Archived Post

Storage / Show Offs - Updated Non-MAC Collection

Talk about a mess! It’s been several months since I’ve organized my makeup, and this was my first “free” weekend in quite a bit, so I thought I’d spend the afternoon re-organizing all of the makeup I’ve accumulated in the past few months. I use an assortment of clear containers from The Container Store for the majority of my stash. I do have a few plastic organizers from Ikea, as well as metal silverware drawers from various stores like Target and Ross. I usually store all of my accumulated products in a shoe box-sized plastic container with the intent to “sort later.”

This post just shows most of my non-MAC products nicely put in their little homes 🙂 I didn’t take pictures of some of my lower end body products (like Bath & Body Works), since it hasn’t changed at all since last time I did a collection post! My MAC organization coming soon!


Givenchy/Guerlain/YSL


Cilnique, Lancome, Estee Lauder


Chanel, Dior


Left Container houses brands like Smashbox, Urban Decay, Jouer, Tarte, etc.
Right Bin houses all of my self-tanning, bronzing, suncare products (shoe box-sized bins)


All sorts of random lipglosses/lipsticks (shoe box-sized bin)


Perfumes I don’t use (ha!)


LUSH Stash (large bin)


Extra skincare products (large bin)


Nail polishes galore (each bin is shoe box-sized)

35 Comments

Comments that do not adhere to our comment policy may be removed. Discussion and debate are highly encouraged but we expect community members to participate respectfully. Please keep discussion on-topic, and if you have general feedback, a product review request, an off-topic question, or need technical support, please contact us!

Please help us streamline the comments' section and be more efficient: double-check the post above for more basic information like pricing, availability, and so on to make sure your question wasn't answered already. Comments alerting us to typos or small errors in the post are appreciated (!) but will typically be removed after errors are fixed (unless a response is needed).

We appreciate enthusiasm for new releases but ask readers to please hold questions regarding if/when a review will be posted as we can't commit to or guarantee product reviews. We don't want to set expectations and then disappoint readers as even products that are swatched don't always end up being reviewed due to time constraints and changes in priorities! Thank you for understanding!

Comments on this post are closed.
cloudburst Avatar

You are very organized! You are inspiring me to re-organize my stash – unfortunately I have work I have to do today :(. Are the clear boxes from Ikea?

Christy Avatar

Heheh, we can tell you love makeup and beauty products! Also, love using those plastic shoe boxes for nailpolish! I have just one plastic shoebox filled after a purge last summer to get rid of some stale ones myself.

We try to approve comments within 24 hours (and reply to them within 72 hours) but can sometimes get behind and appreciate your patience! 🙂 If you have general feedback, product review requests, off-topic questions, or need technical support, please contact us directly. Thank you for your patience!