My Makeup Collection & Storage

Hey dolls & Gents !
My favorite videos to watch are about makeup organization.
To me nothing looks neater than an organized vanity where you know exactly where to find each item.
There are 3 benefits to keeping makeup organized:

1. You never loose items and end up buying replacements because everything has its designated spot
2. You shop more efficiently because you have a visual of everything you have in one place. For example, when I am browsing a shop, I see a cream I like and then I look at my cream section and see I have enough so I skip... or the opposite, I see that the only eye cream I have is the one I'm using currently and a sample size, so I can go ahead and order an eye cream (or 2)
3. Seeing what I have means I remember to use it. I don't open everything at once, but I do maintain a healthy rotation for products

I like the size of my collection and the fact that every month, I have empties - including in makeup. I don't see myself having one of those Ikea Alex drawers. And even if being a beauty & lifestyle youtuber means I get invited to events and get the odd mascara and hand cream, having such an organized vanity means I know immediately where the additions fit: top of vanity, extras or gifts.
Watch how I organize my makeup here:

Below the details of all my storage items, where to buy them and alternate stores to buy.

- Vanity: From Mobilia store in Morocco 1490 Dhs
- Decoration cubes: From Mr. Bricolage in Morocco 299 dhs I think (you can also buy them in Alpha 55)
- Acrylic drawers: Muji France or USA
- Acrylic containers for makeup and brushes: Alpha 55 in Casablanca from the bathroom section around 65 dhs I think
- Acrylic containers inside drawers: Alpha 55 from the kitchen section
- Acrylic lipstick container: The container store USA, but you can find similar ones in Mr. Bricolage
- Plastic containers inside drawers: Alpha 55 from Kitchen section or Marjane hypermarket
- Baskets under vanity: Alpha 55 around 59dhs each
- Nail polish holders: The container store USA, but you can find similar ones in Mr. Bricolage. Also available at Alpha 55 according to a lovely subbie

 ♥ Stay Glamorous ♥

Daily Makeup Tray

Hello Glammies!

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:

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

Prix des Produits MAC au Maroc: Produits Yeux

Hello les Glammies !!

Comme vous le savez je suis une fidèle utilisatrice des produits MAC

Quand la boutique MAC a ouvert ses portes au Morocco Mall de Casablanca, j’ai cherché sur le net les prix des différents produits mais je n’ai rien trouvé sur les prix au Maroc.

Donc j’ai décidé de compiler une liste des prix MAC au Maroc dans une série de posts.

Aujourd’hui, voici les prix des produits pour yeux :

·         Fard à Paupières individuel : 190 dhs

·         Fard à paupière recharge : 140 dhs

·         Palette vide 2 fards à paupière: Je ne sais pas encore

·         Palette vide 4 fards à paupière:  70 dhs

·         Palette vide 15 fards à paupière : 150 dhs

(Si tu comptes acheter plusieurs fàp de chez MAC ; c’est intéressant d’acheter les palette vides et de les remplir avec des fards à paupières en recharge car on économise 40dhs à chaque fois !)

·         Les correcteurs/cache cernes sont à 190 dhs (le mineralize est à 220 Dhs)

·         Pigments et Glitters : 240 dhs

·         Les mascaras sont entre 220 dhs et 250 dhs

·         Fluidline (Gel eyeliner) : 200 dhs

·         Paintpot (base crème pour fards à paupières) : 190 dhs

·         Crayon Khol : 160 dhs

·         Crayon Sourcils : 160 dhs

·         Crayon chromagraphic (à mine tendre) : 170 dhs

·         Faux Cils : 140 dhs

·         Colle pour faux cils : 110 dhs

Voilà, maintenant vous avez la liste des prix des produits MAC authentiques* en vente dans la seule boutique officielle MAC au Maroc.

 *attention ! plusieurs parfumeries vendent des produits estampillés MAC (ou même pas) qui sont des contrefaçons. Ces produits sous-standards sont fabriqués dans je ne sais quelles conditions

How to put makeup on top of a popped pimple?

Hey Dolls

We all have them… those days when you wake up with a pimple the size of Alabama.

Well I had been going through a stressful time and besides tummy woes and loss of sleep,  I also knew I’d have a few zits to decorate my face.

I was a very good girl. Didn’t tamper with my face, but the pimple was getting bigger by the day and finally it popped by itself (great visual here right?)

I wanted to share with you a little trick to still wear makeup with a popped zit.

Liquid bandaid!

I just apply a little bit of liquid bandaid to the pimple to seal it, let it dry and then put some concealer on top of it. The makeup application goes on very smooth, and the pimple heals with no pigmentation.

 

Les beauties,
je veux partager avec vous une astuce pour pouvoir se maquiller par-dessus un bouton percé (sexy non ?)J’ai eu pas mal de stress ces derniers jours et ma peau y a réagit en décorant mon visage de spots rouges !J’ai été très sage et je n’ai pas tripoté mes boutons mais à un moment ils mûrissent et restent exposés.Maintenant que je vous ai bien écœurés, passons aux choses sérieuses : j’utilise un pansement liquide.Le type de pansement qu’on utilise pour les égratinures ? oui exactement ça. J’en mets un peu sur mon bouton, puis j’applique un cache-cernes ou correcteur et je continue mon maquillage normal.Ça empêche le bouton d’enfler et s’inflammer Alors n’est-ce pas une bonne astuce ça ?

