Dresser Drawer Clothing Organization Tip

One thing that you guys may not know about me is that I'm a huge DIYer and I love organizing. I love the satisfaction of having everything aligned and grouped together for easy access.

Recently, I had this huge urge to organize my underwear drawer. I don't have any "before" photos, but basically, it was a huge mess. Just a big pile of underwear floating around in a drawer.

I'm pretty sure most girls would be able to relate, but I have a ton of pairs of underwear. My drawer was just a mess, and I found that I always reached for the same pairs over and over again because it made things just so much easier than having to dig through and find a pair.

I decided to Google "drawer organization tips" and found a lot of useful information, but nothing as far as what to organize them in. A lot of people mentioned using shoe boxes or the like, but I felt I wouldn't be able to make the most use out of my space.

And then, it hit me. I had some foam board I had left over from a Chemistry project, and I decided to make drawer dividers out of them.



All you need is foam board (I purchased mine at Michaels for $3.99 CDN for a 20x30x3/16 inch piece), a ruler to measure out your pieces and a hot glue gun. Relatively simple and inexpensive.

I did not glue the dividers into my drawers, I used the hot glue gun to glue the dividers to each other. I just made sure the dividers were the right length so that they would just slide right in my drawer and stay in place on their own - this makes things easier incase I want to change any of my arrangments.



There was no real method to my madness, I just kind of did whatever, but I really liked how everything turned out. I ended up making 6 compartments, which I then divided my different types of underwear in to. I also went through everything and threw out any stretched out/faded underwear, or anything that I knew I wouldn't wear. That helped cut a lot of clutter.

I usually fold my underwear, and that made everything easier for me. Now, if I want to wear a certain style (ie: bikini, thong, etc..) of underwear, I can easily find it and pull it out. Also, when I'm finished my laundry and ready to put everything back, I put my freshly laundered underwear in the BACK of the pile, and I always reach for underwear from the front of the pile. This ensures that I actually wear/rotate everyone, instead of going for the same ones all the time.

I didn't just stop with my underwear drawer, but I decided to go through and organize a few of my other drawers as well, here are some photos to show you different ways to divide your drawers:







I wanted to share this with you guys to show you how easy it is to organize your clothing. After a while, I would seriously open up my drawers every now and then and awe over how everything was so neat, organized and easily accessible. There's no more rooting around in a rage trying to find someone. Everything has it's own place.

It's also made putting back laundry easier as well! I hope this was helpful to some of you, and I'd love to how you guys organize your dressers!

Nails Post - Swatches? + My New Storage

I'm not a huge nail polish wearer, but I mostly always have my nails painted. Does that even make sense? I have a nice variety of colours, but I hate the look of chipped polish, so I try not to paint my nails with colourful polishes. I'm a big clear, or nude/pastel polish wearer.

Here are a few polishes that I've worn recently - these are actually over the last week, lol:

This is one of my first Color Club polishes, this is in "Lady Like"

I loveeee dark polishes, but only when it's pristine and fresh. It's a nice contrast against my skintone. This is Essie's "Sole Mate" with Wet n' Wild's Wild Shine Nail Color in "Night Prowl" on top.

This is what I have on my nails currently, this is China Glaze's "Peachy Keen" polish, with Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure polish in "Hidden Treasure" on the index finger.

I also wanted to share my DIY nail polish storage that I came up with. Like most people, I keep my polishes all thrown together in an old shoe box - which led to a few broken bottle mishaps. I've been trying to come up with a nice way to keep it organized, but it's hard to think of a way other than purchasing a nail polish rack. I don't like the look of those, nor do I want to hang one up on my wall, so I had to find something else.

I came up with this:



It's fairly simple to make, and I don't have to worry about the glass bottles banging against each other. I do have to make another one because this only held about half of my polishes - but it keeps things organize nicely and I can see all my polishes without having to root around in a box.

My New Setup!

I posted earlier that I was in the process of changing rooms and reorganizing everything - and I wanted to share with you today my new vanity setup.

Looking back, nothing really has changed from my old setup - except for adding a few new elements - but I thought I'd share anyways.




On top of my vanity, I just have my palettes, brushes, NARS blushes, lipglosses, make-up wipes, MAC Charged Water, eye & lip pencils, alcohol (to sanitize), homemade brush cleanser, moisturizers and contact lens solution.

I repainted my vanity because it had gotten really dirty due to all the eyeshadow fall out and random make-up related stains. When I initially painted it the first time, I hadn't added a top coat/sealant to make it easier to clean. When I repainted it the second time, I had decided to go out and purchase a sealant to prevent it from grabbing on to stains as easily and to make it easy to just wipe down and clean.

My mom, on the other hand, had a different idea. She went out and bought a bit of clear plastic sheet (the kind you put on top of your table cloth on your dining table to make it easier to clean) and we glued that on the table top - you can see in some of the pictures the top is shiny.

I think that's a wayyyyyy better idea than my sealant topcoat, because it's an actual barrier. If that makes sense.



I had purchased these brackets and shelves from Ikea and my mom and I decided to put them up above my vanity for extra space. They don't hold anything make-up related, just random stuff.

And here's a look in the drawers:


Lipsticks and lipglosses, blushes and extra make-up wipes and eye make-up remover.

Mascaras, false eyelashes, lip balm, eyelash curlers, tweezers, brow trimmers, contact cases, eyebrow stuff, liquid and glitter liners, bobby pins & hair ties, and all my eyeshadows.

Primers and bases, face stuff, random eyeshadows, MAC pigments & samples, paintpots, fluidline, MSF & MSFN.

That's basically it! If you want a closer look at anything let me know.

I leave you with a picture featuring my sister that she wanted me to put up:


Till later!

Where The Magic Happens..

For the longest time, I've been looking for a nice vanity or table that I could do my makeup on and store my collection. If you recall here, I did my make-up on the floor infront of a full length mirror. I felt like I looked everywhere for something nice, simple, vintage-y and inexpensive, but to my avail found nothing - until one day..

I was rummaging through this old table my mom had in her bedroom, and it suddenly hit me. I stepped back, looked at the table, and realized that it was exactly what I was looking for in a vanity.


It was a table that the previous owners in my old house had left behind when they moved out, and my mom had just kept it in a closet to store random nick nacks and stuff. When we moved out, my mom took the table with her and kept it in her room kind of as a vanity.

So I talked to my mom about painting it and making it as my vanity, and she agreed. And this is what I ended up with..








Unfortunately, it's already gotten dusty and has stains from eyeshadow fallout and stuff like that, but I think during the summer I'm just going to repaint it, and add a sealant or something, so that it's easy to wipe down and clean, because I didn't do that the first time.

I'm not too happy with the area where my vanity is, because the lighting sucks sometimes, because it shines right on the side of my face (you can see in the pictures that there's a window to my right)

I can't put the vanity right against the window horizontally because there's heaters at the base of that wall, so it can't go right up against the window - there would be a gap, and I don't like that.
I think I'm going to rearrange my room again, and put my vanity somewhere else away from the window, and buy some good lighting sources or something.

I just wanted to show you guys that you can easily change the look of something to suit your needs without spending a fortune. Honestly, it cost me next to nothing to spruce this table up. My dad had extra white paint lying around, and I went to the dollar store and picked up some cheap paint brushes.

I'm definitely recommend looking at garage sales, or checking up on Craiglist for cheap or free furniture that people are giving away - because even if it's not in good shape, or it doesn't suit your needs, you have the option to give it a fresh coat of paint, or buying new hardware, or adding on to it to spruce it up.

I think I'm also going to ask my dad to make a hutch for me to put on top for extra space.

Just wanted the share this with you guys!