In which I organise my makeup collection

Just before Christmas I had a sudden urge to sort out and clean all my makeup out. It was previously cluttering up my dresser top and was stored in various cases and boxes and tubs. I emptied it all onto the floor of the living room and got to it… with the help of my friend Carla, who made me clear out stuff that I had had for too long…

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The extent of it, minus whatever is in various handbags

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Lippy (I rarely wear anything on my lips, so the whole lot is pretty redundant)

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Eye liners of varying colours…

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Mascara

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single eye shadows (un depotted) and various other eye things

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loose shadow

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Gel & liquid liners

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Highlighters. High Beam is still un opened, my lovely boy bought it for me a month or so ago. He knows how to make me happy!

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Primers & Foundations

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Blushers

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De potted eye shadows

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Lashes

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Assorted brushes (all in need of a clean)

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Palettes, most of the sleek ones, Naked (ha, who saw all the dramz about the naked2/prayforkelly on twitter/facebook, very lolz indeed) and a couple of rimmel ones

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I forgot what half the eyeliner colours were, I used to ALWAYS wear coloured eyeliner… now, black normally!

 

the final cut (I threw a fair few things away, go me!)

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Stuffed it all into this cosmetics case B&Q fold out tool box. Can’t promise it’ll stay this nice for long

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I kept my most used separately, for ease of access, along with brushes… that still need a clean!

If you want a closer look at anything/swatches let me know…

How do you store your make up?

18 thoughts on “In which I organise my makeup collection

  1. I have a mere fraction of what you have. It all fits in one moderate bag. I did chuck out some old stuff earlier this year. I have one foundation and am getting a bit angsty ecause it’s running low so I will need another but the one I have is a bit too dark and I hate buying new-to-me colours as they always turn out wrong. I’m such a wuss.

  2. Wow that’s a lot of make up!! πŸ™‚ I had a good sort out of mine over Christmas as well. Love having a spring clean. xx

    sweet monday

  3. Oh wow, you have tons of make-up! I thought my collection was big, haha. Although it’s expanding quite rapidly, and I need a sort out too. I store mine in a plastic drawer set, it’s got a drawer for each ‘type’ – face, lips, eyes, other, plus a brush holder at the top which is pretty useful. xx

  4. This is like my makeup collection.  I have SO MUCH STUFF and I hardly ever use any of it.  But I keep buying it!

    Mabel
    Mabel Time

  5. WOW that is a lot of make up! I now feel the need to clean out my make up box ( I have a similar tool box storage case).
    xx

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