Review: MAC Zoom Lash Mascara

Hey bunnies!
My trusty MAC X mascara finally dried out and so I looked in my backup mascara stash and found a small one by MAC called Zoom Lash mascara.
I put it in my work makeup bag but only used it at work when I was in a hurry for a meeting.

MAC Zoom Lash

Après plusieurs mois d'utilisation (oui je sais, mais je ne jette pas mon mascara tant qu'il est bon), mon mascara X de chez MAC s'est désseché. En général, j'ai un petit panier avec les produits de secours, donc j'ai sorti mon petit Zoom Lash de chez MAC et je l'ai mis dans ma trousse maquillage boulot.

Zoom Lash mascara wand

At first, I hated it, didn't like how the wand was depositing too much product. But few seconds later, I saw that it was building up my lashes!
My lashes looked fuller and longer, and the best part is that I could add layers to build up the volume I want.
The skinny long wand also worked for my lower lashes which never happens with other mascaras as they smudge.

Zoom Lash mascara

A premier abord, je n'ai pas aimé ce produit, je trouvais que la brosse déposait trop de produits sur mes cils.. mais quelques secondes après j'ai vu que l'effet était très beau! En plus, je pouvais avoir plus de volume en ajoutant une autre couche de mascara.

Cette brosse est fine et longue, donc j'ai pu l'utiliser sur mes cils inférieurs sans soucis. 

I am happy with this mascara and will be using it for the next weeks.

Verdict: Je continue à utiliser ce mascara les prochaines semaines :) 

No Mascara

Project Vanity -- Part 1

Hey loves!

I have always dreamed of having my own makeup corner/ diva station / boudoir, you name it!
After moving to my apartment, I decided to have a princess-like vanity.
It turned out there are basically no vanity tables sold in Morocco and after looking for several months I decided I will have one custom made.
But having a beauty corner is not only about having a pretty table. There is a plethora of little feminine touches or organization items that I would need.
So I decided to document my journey setting up my vanity corner, and promised my Youtube subscribers that once I hit 15,000 channel views, I will do a vanity tour..the clock is ticking at nearly 10k views but I am on track to get my vanity project done, one item at a time.

J'ai toujours rêvé d'avoir un petit boudoir pour me faire une beauté. Le jours où j'ai déménagé dans mon appartement, j'étais décidée à avoir un coin beauté. Malheureusement, plusieurs mois de recherches infructueuses m'ont confirmé qu'il est quasi-impossible d'acheter une coiffeuse au Maroc. Alors, j'ai décidé de m'en faire faire une.

N'empêche qu'avoir un coin beauté ne se résume pas à avoir une coiffeuse. Ce sont plein de petites touches féminines et pratiques qui font de la mise en beauté une expérience à part. C'est ainsi que j'ai commencé mon "Project Vanity" où j'ai promis à mes abonnés Youtube de faire une vidéo sur mon coin beauté. Cette vidéo sera publié quand ma chaîne aura atteint 15,000 vues, et je suis déjà à 10,000! Donc je vous montre au fur et à mesure ce que j'ai pris pour aménager mon coin beauté.

Step 1: Everyday Makeup
I bought some inexpensive acrylic storage for my everyday items. It was a pain finding these knickknacks but I'm happy with them. see my post on everyday makeup storage.

J'ai pris des boites de rangements et des pots en acrylique pour ranger mon maquillage de tous les jours (voir post précédent).

Step 2: DIY brush holder

I have watched enough YT videos to know that a beads brush holder is a must and looks super cute. But the beads were to find nowhere and I wasn't happy with the vases in stores. Until I finally found the perfect vase for me and did a quick video showing where I got the items from and what my brush holder looked like. So cute!!

Ensuite, je me suis inspirée de plusieures vidéos sur Youtube pour finalement faire mon vase porte-pinceaux dans la vidéo ci-dessous.

Step 3: a Moroccan Touch

I decided that in true Moroccan fashion, I will make sure to introduce Moroccan touches whenever possible, so I got some cute bottles to store my lotions & potions, and a nice traditional silver tray to hold my perfumes.. which for now sits on a tiny stool.

Pour garder la touche Marocaine, j'ai décidé de mettre mes produits liquides dans d'adorables bouteilles artisanales que j'ai acheté dans la médina de Marrakech. Je vais probablement ajouter d'autres objets argentés.

Tabletop magnifying mirror

Step 4: a tabletop Mirror
A funny anecdote is that I spent quite some time with no mirror in my apartment. Whenever I wasn't sure about an outfit, I had to run to the elevator, check myself out and go back to my place hahah good times.
Anyway, I did buy few cheap mirrors but for applying makeup, I needed a magnifying one especially for when I'm not wearing my glasses. So ended up getting one from Alpha 55.

Je suis restée plusieurs semaines sans miroir et je me regardais dans la glace de l'ascenseur haha. Heureusement ces temps sont révolus, j'ai acheté des miroirs et surtout un petit miroir tout beau pour ma coiffeuse. De chez Alpha 55

For now, these were the items I got to get by while waiting to finally have a vanity table where all my makeup and skincare can live happily.

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