Made A Lipstick Holder!

 - So I've been on the lipstick kick I mentioned and had wanted a holder, but I'm trying to save money and I'd found a YouTube video where someone made one.   I was still a little torn between a pretty tiered acrylic one an maybe making one.  But when I saw the cotton/qtip holder things at the Dollar Tree today, I took it as a sign, since I didn't think I'd ever seen them in there before.

 So I dumped all the contents out and put them in ziplocks for use (840 qtips, 60 cotton squares, and 60 cotton balls) whenever I need them.  I tried picking those damn stickers off but they just wouldn't come off nicely, except for on like two.  Then I cut off the lids and hot glued them together.

I later also put clear packaging tape around them too since I don't trust that hot glue.   I intend to probably decorate the outside of these later on.

 - As you can see Leo wanted to help me.  But he didn't want to look at the camera.  He wasn't ready for his close up.

Six of these together should hold 96 lipsticks, four in each slot, I hadn't any problem (yet) fitting four in each slot.

- I swear I had more lipsticks than this.  I KNOW I do, I can even think of a certain one, two actually, but Idk where it is.  I swear this apartment just eats things when you're not looking.  It kind of made me sad to see how empty this is.   I almost only glued 4 together and then glued the other two together to maybe put other cosmetics in but I didn't.  Maybe I should have.  Although I'm sure I'll get a few more along the way and it'll slowly fill.  And in x amount of time you'll hear me complaining that I'm running out of room.

This last picture is the way it looks atm.  I do have a lipstick coming in the mail, and one in my purse I need to exchange.  So with the exception of two more, that's what I got for lipsticks, unless the other ones turn up.

Eyeshadow Storage...

- Got a new drawer liner, I am so in love with the pattern on it.

- This was mid process of organizing my eyeshadow drawers last night, my 3rd Melmer is all put together so I'm making one pretty much all for eyeshadows.   The one shown here on the right is for palettes, the left for singles.  I couldn't finish the left because I didn't have anymore dividers, and it's my older drawer you can see the old liner I had.

- This was how I left it last night, sorry my just the camera phone shot.

- The above shot was it after I added more dividers and tried to organize it up.   Looks like I'll either need to double up or start a 3rd drawer soon.  This also isn't all my shadows, my pigments aren't here nor my big palettes.

This drawer I just put together for now, with some newer lip stuff, I have like ten thousand lip glosses in other room this is kind of a just for now situation until my shadows need to take it over, but I thought maybe I'd get to use more of my newer glosses.

And then below is the shadows I took out and put into one of the purple drawers you see in this photo (pack of four at the dollar store) because these I will be depotting, I ordered a magnetic palette from TKB, as well as some stuff to press some shadows since I've been wanting to try.   I also have three palettes in mind I figure I'll depot too, 3 Maybelline's and one Covergirl.

Eye Shadow Drawer...

- I used one of my empty drawers in my Melmer for my eye shadows. I'm totally an eye shadow, lip gloss, and nail polish girl. I'd need another Melmer for all my lip glosses and eye liners, primers, mascaras though probably, and I really don't have the room for that right now, and then what would I do with my cute train cases if I did. But anyway, eye shadows, yay. Those damn Physicians Formula suck, they either have a rounded top or like a pyramid top, which do not stack, which was annoying, I actually don't have them all in there, I have some in a little cosmetic bag since they just don't play well with others.

- And just for fun. I went out shopping with Joe the other day, and I got this at Forever 21, she got one too but she couldn't make it corporate so she gave me hers too. I love it. I've been wearing it a lot lately. I have issues with my ear piercings so this is a really nice change.

You can either put the chain of spikes in front like this or behind the ear, I've rocked it both ways.

Untrieds...

- These are my current untrieds.  In the first picture you can see a Rimmel bottle next to the box which kind of helps show scale of how big the box is.  In the second picture I took an overhead shot to try and show how big the box was, and how far it goes back.

Entire Polish Collection.

Well not including base and top coats anyway.

I worked on this for five hours and my back is killing me.

Please ignore what I started deeming their colors after awhile I lost the ability to recognize colors lol I'd stare at the bottle trying to decide what color it was, kind of like when you stare at a word too long and it starts to look like it's spelled wrong.

My Polish Collection.

Added Liners.

- I took all my polishes out of the drawers and put in shelf liners that are grippy and will keep them from sliding.  Sorry for the camera phone picture just wanted to post one, you can see the liner in the blank space.  It was a really cool blue and I found it at the dollar store.  Yay.

I also got another drawer system today (Michael's has them on sale for buy one get one for a penny!) but we haven't put it together yet.

New Drawer System!

- I got this at Michael's it was mispriced and on sale so I got it for 18 dollars and it holds all my polish which kind of shocked me.  Anyone want to guess how many I have?  I just hope it doesn't collapse lol
I kept my crackles, stripers, base and top coats in my Ice Breakers display thing.  Then in the wicker basket I have my Konad stuff, nail stickers, glitters, etc.

Yay Nail Polish!

- The first two pictures are some of my nail polishes, but not all, I really need the Ikea Alex drawer system.

The last picture was my mini nail polish buying spree.  It totaled about 20 dollars or so I think, I found good deals.

Nail Polish Love...

-I'd bought more polishes and used some since my last photo so I took a new picture of my coffee table.  I've used all of my Crackles but I keep them out for future mani's.

And because I needed more *Wink* I bought the below at Payless Shoes, I forgot Payless sold cosmetics until I wait in the other day and saw some of it clearanced.   I figured that was a good way to try them out.

We Can't Stop Here, This Is Nail Polish Country!

The polish was Sally Hansen's blue crackle over a Sinful polish, the name escapes me atm, it was part of my birthday look.

100th Post.

 - I'd find a video for making your own display case which I decided to wing in making.  I have some before pictures I can;t get to upload atm so I'll have to post them at a later date with the video I'd found.   But this is what I made, it isn't perfect, but it's my first one.

And this is my 100th post, isn't that awesome?  Been doing this two and a half months now.  I just wish I had some more followers right now.

Nail Polish Collection...

 - Overflowing display case of nail polish, I went looking for another one today but they're totally out of them so now I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that.   Boo.  Sighs.

Mini Collection.

- This is just my smaller little train case of most of the current make up I've been rocking.   I decided to take it all out and put it back in nicely, who knows how long it'll even stay like this, probably til tonight when I go home, put on some new make up (I has samples to try) and then decide that I want a palette that's on the bottom.

The bottom picture is my eyeliners before I put them in (and some brushes off to the side - and a lipgloss by Wet N Wild I love).

But yea these posts are always fun and amusing.