Friday, January 17, 2014

updated organization (pic heavy)

hi guys! i'm so excited to present my melmers to you guys, which i got for xmas! melmers are actually 3-drawer cube units found at craft stores (like michaels, etc.) and they look like mini ikea helmers...thus melmer. at walmart, i bought a roll of foam shelf liners for the inside so that stuff won't go sliding around everywhere, as well as some acrylic bins to sort makeup into. ~Lin-chan ^.~

note: i don't really go into detail below about what each product is..unlike how i did last time.. if you wanna know what a particular item is just ask, otherwise i'm pretty sure you can pick out what most items are.

random note: the instructions in the melmer box said "easy assembly", but don't trust it. lol. you need two different sized phillips screw drivers and possibly a second person to help hold the pieces together while you place the screws in. also, there is only one correct side up because of the way the plastic shelf-rests sit inside. to keep the two melmers stabilized and stacked together, each box comes with a set of those cylindrical wooden 'pins'.

random sidenote: i mentioned in my last organization post that i probably wouldn't make another until we move..but we haven't moved yet; paul's still got about another two years or so left of school if we do move afterward..and i have about a year left.


the closet: my blue snapware container has the same random stuff in it as last time, and the mini green one still has my most-used/favorite polishes in it. (snapware containers from target, sterilite drawer unit from amazon--2pk)
 

melmers:
 
first drawer: hodge podge of eye and face products; second drawer: eye products
acrylic bins from walmart

 
third drawer: palettes & lipsticks; z palettes
when i get a chance to review the em michelle phan life palette moments, they'll migrate into that half-empty palette.
not sure what i'll do to keep all of her blushes together though...hmmmm...

  
fourth drawer: treatments, base coats, top coats, other nail implements
fifth & sixth drawers: nail polish

sterilite drawer unit:
first drawer: uninteresting closet stuff -- lint rollers, fashion tape, etc.

  
second drawer: lippies; third drawer: random stuff, empty unii and z palettes; fourth drawer: lush stuff, brush holders, random stuff
mesh utensil organizer from bed bath & beyond


the bedroom:

acrylic lipstick holder from the container store, mesh mail sorter from target, 1x/5x mirror from bed bath & beyond


pro z palette


the bathroom:
 
3-drawer acrylic container from the container store. the top left drawer is my everyday makeup, and the other two have items if i want a change-up.
caboodle tray & mesh cup from target, vase/pot was from an edible arrangement

 
drawer (mesh bin from bed bath & beyond); 4U & large z palettes, unii palette

Thursday, December 26, 2013

xmas giftssssssss!



hi all! hope you had a good christmas! here are a few of the things i got.... ~Lin-chan ^.~

[swatch photos to come later.]

  • thirtyone gifts: free to be soft wallet in sea plaid and mini utility bin in black cross pop. my mom's friend had a thirtyone gifts party thing (like a tupperware party) a couple months back and she showed me the catalog..and, well, these are what i picked out. =P
  • why people live in new orleans...seems like a coffee table book. i'm not really sure how much reading this book'll get.......
  • saints blanket & mug set -- our pick from dirty santa

 
onyx, azurite green, purple garnet, taupe, rose gold; turbulent polish (2nd nail from the left)
  • wolf children dvd
  • baby squeezeits -- can't have enough of these for tube lip glosses!
  • benjabelle daisy brush tree in black
  • 3DS points card to get phoenix wright: dual destinies
  • the wet brush squirt
  • real techniques kabuki brush
  • formula x by sephora in turbulent
  • tarte stop & stare eyeliner set (skinny smolderEyes: onyx, azurite green, purple garnet; smolderEyes: taupe, rose gold; lights camera flashes mascara)
  • 21 drops quick fix gift set (headache, sleep, passion, & focus; from sephora)

  • em cosmetics: 
    1. holiday life: new year's countdown life palette moment (impressions/review)
    2. winter life: ice bunny life palette moment (impressions/review)
    3. ros gold waterliner
    4. the great cover up in light neutral/cool
    5. career life palette sampler -- girl in charge (impressions/review)

  • 2x recollections 3-drawer organizer cube--from michaels. these are also known as 'melmers' in the beauty/nail communities as an alternative to the ikea helmer. (sorry for the weird angled photo..too short to take the picture while standing on the floor, so i stood on the bed and took the pic upside-down and rotated it...) (see them in action, here)
  • cover for our kitchenaid stand mixer (from etsy: CoverMeCute)

queen vic, primrose hill picnic, fairy lights, teddy girl, fruit machine
  • divergent series boxed set
  • butter london the flash pack -- see a notd here

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