Temporary Make up Storage

I've never had a nice, organised way to store my makeup, but as my collection has steadily grown over the year, I've wanted to find a way to get it all organised, making it easier to find products etc.

I picked up three of the little white drawers pictured above for £1.99 each. Even though I'm okay with the way it looks for now, I know I'm going to have to change my set up very soon.

One because all the drawers are full and I still have a bunch of stuff I need to store away! 

and two because I don't like them very much! I picked them up without thinking about it much... big mistake.

So, I guess this is my new 'temporary' make up storage. I have to say...It's much better than having everything just piled into a shoe box!

That was a nightmare!

On top of the mini drawers, I keep products that I use alot but can't fit in the drawers on the left. My brushes are in the middle, and all my nails inc. nail polishes on the right.

The first drawer on the left contains mainly face/base products. The first section has all my bare minerals products, the middle sections has bronzers, concealers and a tinted moisturiser, and the last section has cheek products in it.

The middle drawer contains eye products. the first and middle section house my eye shadows, eye bases, eye pencils, eye liners and pigments. The last section contains mascaras.

The last draw on the right contains mainly lip products. The first section consists on lipsticks, the middle sections consists on lipglosses and the last section contains palettes and random items that couldn't fit any where else!

Like I said, these drawers don't hold all of my makeup, so I've just stored items that I use.

I would really like it if you could link me to your make up storage posts if you've done any, so I can get ideas on how to next store my makeup  :)

Rosa x

New Nail Polish Storage

i have been looking for a new way to store my nails inc. nail polishes for a while now, and have finally found a way that i like. whilst having a massive clear out i came across an old jewellery box that i'd forgotten i owned. i took the drawers, and used them as part of my makeup storage and then used the rest of the jewellery box as a small shelf for my nail polishes.

it has three layers, so I've tried to split the colours into three categories:
neutral
pinks and reds
and darker shades

NEUTRALS
PINKS AND REDS
DARKER SHADES
what do you think?
how do you store your nail polishes?

My favourite products of 2009 - part I

NAILS

L-R - chester place, jermyn street, victoria

HAIR

L-R: hairspray by tresemme, ojon hair serum, lee stafford day after spray

FACE

L-R: pure facial wash by Garnier, johnson's moisturiser, triple action lotion by Neutrogena... just an additional, when i put pure lemon juice on my face it did me wonders! it really cleared up my skin and evened out my skin tone

there were loads more products that i wanted to include, but the list would have gone on and on, so i stuck to three (four for face) for each category. I'll do a separate post for my make up favourite soon.

what have you loved using this year?

Kings Road

kings road by nails inc. is quickly becoming one of my favourite nail polishes. i painted my nails with it yesterday and i cannot stop looking at my hands. it's a lovely light lilac shade that leaves a intense glossy finish!

i must admit, i was quiet surprised when i found myself liking this nail varnish because i do prefer darker nail colours and just generally feel that darker colour look nicer on my hands/nails. i do own quiet a few light shades but never seem to reach for them, especially in the winter, but i love love love this colour and think it compliments my skin tone perfectly!

have you ever been surprised by a nail colour?

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Products i'm using right now!

I'd be lying if i said i had been tagged to do this, because i haven't. :( but i wanted to do it, so i hope you don't mind but here goes...

Shampoo & Conditioner: Ojon hydrating shampoo and conditioner

Shower Gel: Imperial Leather Japanese Spa foamburst shower gel

Body moisturiser: Palmers cocoa butter

Deodorant: Sure Crystal

Fake Tan: i don't use fake tan

Cleanser and Toner: Neutrogena triple action 2 in 1 cleaner and toner

Exfoliator: Clean and clear daily exfoliating scrub

Primer: Laura Geller spackle

Foundation: Bare Minerals

Foundation brush: my fingers!

Concealer: Max Factor Concealer Stick... please recommend a new concealer to me, i want to try something that really works!

Powder: Bare Minerals mineral veil

Bronzer: it changes all the time, but at the moments it's benefit hoola again

Highlighter: Smashbox highlighting quad in smashing reel

Eyeshadow base: MAC paint pot in bare studyEyeshadow: MAC Sable

Eyeliner: Avon perfect wear liquid liner

Mascara: I'm loving Avon Supershock mascara at the moment (it's my product of the week:)

Lipstick: Revlon matte lipstick in Nude Attitude

Lipgloss: Revlon super lustrous lipgloss in shocking spice

Nail Colour: Nails Inc - Kings Road

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My new nail polishes

a parcel arrived in the post with my name on it today.... i had ordered some nails inc. nail varnishes to add to my growing collection.

this is all the nails. inc nail polishes i own

i certainly didn't need anymore but i couldn't resist, especially considering the price i got them for. i ordered the new winter metallics collection which are all pretty dark colours and i just thought well if there upcoming winter colours, why not...


on the nails inc. website this collection retails for £20.00, but i got it for 40% off (so £12). on top of that, the lilac colour on the left was free. so for all five i only paid £12... pretty good i think, considering that one bottle alone retails for £10.50 in nails inc. salons :)

i like nails inc. because what you see in the bottle is what you get on the nail.. here's what they look like...
















there all quite dark and I'm not to sure about the green... but I'm sure I'll still wear it. my favourite is definitely the antique gold colour.
like I've mentioned in a previous post (here) one thing i love about nails inc. nail polishes are the names. each colour is named after a street in London..



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Review: Nails Inc.

i own a few bottles of nails inc. nail polishes and so thought i should do a review on them. nails inc. is a high end nail polish brand in the UK and each bottle retails for around £10.50. however, iv never paid that much for any of mine. they have previously been given away as free gift with magazines such as InStyle and Glamour and i have also purchased a collection from QVC. (if your interested in trying out or buying more nails inc. nail polishes, i would seriously recommend buying them from QVC as sell then for much lower prices).

so this is my collection:

from left to right: kensington cavier top coat, kensington cavier base coat, InStyle Coral, Brompton Place, Sloane Mews, InStyle Bare, Jermyn Street, Chester Place, Eaton Mews, Dover Street Market, Victoria and Chesham Place.

one thing i do love about these nails polishes is the names! there all named after streets in London, i love it.

i used the top and base coat when i can be bothered, but i do like these two products. the top coat does add extra shine and allows the colour intensity to last for longer.

i usually apply two coats of the nail polish and it lasts for ages! they give a high shine finish and some of then even give a high gloss finish which i love. the gloss finish polishes (Chester Place, Dover Street Market and Victoria) compared to the matte finish polishes (instyle coral, Brompton Place, Sloane Mews Instyle Bare and Jermyn Street) in my opinion are better. i think they look more expensive and i always get compliments when wearing them. two of the shades, Chesham Place and Eaton Mews give a metallic finish.

the two shades i was disappointed with were the two free shades i got with Instyle magazine a couple of months ago. (these are the two shades with instyle in their name) they almost seemed like fakes because they were a lot more streaky and hard to apply compared to the other matte finish colours i own. the brush was also different and in my opinion of a cheaper quality. so if you were disappointed with the shades offered with Instyle Magazine i would definitely try again with a colour perhaps from a set or a gloss finish polish which are my personal favourite.

i'l be sure to take some picture when i have them on my nails, but i definitely recommend nails inc.

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