Okay, so I was wrong about the storm. I wasn’t wrong that this area didn’t get hit as hard as they were acting like it might – but I realize that’s mostly just luck. I feel terrible for the people who did get it bad and if I thought going to New York to help out would actually be helpful and not just add to the mess I would have been there already.
Instead I’ve been at home enjoying an impromptu vacation and playing with my new toys. As promised, I decided to conquer something from my Pinterest boards since I had the time and on Saturday I headed to Ikea with Betsy to finally fix my makeup situation once and for all.
When we last left my makeup, I had it on the Ikea chalkboard.
It worked, but I found that I still didn’t trust the magnets to hold everything – those Color Tattoo cream eyeshadows are ridiculously heavy so they never held up. Nothing by bareminerals ever stuck because the lids are rounded (I could have done them backwards but I wanted to be able to see the color). Of course my palettes (the little mac ones aside) were too big to hang too. And the lighting in my bathroom is awful so I don’t really like doing my makeup in the bathroom.
Which lead me to leave all my makeup in a travel bag and start doing my hair and makeup in the hallway of my little apartment.
Yes, I would sit on the floor because I never did get around to putting the mirror back up after I re-painted my walls. But it worked, which was why I knew when I saw this on MODG that I had to do it too. Amanda took it all a step further cause she’s more dedicated than me and pressed all her eyeshadows into identical containers but I’m happy with my stuff the way it is.
Here’s the beautiful and so inspired original version:
Instructions are at the original source on Ms. Tapioca’s blog. And here’s my finished product:
By finished I mean it’s kind of a work in progress. I still need to get a chair and a few more trays to go with it. I’m using my desk chair right now which is a perfect height but impractical to carry back and forth all day. But I like that I can include all my hair stuff in it as well (since my makeup collection now looks quite small).
As I use it I keep finding different things I want to add – a jar to hold Q-Tips, a jar for my hair brushes, and then a jar to hold all those eyeliners, lip glosses, and mascaras. I need a trashcan to go under it and some kind of lighting solution because the overhead light is bright (and better than my bathroom lighting) but makes weird shadows. And not everything fits neatly in the trays so I’m sure I’ll keep adjusting.
The other downside is that the table gets messy pretty fast so if you’re anything like me you might be happiest if you keep a set of glass wipes nearby.
But there you have it – a really easy and fun DIY project – not to mention how girly and indulgent it feels to have such an awesome makeup table! Now that I have it I’ve been spending a lot of time sitting there playing with my makeup and trying to follow along with tutorials on YouTube. My next task is to learn how to take a decent photograph of my own eye makeup because every time I try I fail miserably.
Did you get hit by the storm very much? Have you done any awesome projects (from Pinterest or not) lately?
My name is Kate. I'm a makeup and coffee addict (and total Jesus freak) fighting to lose over 100 pounds. But there's more to life than losing weight. This is where I try to balance it all - and hilarity ensues.
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Whoa! That is so cool, Kate! I’m especially enthralled by your Sephora-esque brush holder
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Thanks, Katie! If you have space for one I definitely recommend it because I love how it makes it easy to see which brush you’re grabbing and looks kind of fancy as well as being functional. I just grabbed some cheap glass beads and a square jar at the craft store but now I’m thinking it would be cute to use a Mason jar too.
That turned out fantastic! I’m impressed by your crafting skills.
We ended up without power for 26 hours since the transformer across the street from our apartment literally exploded on Monday. It was super frustrating since our block didn’t have power but all the building’s a street over did. We’re thankful nothing worse happened though!
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Thank you! It was really easy, that blog explained how to do all of it so it was really simple. I’m glad you have power back now! That sounds a little scary and definitely frustrating (I never understand how they rig up our power grids so stuff like that ends up happening, so weird).
I need to live closer to an Ikea. This looks great!
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Awesome! I need to do this. I currently sit on the floor in front of a mini ottoman from Target facing the window and prop a mirror up on my open laptop and spread all my products around me. One foot usually falls asleep by the end. Love your mirror too!
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