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[gracie90]

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Ladies with the Vault - pretty please post some pics! I'm having a serious case of envy here and getting to share in the gawping would help ease the pangs lol!

Me too

 

[Anitacska]

I will try, but it won't be before Tuesday. There are plenty online already if you Google though.

Ladies with the Vault - pretty please post some pics! I'm having a serious case of envy here and getting to share in the gawping would help ease the pangs lol!

 

[PeachTwist]

I'm going to start saving shortly so I can do up my box room properly as a dressing room. I am thinking of getting a Pax wardrobe system for all my clothes/shoes and then a dressing table made from two short Alex units with a glass top. I'll also then get either a tall Alex unit or one of the short ones on castors and possibly an Ekby Alex fixed to the wall above the dressing table to act a shelf for my pots of brushes, eyeliners etc. and the small drawers of that used for cream eyeshadows, gel liners or something. That way the actual top of the dressing table won't be as cluttered. I was thinking of getting a nail polish rack or 2 from eBay to attach to the walls but I might just get another Alex for those or use any drawers left in the others.

I have the ALEX 9 drawer unit and the MALM. Both are amazing. If I had more space I'd have gotten 2 6 drawer ALEX's and stacked them to get 12 wide drawers but that will happen eventually.

I use the MALM to hold my every day make-up, MAC eye shadows/quads, blushes/msf's/etc and lipsticks. That drawer is all mainly MAC other than my foundation/concealer/mascara etc.

ALEX 9 drawer unit, first 2 drawers are for nail polish, 3rd is for make-up palettes like LE MAC at xmas, UD, Wet N Wild, etc. 4th is more make-up, extra lipsticks, back-up products, samples etc, 5th I put all body lotions and potions etc in and then I use the bigger ones for hair tools, my lush items which I either need to use up or get rid of, all nail tools, special effects make-up etc and then I use the 9th drawer to store the ridiculous amount of cotton pads etc that I bulk-buy.

I've had it for a year now and haven't out grown it albeit not buying too much since I had it, but for people who have more make-up than I do it'd be perfect for storage or like I said the two wide 6 drawers stacked. On top of the ALEX I have my perfumes and a couple items of jewellery.

Also - it's taken me ages to finally find the perfect storage for within the drawers. I went to Hobby Craft and found these paper holders that have a lid, come in different sizes for A6, A5, A4, etc. They're perfect to use, as the lid doubles as an extra base if you don't want the lid to be used for it's intended purpose. If you'd like photos of them just let me know.

 

[FashionDoll]

Ooh! Please let us know how you get on with organising all your products! I'm debating between the ALEX, MALM or HELMER. Beware of looking in the storage threads - I am now very envious of some specktrites collections! I really want the Pink Box storage but it doesn't seem to be available in the UK - and I'm not sure I could justify the price to my other half either. Ha! 

Well, my bf built it for me before, so I'm going to start organising it over the next few days hopefully. I had a quick play around with my lip products as I was worried some of them would be too tall to stand up in the drawer. Most of them are fine, Mac lipglass only just fits, but there's a few lip glosses, lip pencils and liquid lipsticks which don't fit so I'm going to have to store them lay down which I hate. I actually would much prefer the Alex. My bedroom has fitted furniture and is as full as it can get right now, there's no space on the floor for any more furniture (if there was I would have gotten a 9 drawer Alex), so I'm having to extend my storage vertically. I currently have quite a large dressing table, so there's a big mirror on the wall in the centre, then my Helmers going at one end of the table against the wall. Unfortunately the 6 drawer Alex was too deep to fit on the table, otherwise I would have gotten that instead. The Helmers nice but it's very narrow and not very tall. The drawers aren't very sturdy either, they're quite flimsy. But it was the best option I found that I could afford. It's replacing some drawers I currently have there from Argos which are plastic and terrible, so the Helmer looks much better than those which is good. I didn't have a proper look at the Alex because I knew it wasn't an option, but it looked very nice.

Also - it's taken me ages to finally find the perfect storage for within the drawers.  I went to Hobby Craft and found these paper holders that have a lid, come in different sizes for A6, A5, A4, etc.  They're perfect to use, as the lid doubles as an extra base if you don't want the lid to be used for it's intended purpose.  If you'd like photos of them just let me know. 

