Before I bring you shopping in my stash with me, first of all, I’m going to show you where I stash my stash.

As you will see, I have a very simple dresser and set of makeup containers. It may not be fancy, but I always get a kick when I’m at my dresser, looking at my beloved skincare and makeup items.

My vanity area. I don’t need a mirror to go with that dresser, as it’s placed right next to the ceiling-to-floor mirror, which in my opinion, is simply awesome :p

I recently bought a corkboard from IKEA to place my bottles of lotions and potions. It holds my to-do checklists, ideas, exercise reminders, etc. Whenever I see something interesting in magazines, or if a particular picture catches my eye, I cut it out and stick it on my board of ideas.

Next to my plastic drawers is a bottle of hand sanitiser. Great for when I put on makeup. I like to have clean hands before touching my face.

My perfumes, skin, body and haircare items, which I use on a regular basis. The two porcelain containers on the left holding my hairbrush, comb and facial cotton are gems that I scored from Freedom at AU$2 a piece. These are still available at the store, and I’m going to get another set for future use.

The pink and white thing you see on the left is the Neutrogena Wave Power cleanser. I bought the gadget on a whim, after reading the hype. Even though it didn’t really work for me, my husbands LOVES it. Or he loves it when I massage and deep-cleanse his face with it every weekend 😛 Let me know if you want me to do a thorough review on this.

The round pewter case was a present from him (I think it was a Christmas present on one of the years). He sent it to me from Australia, and there’s an inscription in front. For me to know, for you to find out 😉 We keep our wedding bands in there, together with my watch, when we’re not wearing them at home. Oh, and that Moxie tin (originally came with pantyliners) is now used to keep emergency meds I carry in my bag. I forgot to put that in.

These wooden drawers were from IKEA. It was such a pain in the behind to put up. I was hammering away, and got so fed up with the crappy nails it came with, that I gave up and left it aside. One Saturday, after I came home from Wicked, I was very surprised to find it all done up. Hubs did it whilst I was out. Aww.

I keep powder, foundation, lipgloss, lipbalm, eyeshadows and blush in these drawers. I lined the drawers with scented paper which I bought from The Reject Shop. So even though most of my makeup contain no fragrance, I still get the pleasant smell of vanilla everytime I pick up a blush or lipgloss.

Plastic drawers from the $2 store. I use it to store my mascaras, eyeliners, grooming tools, and pimple creams.

Makeup which I seldom use goes into the top drawer of the chest. I also store my makeup brushes, nail polish, nail polish removers, makeup removers, makeup brush cleaner, and whatever miscellaneous items I can chuck in there.

There you go, that’s where I stash my stash. I’m real glad to be able to get all these done up on the cheap. Next project would be to decorate the wooden drawers and corkboard. We’ll see how that goes.

Where do you stash your stash? Do share. I just love makeup storage ideas, don’t you? 🙂