7 years ago, I spent an entire summer in the US. When back, I had nearly a suitcase of drugstore makeup.
As years went by, I bought high end products (Chanel, Guerlain etc.) but being on a budget meant I had fewer and fewer makeup items. Fast forward to 2 years ago and my makeup "collection" was:
Liquid Foundation - Concealer - Powder - Single Eyeshadow - Blush. All items were MAC and I had exactly one of each (except the powder because I had a backup). In 5 years, I went through the extremes!
Now, I like to think of myself as being in a happy middle: I have a healthy makeup collection and I grow it by being very data-based and doing a lot of research on every product. Yet, I have slightly more than I would use everyday. I no longer have a single eyeshadow (it was MAC's Smut if you were wondering), I now own lipsticks in few different hues etc.
While I love playing and experimenting with different products on my time off, I truly have no time to rummage through all my products every morning when I'm running late to work (ya I'm not a morning person..)
The solution? The daily makeup tray/station.
This can be a little storage unit, a dedicated mini drawer, a tray, cake stand, what have you!
The idea is simple: you put your daily "face" in it so that at any given time if you have to do your makeup while the clock is ticking, you know you have all your most reached/current must-use items in one place readily accessible.
Note: we all have seen our fair share of makeup collection videos where the vloggers go like: " this is my foundation section, this is where i keep all concealers, this is all highlighters etc." but gurl, you don't want to open each drawer and pick one item from each section every-single-morning.
I still don't have the much coveted Muji acrylic storage - though very tempted to get one from one of my trips and lug it back home- so I used what I have and stashed as many as my everyday products in this acrylic unit:
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| My daily makeup storage - Acrylic |
What is on my daily makeup unit?
- My MAC mixing Palette -- because Ouga scared of germs..
- A MAC quad I made which has: "Pure Orange" skin corrector - brow filler - brow highlight and a color I pick each week
- MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC45
- MAC paintpot in "Indianwood" -- just my favorite thing everrr
- MAC fluidline in "Blitz & Glitz"
- Yves Rocher "Pure Light" liquid foundation -- I got this in a Bloomingbox
- MAC prolongwear concealer in NW40
- MAC Zoom Lash mascara -- a mini size I got in a holiday set
- 2 Revlon Lip Butters -- I love these, I plan on stocking up on them!!
- 4 MAC lipsticks in everyday wearable colors
Wow that's a mouthful! it's almost unvelievable that pretty much everything I need fits in that one small unit..I couldn't fit a blush in there though :(
I will still be on the hunt for more acrylic items.
The one in the picture was from Alpha 55, I went to get another one and they have been out of stock for so many months! I ended up buying a heart shape one but it is not as practical...
Meanwhile if you'd like to see my current makeup collection, here you go:
Stay Glamorous;
Love
Ouga
Love
Ouga
