Let’s just say, I’ve been coveting the Makeup Box organisers for the longest time. Ever since I saw pictures of their makeup boxes on other blogs, the green-eyed monster leapt right out and poked at me “how come you didn’t get one?” You know how he’s like. Hmph.
I was all ready to buy one until I saw the prices, which were a little out of reach for me, especially for small storage solutions. Plus I didn’t know what the quality was like, and if it was worth paying so much for them. In the end, I resorted to IKEA. It was all right, but the Makeup Box organisers never left my mind.
So when I found out that I would be given a Makeup Box organiser at the Beauty Bloggers Utopia, I was beside myself with excitement. Finally! After almost 2 years of coveting, I was finally getting one!
Oh and what a beautiful box it is.
The one I was given was the Mini Original Makeup Box. It’s about 2/3 size of the other makeup boxes in the Makeup Box Shop.
I finally realised why these boxes are expensive. I thought it was going to be made out of cheap plastic, but it’s not. It’s very sturdy acrylic and certainly feels expensive. Each side is quite thick. This is not $2 shop material, people.
As the Mini Original Makeup Box is small and each drawer rather shallow, the most suitable items to store in it are lip products. This was perfect for me as I’ve been looking for storage solutions for all of my lipsticks and lip glosses.
Voila! I’ve found a proper home for you, my lovelies.
It’s so easy to locate my lipsticks and lipglosses now. No more rummaging in a small box, trying to get the lipstick I want. Plus it looks very cute alongside my books, does it not? 😉
Officeworks also sell similar organisers, but in terms of quality, they just cannot beat the ones by the Makeup Box.
Does this mean I’ve changed my mind about buying a proper-size Makeup Box now? You bet your bottom dollar I have. As in I want it even more now. I have my eyes set on this and it shall grace my dresser soon 🙂
The Mini Original Makeup Box retails at AU$49 and is available exclusively at the Makeup Box Shop
Have you tried any of the Makeup Box Shop’s makeup boxes? What’s your lippie storage solution like? Do tell. I’m a sucker for storage solution stories.
The storage box looks like it’s good quality but I would still feel some pain departing with $50 (minimum) for a small makeup storage unit. Would you suggest Ikea for other storage unit options? At the moment I’m using all my empty Glossy Box boxes to store my makeup.
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Phoebe: IKEA does a number of storage solutions for beauty products. Or at least, it’s what I’d store my beauty products in. Here are some of my picks:
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40177474/
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/20164948/
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/50177478/
Glossybox boxes are fantastic for storing makeup too. I use them (and Bellaboxes) to store my nail polishes, hair accessories, spare makeup brushes and false eyelashes 🙂
DAISO carries a range of Plastic storage units for a mere $2.80! If you are looking for something similar to The Make Up Box quality, try Freedom. I got mine two storage units from them too, at $9.95 🙂
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I’m going to have to try Freedom too. Didn’t know they sell something similar. Thanks for the suggestion, Adeline 🙂
No worries!! The one I got has a lipstick stand and a stand to put miscellaneous products! I will snap a photo and show you later 🙂
Lovely photos, I spy Sweet Valley Confidential on your bookshelf teehee
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Megs: Hee hee hee! I still haven’t read it yet though 😛
I was pretty disappointed with it but then again SVH were never really the best written books but my teenage self loved them!
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I was such a big fan of SV books growing up. First SVT, then SVH, then SV sagas (loved them). SVU, not so much, don’t know why. I started reading SV Confidential for the first few pages and then stopped. I’ve definitely outgrown them 🙂
I’ve been eyeing for makeup boxes like these too! Thought of getting one when I’m back in Malaysia 😛
Charlotte: It’ll be cheaper to get them in Malaysia, so good idea! I’ll have to wait a while for it, so *ahem* in the meantime ….. *ahem* 😛
*mesmerized in awe* it’s… So… Shiny… 🙂
I love it!!
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Kaye: Exactly what I thought. There was a lot of molesting of drawers 😛
I have 4 of the Officeworks Kejo 4 drawer clear organizers for my makeup & then one of these smaller makeup box organizers for my jewellry. I dream of having a matching set of 4 proper big ones of these! *happy sigh*
Dustyn: Ah yes, that’s the one! The Kejo 4 drawer system. Oooh a big nice set would be nice, wouldn’t it? Makeup would sit in there looking all pretty 🙂
looks a bit like the ones I saw in Muji, have been contemplating in getting them, but never did because the price is a bit high~
maybe when i go TW i’ll just lug them home, cheaper than Msia and Singapore!
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Plue: I love the ones by Muji! It’s too bad they’re so expensive though.
mmm that’s lovely! I would love to use them for brushes 😀 That said, there doesn’t seem to be any space available to me 😛 I looked at the ones in Muji but the quality wasn’t quite what I was expecting. I hear the proper “makeup box” ones are of much better quality than the Muji which might explain the price difference 🙂 I’m actually surprisingly happy with the Ikea Helmer, despite the flimsy construction. It does an impressively good job at keeping things organized 😉
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Paris B: Space is such precious commodity in my tiny house, which is why this gorgeous makeup box couldn’t sit on my dresser, but had to go on my bookshelf in the study. It’s not a problem, of course, since I do most of my makeup in the study anyway. Still, it would have looked nicer on my dresser methinks.
The Muji ones are lovely too. I can’t really recall the quality of the boxes; just remembered that they, too, looked very good. It’s the acrylic thing, I suppose, that makes these sort of boxes pricey.
I wanted the IKEA Helmer for ages, and still do. But the price difference between here and Malaysia just kills me to buy it at double the price here >.< So for now, I can only lust after it every time I drag Tim to IKEA 😛
looks great but yeah it is expensive .. I have those lipstick organizers from Target which store about 9 lippys in one .. not a very good storage option but manageable..
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Saumya: Ooh I think I’ve seen those. Pretty similar to the ones at Priceline too, aren’t they?
What a lovely storage solution, everything looks so neat. But ouch at the price!
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Gio: I know, right? Makes the lippies look so good. Hahaha!
Always so organised, Tine 🙂
AND Sweet Valley FTW
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Haha thanks Adeline. Man I was such a fan of Sweet Valley back in the day 😛
It’s definitely a good choice to organize makeup items so that its easy to find and locate 🙂
Michelle: I think I like the fact that I can show off my lippies more than I like it as an organiser 😛
Mine’s my Clear Cube knock-off. I reviewed it on my blog somewhere. Expensive! But my boss told me acrylic is actually quite cheap and that I should try getting into the business of making them. Hmmm…now there’s a thought.
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Dom: I remembered using acrylic in school once. Didn’t think they were THAT expensive 😛