Note: Picture-heavy post

After showing you a peek into my beauty cupboard last week, a number of you wanted to see my makeup collection. I love beauty products collection posts; I’m such a voyeur I tell ya 😛 And because I aim to please, here it is.

First of all, I thought I’d show you my beauty corner. It’s nothing fancy though, just a chest of drawers and a wooden box, both from IKEA. I love the wooden box, and it’s a real pity that IKEA has discontinued the range.

The board is leaning against the wall was an old corkboard that I used to have as my inspiration board. When we moved to our current home, I misplaced all the old pictures and had to start afresh. In the end, I decided to keep it simple with some fancy paper, lace trimmings glued on the frame, and scrapbooking bits on the board. It’s still a work in progress.

Mirror was from The Shaver Shop, fragrance diffuser from Revlon. Tissue box cover from Malaysia (even my tissues need a pretty cover. Tsk tsk :P)

Skincare products I’m currently using gets top spot on my dresser. The pewter case was a gift from Tim many years ago. The ceramic canisters were from Freedom. They hold my hairbrush, comb and facial cotton.

Next would be my makeup brushes. I’ve separated the ones I use on a daily basis into a highball glass (I’ve added vase filler in the glass so that the brushes stay upright), and the ones I use occasionally into a black jar (gift from Xin).

Products below are stored in the IKEA wooden box.

Top drawer (clockwise): Miscellaneous tools like eyelash curler, nail clippers, tiny eyebrow razors, tea tree ointment, Vicks, etc. Next would be lipbalms (geez, I do have a lot of lipbalms, don’t I?), and the final small drawer holds my single eyeshadows.

Second drawer: My *ahem* higher-end makeup. This is where the Chanel, NARS, Dior, Illamasqua, Shu Uemura, Guerlain, etc go. Oooh hello NAKED palette!

Dividers did not come with the drawers. I made a couple up using leftover styrofoam. Left side of the bottom-most drawer holds all my face powders (loose powder, powder compacts, mineral foundation, etc.

A close up of the right side of the bottom-most drawer. On the left are all my mascaras (methinks it’s high time I chucked some), and on the right are liquid eyeliners and pencils for the eyes and brows.

Okay, that’s the IKEA wooden box done. Next up, the first drawer of my chest of drawers. This holds the rest of my makeup, and miscellaneous beauty products. The rest of the drawers are just clothes and lingerie. The plastic dividers are also from IKEA.

Most of my older palettes are stored here, e.g. Stila, L’oreal, MAC, Lancome, etc. Bottom divider contains my eye makeup remover, hair clips, disposable mascara wands, hair elastics, etc.

Left divider: Lipsticks and lipglosses. I’ve already thrown out quite a lot of old ones. Right divider: bronzer and kabuki brushes. foundations, perfume samples. Bottom divider holds miscellaneous items, like my Brush Guards, and a few Estee Lauder and Clinique palettes I have yet to find space for.

The rest of the drawer: Miscellaneous beauty products like makeup brush cleaner, nail polish remover, BB creams, serums, antibacterial wipes, fake eyelashes, etc. I also have a few makeup brush rolls, eyeshadow palettes from Inglot and SAX Cosmetics. A treasured makeup item which I couldn’t bear to use is the Dior Minaudiere, which is a birthday gift from Beetrice. I’m chucking the box and giving it a spot on my dresser 😛 The other two boxes are jewellery from Tiffany’s and Mikimoto.

Unfortunately, I’ve completely run out of room in the drawers for more of my *ahem* lip products, so the more recent ones go into a box that came with some undies I bought from Peter Alexander. This box is placed in the study.

There you have it, my beauty corner and an updated peek into my makeup collection. Hope I didn’t scare you too much there. I know, I have a LOT of stuff. LeGeeque thinks I should sell them off and get myself an Hermes scarf instead. What do you think? 😛