Mostly Organized Lately (How I Organize My Makeup)

How I Organize My Makeup

(and extreme product descriptions)

Please notice my arm in that mirror

Hey, y'all! I've been meaning to get around to publishing the various things in our house that I try to keep organized (possible post on those coming soon), but, due to some of them being ungodly unorganized, I got behind on my personal schedule and my posting schedule!


So, as always, I have to state that this post is as plain and simple as the title. It's how I organize my small makeup space next to our bed! To organize my makeup, I put it all on top of a table that I bought from Ikea for $55. I am by no means a beauty guru who owns a ton of makeup and has endless expertise on it all, but I do own enough that I need to have a table space for it.


Let's get to the note so cute mess that I had going on.

As you can see, everything was just kind of scattered across the table and not living inside of their respective homes (storage space). I'm a person that lives by a system that "everything has a place to go" and it needs to look as neat as possible. But, much like any other human, I can fall short in my cleaning schedule and things can get a little scattered from time to time. 

To make matters worse, I impulsively bought a few things from Mac, Ulta, Target, and Sephora the day before organizing and cleaning the desk. This definitely added to my tiny mess, and it left me scrambling to find storage for these things-this is when I realized I need to eventually buy more containers and storage space. 

If it makes it any better, I should point out that I bought a vanity tray on sale for $13.99 from Target-which is great for organization. The only shameful part is that I literally went into Target for a Sharpie. I went into Target for one Sharpie, y'all. What did I leave target with? I left with a faux marble clock, chalkboard jar, a chair, makeup brushes, a vanity tray, and the wrong Sharpie. Just let that sink in. 

Meanwhile, let's be proud that I did leave with something to declutter my makeup table-and that is all that matters in this post. Don't worry, I (falsely) justified everything that I bought on this Target run to my girlfriend. Because, that's what Target does to people. It makes you create random reasons why you must have that random item and then it leaves you stuck with a messy makeup table, unsure where to put all the things that you didn't need to buy.

Honestly, some of these pictures make the mess look way better than it did in person.

So, here it is! My coveted little space next to our bed that I constantly have to compromise on. I cherish my little table because it's my little space and I feel like I can really take on the day when I get ready at it. Honestly, I really use this table to write blog posts on and I do my makeup in the bathroom when I'm in a rush. But on a good day, catch me at this table before going to work or on a cute couple outing.

My most favorite part of the table? This drawer set. Refer to this picture throughout the post, as I describe the areas of the compartment.

I bought these sets of drawers separately from Marshalls. The top left area, lipstick area, and drawers 1-3 all came together. Drawers 4-7 came together in a separate box. Each set of drawers was around $15 from Marshalls. 

So, what's in each compartment? 

Top Left Area/Far Left Container

I use this area for all of my eyeliners, lipliners, and brow pencils. 

1. Mac Lip Pencil in the color Chestnut

2. Augenbrauen Stift Black Eyebrow Pencil 

3. Bella Piere Ebony Eyeliner

4. MAC Eyebrow Pencil in color Spiked

5. Marc Jacobs Highlighner Eyeliner Gel Pencil in color Blacquer

6. MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in color  Ms. Diva

7. MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in color Bittersweet

8. Kylie Jenner Lip Kit Lip Pencil in color Dolce K

9. Avon Eyeliner in color Jet Black

10. MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in color High Energy

11. NYX Lip Pencil in color Prune

12. NYX Lip Pencil in color Mahogany

*The liner before #10 was skipped accidentally. It's also by Marc Jacobs:  Fineliner Ultra-Skinny Gel Pencil in color Blacquer

1. Old School MAC Lipstick

2. L'Oreal Paris HIP Shine Struck Lip Gloss in Reserved (Discontinued) 

3. Victoria's Secret Lip Crayon in Undressed (Discontinued)

4. Victoria's Secrt Lip Crayon in Barely (Discontinued)

5. L'Oreal Paris HIP Shine Struck Liquid in Tainted (Discontinued)

6. Victoria's Secret Lip Crayon in Undressed (Discontinued)

7. Maybeline Mega Plus Volum' Mascara in Very Black

8. Victoria's Secret Lip Crayon in Undressed

9. Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Color Shine Gloss in Peek A Boo

10. Kylie Jenner Lip Kit in color Dolce K

11. NYX Lingerie in color Teddy

12. L'Oreal Paris HIP Shine Struck Lip Gloss in Reserved  (Same as #2)-Discontinued

A lot of these products were discontinued. And, honestly, that's my makeup luck. I find something that I really like and it is discontinued shortly after. When I get a feeling that a product is close to being discontinued (or the sales girl literally tells me they're already discontinued/won't be producing more), I get a little weird and I buy what's left of the entire stock. So, I own about 15+ of the Victoria's Secret Lip Crayons (they're in a separate storage container that I keep in my bathroom). I have a problem. I can't help it.