I'm really struggling with storage inside of my drawers, I have been for a while. I had seen on a blog that Ikea sell some drawer dividers called Antonius I think which seem to fit perfectly inside the Helmer, so I was planning on trying them but the Ikea I went to didn't have any. I'd love to see a photo of the paper holders you're using please? I'd be grateful of any advice or ideas of things I can use inside my drawers?

 

[surfroxy]

I actually would much prefer the Alex. I'm really struggling with storage inside of my drawers, I have been for a while. I had seen on a blog that Ikea sell some drawer dividers called Antonius I think which seem to fit perfectly inside the Helmer, so I was planning on trying them but the Ikea I went to didn't have any.

So glad you managed to upgrade from the Argos drawers and you're much happier! Hope you have fun organising it!

I've just gone on the IKEA site to see if the Antonius dividers are in stock at my local store - they don't stock them.

 

[Alisha1]

It seems that the ALEX is really popular! Thank you for the break down of all your drawers - it really helps me to picture just how useful these drawers are. I cannot wait to start organising!
Photos please! Once I've assembled my drawers I will then be worried about sorting the in-drawer storage. I've seen some blogs where people have gone to the trouble of assembling these drawers and then it just looks like they have thrown everything they own in those drawers - So they're still stuck having to have a good ol' rummage through their drawers to find that particular eyeshadow they're looking for!

So glad you managed to upgrade from the Argos drawers and you're much happier! Hope you have fun organising it!

I've just gone on the IKEA site to see if the Antonius dividers are in stock at my local store - they don't stock them.

The Alex is great! It's sturdy a fits alot in! I use boxes from perfume sets inside to separate everything I also have a few Muji Acrylics drawers sitting on top. Good luck with reorganising your stash!

 

[FashionDoll]

It seems that the ALEX is really popular! Thank you for the break down of all your drawers - it really helps me to picture just how useful these drawers are. I cannot wait to start organising!  Photos please! Once I've assembled my drawers I will then be worried about sorting the in-drawer storage. I've seen some blogs where people have gone to the trouble of assembling these drawers and then it just looks like they have thrown everything they own in those drawers - So they're still stuck having to have a good ol' rummage through their drawers to find that particular eyeshadow they're looking for!  So glad you managed to upgrade from the Argos drawers and you're much happier! Hope you have fun organising it!  I've just gone on the IKEA site to see if the Antonius dividers are in stock at my local store - they don't stock them.  

Thank you, I'm a perfectionist and I love organising so I can't wait to start. I wanted to start today but the sun is so nice here and I think I just want to make the most of it. Yes I think that's what it said when I checked for the Antonius at my store, I think it said not stocked at this store but I must have thought it just meant out of stock. That's such a shame! I was really excited to try it.

 

[jennyap]

I actually would much prefer the Alex. My bedroom has fitted furniture and is as full as it can get right now, there's no space on the floor for any more furniture (if there was I would have gotten a 9 drawer Alex), so I'm having to extend my storage vertically.

My bedroom is like that, but there was one free-standing small set of drawers (I guess supposed to be bedside drawers) which is next to the wardrobe, and wasn't really being used effectively. About 3 weeks ago I took it out and replaced it with a 9-drawer Alex. The Alex has a slightly smaller footprint and is less than twice the height, but with 9 drawers instead of 3 my storage has improved dramatically!

I keep the stuff I use every day either on my dressing table - skincare, foundation, loose powder, current perfume, pots of brushes and pencils - or in the top drawer immediately next to it.

This drawer is all organised using boxes from perfume sets or simliar, just like Alisha does. Within those I also cut my Mac boxes in half and tape them together to make divided organisers.
Left hand side has: back - foundation, primer, highlighter, concealer and a couple of non-Mac blushes; then high-end palettes. Front is Mac eye products, and Mac face products.


Right hand side - back: my one Mac Pro Palette on top of a box of random bits and bobs, need a better home for those and will replace that once I'm under pressure for more space; small drugstore eye palettes and single eyeshadows. Front: mascara and lesser used/short eye pencils; Mac and other high-end lippies.


Then my Alex. Top drawer is Lancome Juicy Tubes/Clinique lippies, and spare nail swatching goodies.



Next 2 drawers are my nail polish - 1 drawer with the ones I've worn, one with the unworn (the fuller one!) I'll probably switch to fully organising by brand before too long.


