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I have done a couple of these posts
before and I thought it was time I did another, seeing as though I am still not
happy with my make-up collection set up/storage.
I did re-decorate my bedroom just over a
couple of years ago and I decided on getting one of the IKEA Alex 9 Drawer
Units for my make-up. It seemed like the fashion to have one, but it is not at
all practical in my opinion! The drawers only come out two thirds of the way,
so you have wasted/unusable space at the back of them. I believe you can take out
a couple of screws on the drawers and you should be able to fully open them,
but this could also damage the strength of the unit, which is why I haven’t
tried it. I struggled for a long time to find storage trays to fit in the drawers.
I did purchase eight of the IKEA STÖDJA Cutlery Trays for this unit as they
were recommended, but they actually do not fit in the drawers!!
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Eventually, after using multiple cutlery
trays and Tupperware type boxes, I came across a website called MissOrg.com, where you can buy acrylic organisers
especially made to fit the IKEA Alex 9 Drawers. I decided to purchase some for
my powder, lipstick and foundation drawers. They arrive in pieces so you do
have to build the organisers yourself. The only downfall is that each piece has
a plastic covering on each side, which needs to be peeled off before being put
together with other pieces. This process takes a very long time if you buy
multiple sets! I can’t remember how many sets I bought all together because I
have bought more and swapped things around multiple times since my first
purchase. I know one set does a whole lipstick drawer (150 lipsticks). At the
moment I am using the organisers for powder compacts (powder, bronzers and
highlighters), lipstick (liquid and bullet), face primers, foundations, setting
sprays and small eye palettes. The only drawer that is made up perfectly is the
lipstick drawer as they do fit in the organiser perfectly. All of my powder
compacts didn’t fit, so I had to remove some of the dividers which make one
side large enough for the bigger compacts. Another downside is that the
organisers come in four colours only; Glass Look (translucent blue/green),
Parma Violet (opaque pastel lilac), Frosty Pink (opaque bubblegum pink) and
Lemon Bonbon (opaque pastel yellow). I chose the Glass Look as I wanted the
clearest looking ones as possible. They can also break pretty easily if you are
heavy handed. This is good though if you want to make some of the pieces
shorter by cutting or breaking them to your desired length.
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My current set up isn’t perfect, but it
does work and I am making do. Ideally, I would like bigger drawers, a bit like
the IKEA PAX System. You can buy different parts and put them together to
create your own perfect set up. This now seems to be the desired option for beauty
influencers to store their make-up. I would probably have a few of the longer
drawers and then some shelves if I were to build one. I would also get some
custom made inserts for the drawers to store some products. Here are the sorts
of inserts I have in mind:
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| Photo: Etsy.com/TheCosmeticArchive |
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The inserts would obviously be a lot
bigger and would fill the drawers; I think clear acrylic or white would look
best.
I won’t be changing my set up for a long
while yet anyway. I feel like my collection has outgrown its current set up and
I am bored of it, but it isn’t large enough to fill the PAX system yet. I would
most likely get the PAX system as a wardrobe system and make sure there are
drawers and or shelves for my cosmetics products, this way it would be an all
in one unit and it wouldn’t look as odd. I would actually love a built in
closet and I would probably just get built in drawers for my make-up and bypass
the PAX system altogether.
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