Beauty Addict? Here’s How To Organize Your Massive Make Up Collection

Isn’t makeup a wonderful thing? It can smooth over an imperfect complexion, brighten up those tired shadows under your eyes, give your cheeks a healthy glow and make your lips look soft and kissable. Whether you want to look glamorous and sultry with a dramatic smoky eye or simply add a fresh-faced glow with some sheer eye shadow – putting on makeup can really enhance your look.

It’s so much fun to play with different color schemes and techniques, which is why many make-up lovers end up with dozens of lip glosses, eye shadows, eye liners, eye brow pencils, blushers and much more. It’s so easy to just grab a new shade while exploring the makeup aisle at the store or while shopping for makeup on specialist online stores, but what happens when you have so many cosmetics that it’s difficult to store them all? When your bathroom starts to overflow with bronzer brushes, mascara and bottles of foundation – it’s time to start thinking about organizing your makeup.

Keeping your makeup organized has a number of advantages. First of all, when you are scrambling to get ready in the morning you will be able to find everything more easily, so you won’t waste valuable seconds looking for your raspberry lip gloss. Secondly, organizing your makeup collection will help you to find those old products that have expired and need throwing out – so that you are not putting ancient and yucky powder on your face.

Makeup Organizing Tips

Here are some tips to keep in mind for organizing your makeup collection:

• The next step is to get rid of the makeup that is expired. For example, you should throw away your eye shadow after six months – especially if you use your finger to apply it. It can build up bacteria, which can be dangerous to place near your eyes.
• Once you have gotten rid of all the bad, expired and broken makeup, the next step is to separate everything into categories. For example, lipsticks together, eye shadows together, etc.
• One option is to use a hanging makeup organizer, which has a number of clear pockets in which you can place your beauty products.
• You could also use drawer dividers, such as you would use in the kitchen for storing forks, spoons and knives. They work really well for separating mascara, lip gloss, etc.
• It is also important to keep your makeup away from direct sunlight, as this can cause your lipsticks to melt and damage your products.
• If you have a few makeup items that constitute your “daily look” such as your favorite mascara, eye shadow and foundation – you could keep them in their own accessible container so that you can access them quickly and easily. Your other makeup can be saved for a special occasion.

These are just a few tips to keep in mind for organizing your makeup, so that you can make the most of your collection and save yourself time and hassle when you are putting on your face.