Hi everyone. I’m Alejandra from Alejandra.tv and in this video, I’m going to share with
you how I’m organizing all my makeup and all the stuff on my bathroom counter that
I use on a daily basis.
But first if you are looking to start getting organized, you can check out my free video
series on my website Alejandra.tv. There’s a link below. OK. So last year, I shared with
you my whole makeup cart that I had right here that had all of my makeup, my hair accessories
and then some of the things that I use when I’m getting read in the morning.
Since then, I loved that system. But I downsized my makeup collection and my hair stuff, got
rid of like probably half of the stuff. So I felt like I needed to change my system because
the cart just looked so empty and it was kind of bothering me.
So I’ve changed my systems and I’m going to share with you what I’ve done. So this
is my new makeup organizer that I’m using and it’s – I love it because it has – it’s
all together. It’s all very compact and it has nice drawers and so first let me just
explain. So the reason I downsized my makeup collection is because I felt like I had a
lot of stuff. I was holding on to it and I was using it on special occasions and I just
decided that I only wear – I pretty much wear the same makeup every single day if I
do wear makeup and there’s no point in saving things that I’m not going to – like saving
things that I use on such a rare occasion.
So I got rid of a lot of stuff and I just feel so much better after downsizing and just
really only holding on to what I really need and use. So this is the system. It’s this
– it’s actually a jewelry organizer. It’s made for jewelry but you can do makeup in
it like I’ve done here.
So I’ve categorized everything into brushes, face stuff, eyes, liners, cheeks, lips and
then specialty. Specialty is like stuff I wear on a special occasion like a big event
or something.
But basically, let me show you inside each drawer. So brushes, I just have four brushes.
Face stuff, just foundation, bronzer. Eyes, this is all like eye shadows. Liners, so eye
liners, lip liners and then mascara. Then for anything that – like this eyeliner loves
to – just like the cap always comes off and then like the eyeliner always leaks. Whenever
I bring it somewhere or I just leave it here after using it, I put it inside this little
baggie here. So it doesn’t spill.
You have cheeks, lips, and then specialty. So I really don’t have that much stuff.
I feel like half the drawers are empty. But now that there’s not that much stuff, like
it’s easy to open the drawer and close the drawer and it’s just easy to find exactly
what I’m looking for. Then I just labeled each thing with a nice, big clear label with
white font and now it just looks so beautiful.
So it hangs out right here on the side of this bathtub and you might be thinking, “Well,
doesn’t it get wet because of the bathtub?” It doesn’t get wet. It doesn’t get dusty
inside because it has drawers that kind of closes them off.
Ideally, I would have put it right here on the little table. But we are getting ready
to move and that got knocked off the priority list once we’ve decided to move. So that
didn’t happen.
Over here – so not everything can be a priority. Over here, I just have all of my hair accessories
like my hair bands, bobby pins, headbands, claws and stuff and everything. It just kind
of gets tossed inside here and yeah, I find it, grab it, throw it back in.
This hangs out up here and really, that is how I’m organizing all my makeup and hair
accessories now. So now, let me show you how I’m organizing all the stuff on top of my
bathroom counter.
OK. So over here, I had – I used to have a pretty basket and it had all the stuff I
use on a daily basis. I felt like everything was just getting tossed inside that basket
and it wasn’t staying very organized. It was functional but it wasn’t very organized.
So I found this. I switched this like six months ago when I did the whole makeup purge
and I love it. We’ve been using this for a while. It’s just a simple three-drawer
acrylic organizer that stays right here. It’s puttied down, so it doesn’t move and it
just has daily stuff, so like toothpaste, floss, face lotion, tweezers, scissors, matches
for the candle and then Mojo’s drawer has a toothbrush, her toothpaste, a comb, scissors
and then occasional stuff which is like – you know, like a Band-Aid. There are two makeup
things that didn’t fit in my makeup organizer. The drawers weren’t wide enough.
But anyway, it just stays right here. It’s closed off. It’s not going to get wet from
the sink right here. It’s not going to get dirty, dusty or anything and I puttied it
down so it doesn’t move or slide or anything. Then when we’re cleaning, we just clean
around the actual organizer and then every once in a while I will pick it up and clean
behind it.
But yeah, it’s just simple. It works. It’s out of the way. It’s clear. I can see what’s
inside and it’s awesome. It’s working. So I will put a link to this below. I will
put a link to my makeup organizer below and yeah, just wanted to share with you what we’re
doing in our bathroom to stay organized and keep things out of their way.
So I hope you enjoyed this video. If this is your first time watching any of my videos,
you can subscribe for more tips on getting organized or check out my website Alejandra.tv.
Thanks for watching and I will see you soon. Bye.