I have a three-drawer plastic container under my bathroom sink. I used to keep hair decorations and makeup in it.
Top drawer consisted of clips, bobby pins, and barrettes:
Middle drawer held a brush, ponytail holders, a few headbands, and A LOT of ribbons:
I’ll get to the makeup drawer in a minute.
First task was to declutter. The top drawer may have looked organized because of all the small boxes housing different things, but I didn’t use all of those things and that’s not organized to me. I made three piles (besides what I kept):
-throw away
-offer to adults – specifically, mom
-offer to little girls – nieces
I offered to my mom pretty soon after I made these piles, and what she didn’t want I either threw away (bobby pins/small, deformed clips) or donated.
Any ribbons I didn’t want were thrown away. Then I tied the shorter ribbons together (there were fewer) and rolled up the larger ribbons. (I use shorter ribbons for wrapping around a ponytail, braid, or bun; I use longer ribbons to wrap around my head like a headband.)
I then combined the drawers, since I had less of everything.
I’ll admit, it looks LESS organized now. But trust me – I’ll be more easily able to find things now.
The next drawer housed things from another area under my bathroom sink:
The place in the cabinet where this was was NOT helpful. And I almost never style my hair, so some products were unnecessary and others need to be more readily available so I’ll REMEMBER to use them!
This, minus the hairspray that didn’t fit, became the third drawer down:
I also have my sporty-headbands in this drawer.
Bottom drawer used to be makeup… and other random stuff, apparently.
Threw away every broken or super old makeup, the tattoos, the extra sponges (which I don’t use, I use a brush) and was left with virtually nothing.
But that’s okay, because I rarely wear makeup. I plan on putting the brushes, mascara (not shown), and eyeliners – everything in the pink pencil holder – in a jar or something in my medicine cabinet. The eyeshadows, blushes, sharpeners, etc. will go in a travel makeup bag and live somewhere else so I can have another free drawer.
Since doing this, I’ve used more hair decorations than I have in a while, because I remembered they exist!
What’s under your bathroom sink?
For the Love of Organization 