Then more lippies/glosses/balms (all drugstore). These are in IKEA trays, I think they were called Godmorgen or something like that. They came in a pack of 3. They also do lidded boxes in the same range which looked like they'd be great for in these drawers but I couldn't see any in my store Also in this drawer are my drugstore and lesser used large palettes.



Then I have a few empty drawers - space to grow The bottom two deep drawers have assorted hair stuff, and skin care back-ups / samples. In these drawers and some of the empties I have used the folding Skubb boxes (Ikea again). They come in a pack with large, medium and small. The ones you can see with the hair stuff are the medium and small - large is square, twice the size of the medium. You can fit a large and a medium; two medium & two small; or any similar combination quite neatly in these drawers.

 

[FashionDoll]

My bedroom is like that, but there was one free-standing small set of drawers (I guess supposed to be bedside drawers) which is next to the wardrobe, and wasn't really being used effectively. About 3 weeks ago I took it out and replaced it with a 9-drawer Alex. The Alex has a slightly smaller footprint and is less than twice the height, but with 9 drawers instead of 3 my storage has improved dramatically!  I keep the stuff I use every day either on my dressing table - skincare, foundation, loose powder, current perfume, pots of brushes and pencils - or in the top drawer immediately next to it.  This drawer is all organised using boxes from perfume sets or simliar, just like Alisha does. Within those I also cut my Mac boxes in half and tape them together to make divided organisers.  Left hand side has: back - foundation, primer, highlighter, concealer and a couple of non-Mac blushes; then high-end palettes. Front is Mac eye products, and Mac face products.  Right hand side - back: my one Mac Pro Palette on top of a box of random bits and bobs, need a better home for those and will replace that once I'm under pressure for more space; small drugstore eye palettes and single eyeshadows. Front: mascara and lesser used/short eye pencils; Mac and other high-end lippies.  Then my Alex. Top drawer is Lancome Juicy Tubes/Clinique lippies, and spare nail swatching goodies. Next 2 drawers are my nail polish - 1 drawer with the ones I've worn, one with the unworn (the fuller one!) I'll probably switch to fully organising by brand before too long.   Then more lippies/glosses/balms (all drugstore). These are in IKEA trays, I think they were called Godmorgen or something like that. They came in a pack of 3. They also do lidded boxes in the same range which looked like they'd be great for in these drawers but I couldn't see any in my store Also in this drawer are my drugstore and lesser used large palettes.  Then I have a few empty drawers - space to grow The bottom two deep drawers have assorted hair stuff, and skin care back-ups / samples. In these drawers and some of the empties I have used the folding Skubb boxes (Ikea again). They come in a pack with large, medium and small. The ones you can see with the hair stuff are the medium and small - large is square, twice the size of the medium. You can fit a large and a medium; two medium & two small; or any similar combination quite neatly in these drawers.   

Thank you so much for sharing how you store everything, it's so helpful seeing what others do. The storage things you use from Ikea I had looked at online but again the store I went to didn't have any of them. I'll have to have another look next time I go, there's also another store about an hour away but I'm not well enough to be able to travel that far yet. I did see so much great stuff when I was there that I could use for storage, just not much for inside the drawers. We've actually been talking about lipstick storage over in the Rihanna hearts Mac thread. There's some amazing lipstick holders people use. You can get ones that hold like 60 lipsticks but on ebay I can just find ones that hold 24. They're only a few pound though so I was thinking of getting one and see how I like it. I have about 80 or 90 lipstick so far, so if I like it I'd either have to get a few or find one of the larger ones. I really need to learn how to include photos so I can show you guys what I'm talking about, I'm sorry, I'm useless with technology.

 

[duku]

We've actually been talking about lipstick storage over in the Rihanna hearts Mac thread. There's some amazing lipstick holders people use. You can get ones that hold like 60 lipsticks but on ebay I can just find ones that hold 24. They're only a few pound though so I was thinking of getting one and see how I like it. I have about 80 or 90 lipstick so far, so if I like it I'd either have to get a few or find one of the larger ones. I really need to learn how to include photos so I can show you guys what I'm talking about, I'm sorry, I'm useless with technology.

Have you checked out the Godmorgon stuff from Ikea? It has acrylic boxes, dividers, and the like.

 

[FashionDoll]

Have you checked out the Godmorgon stuff from Ikea? It has acrylic boxes, dividers, and the like.

Yeah I had a look when I was there for Godmorgon stuff and they didn't have it. Hopefully they will next time I go.

