HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR VANITY

Hey everyone!

Since last year I have talked about having my room renovated, I wanted a walk-in closet and a makeup area that is functional and I can maintain 'clutter free'. I have also picked up a lot of things from other beauty bloggers how they organize their vanity, and I just wanted to share with you guys tips on how to keep it all tidy and functional. The picture above is my ideal set-up.

#1 DE-CLUTTER

If you already have an existing vanity, and there is just too much products that you don't know where to put things in, the best way is to take everything out, this will help you have a 'fresh start' and that way you can sort it by:

• Make up that you use daily
• Back-ups
• Make up that you need to throw away or put away. - Remember makeup expires too.

#2  RULE OF 6 Vanity table, chair, drawers, mirror, containers, and trash bin. (That's 6) Vanity Table - Make sure that when you buy a vanity table its something that will maximize your space as well as gives you easy accessibility to things that you need. A rule of thumb "EVERYDAY MAKEUP ITEMS ARE STORED IN YOUR VANITY TABLE DRAWER".  

MALM Dressing Table IKEA

Photo Image from www.ikea.com

Vanity Chair - to choose chairs that are well cushioned and the ones with a back rest as to prevent lower back pain. 

 

HARRY Chair IKEA 

Drawers - What ever type of drawer you use, make sure that you categorize it according to their use (e.g. face drawer, eye drawer etc.) For this, I will use the ALEX CHEST DRAWER from IKEA as an example:

Alex Drawer 9 Units from IKEA

Photo Image from www.ikea.com

• 1st Drawer: Primers, bases, tinted moisturizers, lotions etc. (anything to prep my skin)
• 2nd Drawer: Foundations and Concealers
• 3rd Drawer: Blushes (creams, powders, tints etc.)
• 4th Drawer: Various powders (bronzers, highighters, MSFs)
• 5th Drawer: Various SMALL palettes
• 6th Drawer: Eyeshadow bases, mascaras, eye pencils, paint pots, shade sticks, brow products, gel liners etc.
• 7th Drawer: Various Lip products: Lipstick, Lipglosses, Lip balms etc.
• 8th Drawer: Bigger Palettes
• 9th Drawer: samples, brush belts, makeu tools, false eyelashes etc.

*Additional drawers, you can put bigger items like lotions, hair products, hair tools etc. 

Containers, Dividers, Holders etc. - For this one, I mainly get acrylic dividers for my vanity so that I can be able to organize everything inside the drawers. For the containers, I have an acrylic drawer on top of my vanity which I put all of the more expensive ones that I have (e.g. Muji or Clear Cube, but you can find dupes, they are everywhere! I RECOMMEND MISS BELLA she's on facebook! 

 

Acrylic Storage Drawer

Get this from Miss Bella PH (P1,800)

Photo Image from www.facebook.com/missbellaonline

 I also have with me an acrylic lipstick organizer and brush holder. For the brush holder I prefer the rotating ones unfortunately I was not able to find it, but more popularly, any nice looking coer and you put clear beads in them. I TOTALLY RECOMMEND MISS BELLA, she's on FACEBOOK! 

Acrylic Brush Holder with Beads

Get these from Miss Bella PH (P350)

Photo Image from www.facebook.com/missbellaonline

For my perfumes, I have an old frame turned into a glass tray or you could just totally buy a glass tray (lol), it looks clean, elegant and beautiful. It this:

 Mirrored Tray

Photo Image from www.silverandcrystalgallery.com

I couldn't find any link where you can buy one here in the Philippines, but a DIY video on how you can make one instead!  

DIY Glam Mirror ♥ Perfume Tray 

For nail polishes, a neat way to store it is putting it up on a wall like this: or have one that looks like this: 

Nail Polish Wall Rack

Photo Image from www.ebay.com

 

Acrylic Nail Polish Display

Photo Image from www.alibaba.com

Unfortunately, I could not find links to where to buy these here in the Philippines, but I just posted a DIY LINK instead! So you can make one, and I know you will have so much fun!

DIY Nail Polish Wall Rack
Easy Cheap DIY Nail Polish Rack
DIY Rotating Nail Polish & Jewelry Display EASY How To Make

Trash bin - I always keep two within my makeup area, one under my table an a tiny one on top of my vanity, so that when I'm sharpening my pencils or opening up new makeup I can easily grab it and throw it there.

 

This is such a cutie, its small and you can put it on top of your table. There are a lot of other cool designs, this is just for demonstration. LOL

Get this for only P126

Photo Image from www.apeximportsmarketing.com

 

IKEA FNISS Wastepaper basket

Get this for only P270 at www.sulit.com.ph

Photo Image from www.ikea.com

Mirror - In the illustration above, I situated the table right in front of the window, I just wanted more natural light. If you have a big mirror, I would still recommend a smaller mirror so that you don't have to lean forward and strain your back. I recommend the  CON AIR DOUBLE SIDED LIGHTED MAKEUP MIRROR.

 

Double-Sided Lighted Round Mirror

Model: BE150Z

Photo Image from www.conair.com

#3  DECORATE Just choose vanity accessories that will make your vanity visually appealing that would make you want to use that item and not waste it and just leave it sitting there, total waste. So, I pretty much covered everything, If you have questions, please feel free to comment down below or have other organizational ideas PLEASE share! CIAO! XOXO!