I bought the cult IKEA Alex 9 Drawer unit
for my make-up products and I have to say I am a little underwhelmed by it. I
bought some inserts to use in the drawers and they didn’t fit, so I was annoyed
at that anyway. You can only pull the drawers out two thirds of the way, so you
have a little wasted space at the back that you can’t reach. I suppose you
could modify it, but I’m not messing about. I had to buy some cutlery trays to
store my make-up in and I am not overly happy with the results, but it will do
for now! The unit is a lot smaller than it looks and I always wondered why
bloggers tend to have more than one, I have my answer now because if you have a
ridiculous amount of make-up, you will need more than one. Let’s get into what
I managed to purge from my collection:
FACE
Foundations - 2
Bronzers - 1
Blushes - 4
Cheek Duos - 1
Various Samples - 7
That is a total of 15 face products. The brands of products I got rid of are; e.l.f,
Rimmel, NARS, Benefit, theBalm, Stila, Too Faced and Urban Decay.
EYES
Eye Primers - 9
Single Powder Eyeshadows - 10
Cream Eyeshadows - 5
Liquid Eyeliner - 1
Pencil Eyeliner - 1
Mascaras - 7
Brow Products - 4
Various Samples - 4
That is a total of 41 eye products. The brands of products I got rid of are; Urban
Decay, Colour Pop, Maybelline, e.l.f, NYC, MAC, Too Faced, Rimmel and Benefit.
LIPS
Lipsticks - 14
Lipgloss - 3
Lipstains - 2
Various Samples - 4
That is a total of 23 lip products. The brands of products I got rid of are; Revlon,
Tanya Burr, MAC, Rimmel, Urban Decay, Too Faced and Maybelline.
PALETTES
Eye Palettes - 13
Cheek Palettes - 2
Multi Use Palettes - 2
That is a total of 17 palettes. The brands of palettes I got rid of are; Jeffree Star
Cosmetics, Too Faced, Cargo, Urban Decay, e.l.f and Tarte.
BRUSHES
Face - 7
Eye - 11
That is a total of 18 brushes. The brands of brushes I got rid of are; Zoeva, Lauren
Luke and e.l.f.
FRAGRANCE
Perfume -
1
Mini
Perfumes - 3
Samples -
15
That is a total of 19 fragrances. The brands of fragrances I got rid of were a mixture
of Celebrity and Designer.
NAIL
POLISH
Full Size Bottles - 15
Mini - 25
That is a total of 40 nail polishes. The brands of nail polishes I got rid of are; Essie,
Barry M and O.P.I.
On a whole it doesn’t seem as though I got
rid of that much, but I did my first and major declutter last year and since
then I haven’t subscribed to any beauty boxes, which helps a lot because I
don’t end up hoarding a lot of stuff I don’t really need or want. Everything I
got rid of either went to my Sister, in the bin or in a bag that I am going to
donate in the new year. I am going to wait until at least after Christmas to
donate it, just in case I end up collecting any more cosmetics I don’t really
need or want. I actually decluttered everything I own, but I only really wanted
to share the cosmetic portion with you.
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