Organized beauty is the Best!

Hello!
 Today I wanted to share an organizing tip I came across on Pinterest (you can follow me, my button is right over there to the right :) Right under my Facebook link...  I have an awesome board called Bad A$$ Beauty)  Anywhoo... my point is that The Beauty Department, showed this idea below for organizing and identifying your polishes:

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So I wanted to get started right away but I didn't have any of those little white stickers around the house, but I did have some holiday label stickers laying around that somehow don't "match" my giant wrapping paper collection, but they sure would work for polish stickers:

 

 

See they work great!

 

So I painted a strip of polish, then I cut them out in strips to stick on polish bottles - the thing they didn't account for in the Beauty Dept version is the fact that a lot of brands have a raised emblem on the top - look at your OPI, China Glaze & old essie bottle had an "e" so a little circle punch wouldn't stick.  By cutting a strip I can make sure it will stay where I want it!  Here is a picture of the first box full of "tagged" polishes. 

 

My Orly polishes aren't tagged because they are my primer, bottom coat, top coat etc...  I haven't decided how I am going to organize the lot of them - so I started an Excel spreadsheet to see what exactly I have.  I'm noticing A LOT of pink already, but I also found some gems I forgot about and some items I need to throw away!  All in all I think this is a great idea and great busy work while I'm catching up on "Revenge".

 

Do you have any great organizing tips?

 

Jasmine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautifully Crafty

Hello:
After making dinner one night I asked my boyfriend to take the Dremmel to some aluminum cans and smooth out the lip as I had a project in mind. (Beauty related of course).

So now I had my smoothed out cans with no sharp edges (you seriously need to have the edges sanded or you will cut yourself - Seriously, this I know).  I also had some pretty papers and my handy ruler mat and sharp scissors. 

Oh, and my craft glue...

And a little measuring, cutting and gluing later, I had some lovely new organizing containers for my short eyeliners, tall eyeliners and lipliners - yea!  Cost under $1.00 :)

So there you have it - Beautifully crafty I think ;)

Jasmine

Not only amy I wildly beautiful... but I am CRAFTY!

Hello!

I have always been crafty in a couple of senses of the word.  Like I'm crafty like a fox, I look for the angle on things and try to come up with unusual solutions if need be.  And then I'm Crafty like Martha Stewart - big time.  I am an avid quilter, I do needlework, I make jewelry and I sew bags and things.  So what does this rant have to do with the world of beauty junkies.  I needed to craft up some storage ideas for my makeup collection!  I saw the idea on Pinterest (which is the best waste of time ever), and decided I needed to make my own MAGNETIC MAKEUP BOARD.

Source: curbly.com via Angela on Pinterest

 This is what you need:
1) Old frame that can still hold in the glass plate
2) Sandpaper
3) Paint in your choice of color (acrylic craft paint works well) and a sealer
4) Paint brush
5) Sheet metal cut to fit in frame
6) Spray Adhesive
7) Fabric of your choice
8) Sticky back magnets (it usually comes in a roll)

Ok - so I went thrifting and found a large frame with a hideous picture inside for $4.  I took sthe picture out and measured it.  I had my man friend cut the piece of sheet metal to fit inside the frame using the old picture as a template.  Be careful cutting and handling sheet metal - it's sharp! I then I cut the fabric to fit the piece of sheet metal with just a teensy (like 1/8 inch) extra around the edge.  I used spray adhesive to adhere the fabric to the metal and then sanded the frame so I could paint it.
Here is the frame pre-paintjob:

The gold foil frame is actually not bad but I wanted PINK - like Barbie pink :)
So I layed out a protective surface and just painted two twin coats on.

Pretty!

 

Next I put the metal with the fabric on it into the frame and secured it in place.  And it looked like this:

For some reason the pink frame looks different in every picture - I am not a good photographer.

Sweet Barbie fabric right!?!  My Makeup desk/closet is all white, black and pink so this was just right.  Then I just started going thru my eyeshadows and choosing the ones that I can see the color thru the lid and I put magnets on the back and Wa-Lah- stuck them to the board and now they are easily accesible and take up no counter space.  Not bad for $4!

I also "distressed" the frame a bit because I like the gold coming thru.  I ran out of magnets, but this is a great start.  Please feel free to ask any questions if you want to make your own and I wasn't clear!

Keepin it Crafty,
Jasmine
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