !
I’m totally going to mix my old eyeshadows I never use~
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Do iiiit! It’s so much fun :D
You have a solution for everything XD
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Hahaha not everything yet but eventually *plots more cleaning madness*
AHHAAH I love that post you linked us!!! That’s exactly me T_T”
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Me too ;_;
Hay! Princess Violet!!
Thank you for your nice welcome back on my blog!! You’ve been doing LOOOOTS!! You literally blew my head off:D Just Love to read what amazing things you do all the time☆ And I hope you could invite me to one of your lovely tea parties one day:P
Love Minnie xxxx
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Hi Princess! It’s so wonderful to hear from you! I’ve moved to Melbourne now, if you ever visit I would love to have hot chocolate with you ^0^ I will make you a lovely tea party! Lots of love and hugs <3
Another trick for the wand lipgloss (I hate not getting it all, too!) is to put it in a cup of hot water to liquify the lipgloss, then pour it out into a new container and let it cool. Saves clumsy people like me from the danger of cutting oneself ;)
The eyeshadow idea is pretty rad! Mixing your own colors sounds fun :D
P.S. Not sure why but your feed stopped updating for me :/ It might be a temporary glitch, but I did not see this post on the feed – I found it via one of my friends’ blogrolls
Haha very good idea! The cutting can be a little dangerous >_< Mixing colours is seriously awesome, you should try it! Oh I'm not sure what happened with the feed sorry! It's still updating in mine, which program do you use to read? I'll look into it, thanks for letting me know!
Such great ideas! I love the mixing eyeshadows together and your cute makeup caddy ♥
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Uuuh , Nice idea with the eyeshadow! :) I too have too many eyeshadows I don’t use. I could mix a new favourite. ;P
Thanks for the tips!
No worries, I hope you give it a go!
Genius! That eyeshadow trick is brilliant! I have so many in the cupboard that I just don’t use, so I am totally going to try this. I’ve been feeling a need to get my bathroom overhauled too, just far to many things I don’t use anymore. You’re always such great motivation. :) xx
:D You should totally give it a try, make up party time!! I still need to do most of mine >_<
oh gosh that is so creative!! love how u mixed n matched useless colours. I have so much of those!
:D You should totally try it, it’s really fun to do :D
1) I’ve been cyber-stalking you for a few weeks and it’s been totally worth it! I found you via your fur collar tutorial and every time I come back I find more things I can learn from. Thank you so much!!
2) I’m really keen on this project. I have the same problem with little space, too much makeup, and trying to keep it clean (yay messy boyfriend!).
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Aww thanks so much Morganskye! You are so lovely to comment :D I’m really glad you found something useful here, keep up the cyber stalking XD
Oh, I love the lipstick holder! It’s so cute and such a creative use for an otherwise boring container. And I just LOVE the eyeshadows you mixed! You are so creative. I wish you could come and do my bathroom! ^____^
:D Thanks Katie! Haha that would be a fun day giving your bathroom a make over!