Happy Organization Time: One girl's obsession with organizing her crap

I found something today that has been on my wish list (which is a mile long, fyi) for about 3 months now. It's a fold up cosmetic/toiletry case that comes with a hook so you hang it against your wall. I've always disliked taking those clear (or gift with purchase) cosmetics bags on vacations or weekends back home. They take up too much space in my weekend bag and everything eventually becomes a jumbled mess. It also drives me up the wall when I have to look for something I want in a vortex of unorganized products.

This, on the other hand, is light, compact and incredibly adorable (huge plus, come on now).

So when it's folded, it looks like this:

It has a strap at the top so you can pull it out easily. The silver hook I was talking about is hidden inside the case so you can't see until it's opened. Discrete and very useful!

When it is fully opened, it looks like this:

There's a sizable mirror on top if you don't have one on you. There are four compartments in total. If you don't wear make up, you can always throw your moisturizers, lip balms, hair ties (?) in there. It's actually quite impressive how big it is once you open it!

(annnnnd.....my mind just went to the wrong place)

So how much can you store in there?

Well, these are the things I managed to store comfortably in there and still have the case close.

Compartment 1: Face products

- Almay tinted moisturizer in Neutral. The original bottle is too big so I've always poured some of it into a little Tarina Tarantino sample bottle.

- Benefit Boi-ing concealer in 01 and 02

Compartment 2: Cheek products

- Bobbi Brown cream blush in Powder Pink

- Make Up Forever HD micro blush in #9

- Mac Blushcreme in Ladyblush (Almost out of that one T_T)

Compartment 3: Eye products

- Benefit's Big Beautiful Eyes kit (very neutral. I always come back to this)

- Lorac eye shadow in Serenity

- Stila Smudgepot in Kitten

Compartment 4: Misc products

- Clarin's beauty flash balm

- Mini bottle of Urban Decay's eye primer

- Fairydrops Mascara

- Korres lip balm in Pomegranate

- Nars lipstick in Love Devotion

So as you can see, you can definitely fit a lot of things in there. I'm pretty happy with my purchase. I still need another one for skin products so I'll have to look into a cheaper alternative on my next organization journey. ^_^

I shall stop sounding like an infomercial and leave you alone now! :)

How do you organize your countertop space?

So I'm down with pink eye like a 7 year old that likes to rub their eyes with sticky fingers. During this plight, I spent a little time re-organizing my bathroom countertop and thought it would be fun to Instagram it up and make a brief post about how I'm maintaining my knick knacks.

I share a bathroom with two other girls (all extremely neat) who keep their own products in the drawers below the counter. I prefer to have my things out in the open so they offered to give me the countertop space. Most of the time, I'm pathological about my things but I've been tired and scatter brained lately so its been getting progressively messier. However, I took around 10 minutes today to clean some things up and refresh some supplies.

In the first compartment, I keep my Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion (I use it on my nose and forehead because I can get shiny there if I don't), Kate Somerville's Eradikate, Lancome's micro-lift eye cream (don't judge me) and my eye drops. Since I use Bioderma, which is a water-based cleanser before my Cetaphil every day, I need cotton pads constantly. To save space, I've split the middle secton section between my Qtips and my cotton pads. I keep my night time moisturizer (Etival Clarifying Moisturizer, very basic and smells great) in the last compartment because it fits in there like a glove.

On the side is where I keep things that don't fit into the organizer. So I have my Cetaphil (the jumbo size from Costco, recognize), my daytime moisturizer (Neostrata Smoothing lotion Level 1 with SPF 15), my Etival toner and my Bioderma. I keep my contact lenses in a (oh lord, do I have to type this out?) baby piglet infant bottle holder. I got it off an Asian website in an odd shopping craze where I felt like I really needed to have it or I would die.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I love it ^_^ (asian fob smile to confirm). It's super compact and comes with padded tweezers to pick up the contacts with. Since I'm down with pink eye, I should look into using that thing.

Also, please note: They spelled "Love" wrong. That's how you know something is authentically Asian. :p