Ladies, How to Organize your Make Up

I will share this because I find it helpful for em ladies……..

As you probably already know, it can be a real pain to find just the shade of lipstick you’re looking for when you have to dig through piles of mascara, nail polish and cotton balls, not to mention other lipsticks. It’s especially annoying when you have limited time due to the fact that you’re on your way out to a party, to work or to meet a friend – which is most always the case when you’re putting on make-up  Thus it is time to organize your stash.

Get rid of old and expired items

Your make-up has expiration dates that should be abided by because once they’re “past due” they may not work as well or there could be changes in their scent or colour  Also, the more times you use a personal care item, the more it gets exposed to germs and bacteria. So, just throw them out already and buy new if you have to. The only possible exception is if an item has never been opened, i.e. exposed to air, so it has had no opportunity to be contaminated.

According to Bobbi Brown here are the shelf lives of typical cosmetics

Mascara: three to six months

Cream blush: six months to one year

Concealer, pencils, eye shadow, eye cream: one year

Foundation, lipstick, moisturiser: one to one and a half years

Face powder, powder blush: two years

Sort your stuff

There are several ways you can sort your make-up  by colour  by season, by which outfit it goes best with, e.t.c. Just decide on the categories that will be the easiest for you to navigate when you want to find something. Most often, the best thing to do is to sort your make-up by type of product.

Pick up an organizer

If you don’t already have a train case or another kind of organizer for your make-up  now is the time to pick one up. There should be several to choose from at your local beauty supply store. Alternately, if you would like to keep your make-up in a drawer, on a shelf or on top of your dresser and then just take small amounts of cosmetics and put them in your handbag when you go out, considering purchasing plastic bins, wire boxes, cups or jars and make-up trays to keep your collection in ship shape.

Keeping your make-up in shape

The main thing you have to remember in this regard is to put everything back where you found it after you use it. That means taking the extra couple minutes to put your favourite mascara back with the others instead of just leaving it on the bathroom counter. Also, go through your make-up at least once every six months to clean out items that have expired or that you have quit using.

Well, this would work for you unless you have a room-mate or sister that likes to go through your cosmetics. In that situation, consider buying a lock for your closet or train case. Looool!