Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be doing an extreme declutter
and KonMari of my bedroom and ensuite as well. Now, I have three children and their closets
are all so clean and tidy, but when it comes to my own, I've left it in a complete mess
and I just keep putting it off. But now I really need to get all of my winter clothes
out and put all of my summer clothes away and have a good sort out of all of our toiletries.
We have so many products that it is just crazy. So today I'm going to be brutal and I really
hope this motivates you guys as well. If you like this video, give it a big thumbs up and
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This is what we're dealing with. All of these cupboards over here are mine. They are very
messy. I have not had a good clear out for about six months. So I just need to go through
anything I haven't worn, refold everything and just have a good sort out. Put some of
my summer things away. You can see some summery dresses there and then also sort out whatever
this is over here. My husband Matt, he's also got a wardrobe on this side of the room. This
is what it looks like and he is also going to have a good clear out as well.
Then if you come into our ensuite, we have so many products. It is a joke. We have both
worked in the beauty industry and we love to try new products and perfume and skincare
and makeup. If you come out to our vanity unit over here as well, I've got loads more
makeup and hairspray and everything on here. And there is also a drawer full of products
that I've either been sent or tried or gifted or samples. So we just need to sort it all
out really. Okay. So today I'm going to start out by clearing
out all of my products and toiletries and then I'm going to move on to my closet and
my wardrobe. If you don't know the Marie Kondo way of tidying or as it's also known as the
KonMari Method. Basically she recommends that you should focus on one category of things
at a time and basically take all of that category and have it in one big pile so that you can
see just how much of that, that you actually have. And then once you've done that, then
start sorting through it. Just that you pick up an item and think, does this spark joy
or is it useful? And if it's neither of those, then it's time to donate that or to get rid
of it. So I've taken everything out of that random
product drawer that I had and now everything off of our vanity unit. And I'm also just
going to give it a wipe down. This unit was so dusty and it's all glass. You can see there's
a glass top on it there. And also a mirror as well. So I used my glass cleaner to just
tidy this up and there was dust in some of the places I just haven't dusted in so long.
But yeah, that is everything on my bed now and now I just actually have to go through
it. I don't know about you, but I really struggled
to get rid of beauty products. One because I just love beauty products but also because
they can be really expensive and I always think, well what if I run out of that? What
if I need four of these? What if I decide I want like a really dark tan one day. Like
I just tend to hang on to everything. Even maybe lipstick colors that I probably deep
down know I'm never going to wear. So today I'm going to just be brutal. I've got two
boxes over there. One of stuff that I want to keep and one of things that are still good
that I'd like to donate to either the food bank or to friends because some of this stuff
is really nice. And while I'm doing this, I'm also going through
the use by dates on my products. You may not know this, but on every piece of makeup or
skincare or moisturizer bottle, there will be a little picture on the side of an open
pot and that pot will have a number on it. It might be 12 or 18 or six. And that's basically
the amount of months that you have to use that product from when you open it. So a lot
of my products I'd like to use within 18 months. So I'm just trying to check those and then
think how long have I actually had this for? And then chucking anything that is well out
of date. Now I'm in my ensuite and these are things
that I know I use every single day because they're on my shelf. So I have this little
lazy Susan. I've shared it before, I bought it on Amazon and if you get one, it just makes
sure that you measure it because you really want it to fit onto your shelves well. But
I love having it because it's not difficult to reach the products at the back anymore.
I can just twist it round and I find it so convenient.
But anyway, while I was in my ensuite, I also found this little like perspex box of makeup
and lots of it I hadn't worn for ages, so I went through that. I decided to put all
of my little perfume samples into this box and then I put all of my perspex makeup storage
into the dishwasher because some of them were really grubby just with makeup and bronzier
and fingerprints all over them. Now this is our under the sink storage, which
is just a really random place. It's got a few cleaning things, some Listerine and stuff
like that, but I decided to clear all of that out and I got two little gray boxes to put
all of my teeth whitening stuff into and kind of like group things into categories.
And these two gray boxes I also got from Poundland. I think they were two boxes for one pound,
so bit of a bargain. But I'm going to use these to put the things that I want to keep
in them, but I'm not actually using right now.
So I may already have a razor out but these are ones for when I run out or sometimes I'll
buy two for one on deodorant. So I'm going to put all the duplicates and things like
sun cream that I'm actually using right this minute and I'm going to store them under my
bed. This is a big a Gas Lift Bed and there was loads of rooms, but now that is my vanity
looking so much cleaner now I've sorted everything out.
These are our shelves. Matt also sorted his one out and he's got a little lazy Susan on
his. And this is my shelf now, which honestly looks so much cleaner. Yeah, it just feels
so much better that there's nothing on this window sill. And now I just have to tackle
my wardrobe. This has got really out of hand, as I said, I tend to do this at the change
of every season. But I feel like it's been a good six months since I've done this.
So again, I'm just going to do it in the Marie Kondo way. So I'm going to take everything
out of my drawers and just make a huge pile. And as I'm taking things out, you'll see I've
just given the drawers a bit of a wipe because there's a few like bits of dust and everything.
And then I'm just literally going to go through each thing and think about, do I really want
to keep this, do I really use this? Is this something that I will wear or have worn in
the last six months? And I'm making piles. One for gym wear, one for nightwear, one for
tee shirts and then one to be donated. Once I've gone through all the items, the
next step is to fold everything in the KonMari way of folding. If you don't know what this
is, it's really cool. She basically folds everything into these little parcels and then
you can line them up in your drawers so that at a glance you see every item of clothing
that you have and it makes it easier to choose. I actually really like this in the kids drawers
as well because even they can open up their T-shirt drawer and then choose what they want
to wear for the day as well. I don't think I'm folding it quite as well
as Marie Kondo herself would follow that. She follows them so tightly that they stand
up on their side, but pretty much I know that this is going to line up in my drawer and
look good and it's going to be so much more organized. And as you can see here, once I'm
done, there's so much more space in my drawer. Obviously I've got rid of a few things, but
also because everything's back to being folded like this, it looks a million times better.
So I'm just going to put all of that back and then tackle my hanging storage.
(singing).
So that is pretty much my hanging space done. I thought I would play you a little song there,
because I've been talking so much in this video. And I really like a mixture of both,
but I just never know if I should do more talking or if I should do more music.
And I really hope that this microphone is better. In my last couple of videos, people
have said that my voice sounded different and it was because I got a new microphone
and I must admit I even thought it sounded so much lower. So let me know if this one
is better because I definitely don't want to not sound like me.
But anyway, I've been brutal with my clothes. I have this one huge bag of things to donate
and that is everything looking so much nicer. I really hope you've enjoyed this video and
I'm feeling ... Just honestly I think this is so good for your mental health just to
have a really good clear out. My drawers are looking so much better. I have
these little Ikea drawer separators, so have my pants and my socks, my bras and then like
a running jersey. Then these, I just have so much more room in my actual drawers so
I could even maybe take a few things off of the hangers and fold them if I wanted to.
And then I've got my gym wear and my jammies in this one.
Yeah. Thank you so much for watching. Let me know what you think in the comments and
I will see you in my next video. Bye guys.