Top Drawer 

In my top drawer, I keep my powders and other compact cases:

1. Physician's Formula Bronze Booster from Medium to Dark

2. MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in C8

3. MAC Mineralize Blush in Gleeful

4. MAC Powder Blush in Format

Middle Drawer

1. MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle

2. MAC Powder Blush in Format (yes, I own multiples of things for no real reason)

3. Milani Baked Bronzer in Soleil

4. Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Midnight Cowboy (This came as a free birthday gift from Ulta)

5. Brow Art 23 Brow Definer in Dark Brown (I purchased this out of sheer peer pressure from the lady who threaded my brows that day-she was really persuasive. I went to Brow Art 23 as an emergency stop since I couldn't make it to my usual brow place that day).

1. Maybelline Glaze Glisten Blush Stick in Make A Mauve

2. Bellapierre Shimmer Powder Eyeshadow in Bronze

3. Bellapierre Shimmer Powder Eyeshadow in Diligence

4. BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfecto in Topaz

5. MAC Mineralize SkinFinish Powder in Dark

6. I honestly think I bought this in a concealer emergency during a layover once. I never use it. It just takes up space. 

7. Maybelline Fit Me! Concealer in Deep Fonce

Brow Drawer

1. Anastia Beverly Hills DipBrow Pomade in Dark Brown

2. MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC45 

3. Benefit highbeam 

4. Benefit Brow Glow in Champagne 

5. Brow Stylist Eyebrow Pencil in Darker Brown

6. Benefit Gimme Brow Gel in Medium/Deep

It is extremely safe to say that I clearly trust Benefit Cosmetics for a good bit of my eyebrow routine. 

 I can't remember the last time that I used anything from my "junk drawer", so I won't reference the things that are in it. However, here's a picture! 

Lower Drawer

1. Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

2. Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser 

3. Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Mascara 

4. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine in Vanilla Mint

5. Too Faced Melted Liquified Lipstick in Chocolate

6.  Too Faced Melted Liquified Lipstick in Milkshake

7. NYX Color Correcting Concealer

8. Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin

9. Clinique Chapstick

10. Glazed Lip Paint

11. Fit Me! shine free concealer stick in coconut

Bottom Drawer

I can't actually break down the products in this drawer. But the key products that I use in here are:

1. MAC Paint Pot Cream Eyeshadow in IndianWood

11. Vitamin E stick

13. Clinique Eyelash Primer

The other unlisted items are from Clinique, Revlon, NYX, Victoria's Secret, Almay, and Maybelline

I will explain the Gold  Tier Cart in my Makeup Routine Post-since almost all of my go to products are on here.

Everything else pretty much gets thrown onto that Gold Tier Cart (next to the drawer set). On the top shelf of the mini cart, I store my Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in Sandal Wood, Too Faced Foundation, Tartelette in Bloom Eyeshadow Palette, and the Naked 1-3 palettes.

On the middle shelf: 

 Kat Von D Shade Light Kit, NYX Wonder Stick, Extra Box of Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in Sandal Wood, NYX Highlighter and Contour DUO, extra boxes of Lip Pencils and Lipstick, 

Bottom Shelf:

Contact solution, pencil sharpener, perfume, Too Faced Natural Eye eyeshadow palette, MAC eyeshadow palette, Eyelash Curler

Various Blending Sponges sit in front of the cart

Makeup brushes are in the containers to the right of the drawers and cart

Taa-Da!

Basically, this is how I do it! It's not some complex system, but I do believe that everything has its home! I hope this was helpful in some way, and gave a few extra tips for all the product lovers out there. I actually didn't intend for this post to be so detailed with the products, but I thought that'd give a better visual on what exactly  fits into the containers. Feel free to comment and let me know of other organization methods and containers that work for you guys!

Stay beautiful!