My Makeup and Nail Polish Storage Ideas & Inexpensive Alternatives

"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world." ~Marilyn Monroe

If you are anything like me you love to purchase new makeup and nail polishes and well it gets to the point where you have no more space to put them in or have no idea how to organize them so it is much more simple to find them. Well thanks to my wonderful husband my organizing and storage problem have been fixed. Well at least for now, because I know my collection will continue to grow and grow. Pictures are posted as well to give a visual of how I am storing my stuff. 

Does it look familiar? If you have any man in your household I am pretty sure you have seen them store nuts, bolts, nails, and other small items in this bin. Well this bin works perfectly for storing and organizing makeup and more! It comes with 40 slots and at the very bottom it has a full length drawer. The price for this particular storage container is very cheap and reasonable. My husband purchased this from Harbor Freight Tools for less than the sale price (he works there and gets employee discounts).

I have my eyeliners, travel size items, extra makeup I have, concealers, and even earrings stored in it. Not only is this keeping all my makeup organized but it is taking up less space in our bedroom. I have a specific way of keeping my stuff organized. I started off with my earrings. I hardly buy earrings that dangle and when I do I am kind of stumped on how to keep them stored, specially if they are feather earrings. So the top 5 slots have dangling earrings in them. I made sure to keep the backs of the earrings sticking out so they would not tangle or ruin an earring. 

The next couple of rows are used for my lip glosses, lip balms and lipsticks. The lip glosses I decided to put together by color. Color coding them makes it easy for me to find what I am looking for. The lipsticks are together by brands. I tried doing it by color as well but found that they would not fit so brand was easiest. I make sure the label with the name of the lipstick is facing outward so that I can see what I am looking for easier. 

Next are face product which include extra foundations, primers, travel size face products, and concealers. These are organized by category. Primers are first, followed by foundation, then concealers. Pretty much how I apply my makeup daily. 

Eye products are next. My primers, e.l.f. quads, M.A.C. eyeshadows, and false lashes are all in the same row. I like to have small eyeshadows or individual ones in the slots because it makes it easier for me to find. Eyelashes are something I hardly use but when I do I like it to be easy to find them.  

Finally eyeliners. I have them color coded as well and separated into categories. Pencils are together by color and liquids and gels are together by color as well. 

In the bottom drawer I have my fingernail tools, lash glue, and loose pigments. Once again makes it super easy for me to find what I am looking for.

Now onto the nail polishes. The container above was initially meant to be for my polishes. However, keeping my polishes on their side causes the polish to leak into the cap which then makes it impossible to open. So I had some empty woven baskets from the dollar store laying around. I had initially purchased these to use for gifts for my business but since I never did use them I decided to use them for my polishes. Once again all my polishes are color coded. I love the baskets because not only were they inexpensive, they are colorful, fit about 20 polishes (depending on width of ea/one), and they are small. 

Now for very inexpensive storage containers that you can use are shoe boxes. Shoe boxes can store your polishes and makeup. They are very inexpensive and you are also recycling. They also help you save space because you  can stack them up on each other. You can decorate the box to look a lot more presentable and neat and even add a cute label so that finding that specific product can be easier. All you need is some fabric, ribbon, markers, or even stickers. You can make it your own style and save space and money while doing so. 

Hope this helps out. Storing cosmetics should be easy, fun, and inexpensive so I hope this really helps out with that. Hope you guys have a fabulous day!!!!