 

[jennyap]

We've actually been talking about lipstick storage over in the Rihanna hearts Mac thread. There's some amazing lipstick holders people use. You can get ones that hold like 60 lipsticks but on ebay I can just find ones that hold 24. They're only a few pound though so I was thinking of getting one and see how I like it. I have about 80 or 90 lipstick so far, so if I like it I'd either have to get a few or find one of the larger ones. I really need to learn how to include photos so I can show you guys what I'm talking about, I'm sorry, I'm useless with technology.

They look good but I don't fancy spending more money on storage than I have to - I prefer saving it to spend on the actual makeup instead lol! I know some people like to keep their boxes, but using them for the storage means I can customise to the size/number I want, and each slot is exactly the right size for the lippie as it's the one it came in

 

[PeachTwist]

Hi ladies,

I didn't see any of these replies yesterday so I'll take some pics when I get home from the Drs to show the inside of some of my Alex drawers, Malm drawer and the paper organisers to see if it'll be of any help to you all.

 

[surfroxy]

Hi ladies,

I didn't see any of these replies yesterday so I'll take some pics when I get home from the Drs to show the inside of some of my Alex drawers, Malm drawer and the paper organisers to see if it'll be of any help to you all.

Yes - Please do! Excited to see.

 

[rockin]

Now we've all bought our MAC, Debenhams have 10% off online beauty today

 

[gracie90]

Now we've all bought our MAC, Debenhams have 10% off online beauty today

Everything I bought on Thursday is still in stock too

 

[Anitacska]

Typical, eh? Never mind, there are a few other things I've wanted to get anyway. I'm getting the new Illamasqua quad and a couple of UD eyeshadow pencils (incl. the new Mushroom one!).

Now we've all bought our MAC, Debenhams have 10% off online beauty today

 

[PeachTwist]

Okay, back from the Dr's and I've taken some random photos to try and show how much the Malm can hold, the Alex, etc.







Okay so that's the MALM from Left to Right. I'd obviously have more space if I had my eye shadows depotted but until I can stop finding other things to spend £20 on other than a palette, it won't be happening for a while. Like I said, it's mainly MAC I keep in there along with my every day stuff and some random blushes that are NYX, Nars, etc.



This is the top drawer of the Alex. You can't see it but there is more space behind the last row of polishes, I just choose to leave it empty and move on to the next drawer (until I need more space & have to compact it).







This is one of the paper holder containers I was on about from Hobby Craft. The lid is roughly the same height as the bottom so if you wanted to just buy one and use both ends, you could, or you can put the lids on them. This one specifically is back-ups, so I have no need to keep it open as I won't be in there for a while. This drawer was a mess before, and now after giving some items away and organising, I have space to grow again.

My eye shadows, every day stuff & blush in the MALM are all using these. The container with the blue handles I got from Ryman but they're also sold at Hobby Craft.

Hopefully this is of some help to you guys, but if you want more photos let me know.

 

[nikou]

Debenhams has 10% off beauty
They also have the new urban decay liner shades and moondust eyeshadows

Not sure if there's anything to buy. I have beauty points to probably spend on urban decay

 

[FashionDoll]

They look good but I don't fancy spending more money on storage than I have to - I prefer saving it to spend on the actual makeup instead lol! I know some people like to keep their boxes, but using them for the storage means I can customise to the size/number I want, and each slot is exactly the right size for the lippie as it's the one it came in

I know what you mean, I'd much rather spend the money on make up instead, but I just love things looking all nice and neat. I keep my lipsticks in their boxes, and I couldn't bear to cut them up, but for those who don't keep the boxes I think it's a great way to store lipsticks, and it's completely free which is great.

I can't wait to start and I haven't even purchased my drawers yet!! Haha! I'm waiting to hear whether I will be moving in the next month or two so as soon as I hear either way I will start sorting my life out. I'm moving so I can upsize! Ha!  I LOVE your Skubb Boxes. I love all your drawers! Amazing job!  I agree. It really is so helpful - it gives me something to aspire to! Aha! What did you make of the ice cube tray solution?  Yes - Please do! Excited to see.

I hope you hear soon about moving! And yeah I've seen people use ice cube trays for lipsticks, they do seem to work for Mac lipsticks stored upside down. It doesn't appeal to me personally, plus it wouldn't work for me anyway. I keep my lipsticks in their boxes so they wouldn't fit. It's definitely a cheap solution though, you just have to find the right shape and size of tray.