Hi...

I have long come to accept that my room will never be in a state of pristine neatness.  No matter how much time I spend to pack my stuff, everything will be messed up in a matter of hours. I can only strive to put things in their rightful places, and even so, that is short-lived.  Hence, only the very close and beloved people are allowed into my room. Because there will be no turning back once they have seen the mess.

Usually I take my LOTDs rather close up, and sometimes I am in my sis's room, or living room.  So my room is seldom exposed to the public eye (LOL).

I have this idealised vision of my room, that somewhere out there, in due time, a very spacious haven out there is waiting for me to live there, it will be fully furnished with built in shelves, dressing tables, customised storage units for my accessories, makeup, clothes and more.

Regardless, I wil show a small portion of my wardrobe.  I recently cleared a couple of shelves to hold my bags and stuff, and meanwhile I threw away a trash bag full of unused stuff. What I did is to first stuff the bags with newspapers, so that they won't be out of shape or flatten beyond recognition when I don't use them for a long time.  Then I put the bags into their own dust bags so that they don't go all mouldy etc.

I put the crushed newspapers into a plastic bag so they don't dirty the inside of my bag.

The shelves are pretty deep and I can put the bigger bags on there too.

Yup... that's nothing much to see, except for these covered lumps in my wardrobe space.

I just think it is better to stash them away, free from dust and all.

As you may have seen others do the same, I ripped the dividers of my 2 mac palettes, so that instead of 15 eyeshadows, I can fit in 21 or 26 eyeshadows in one palette.  You can even fit in blushers AND eyeshadow in the same palette.  You can also depot other brands of eyeshadows and throw them in there. But I have only my MAC eyeshadows inside so far, and I thought I would give you a run down of the colors I own.

How to do this?  I mean, take out the divider? Check out both Enkore and Petrilude's tutorials.

(*) indicates my faves, (LE) Limited Edition, (Pro) only at Mac Pro stores

From L to R, and Top to Bottom:

Club, Terre A Terre (LE from Corps De Couleur Quad), Knight Divine

Nocturnelle, Beauty Marked, Black Tied*

Sushi Flower, Dear Cupcake (LE), Rose (Pro)

Cobalt (Pro), Climate Blue (LE), Top Hat *(LE starflash)

Fashion (LE starflash), Sky Blue (Pro), Haunting (LE)

Bitter, Aquavert (LE), Aquadisiac

Cool Heat* (LE), Swimming, Parrot (LE)*

The next palette is what you always see, my so called Neutrals.

From L to R.  As you can see, it is easier for me to pick faves among neutrals.

TOP ROW: White Frost, Mylar*, Vanilla, Orb, Dazzle Lights*, Solar White (LE), Femme Fi (LE)*

SECOND ROW: Seedy Pearl, Ricepaper, Vapour (LE from Corps De Couleur Quad), Woodwinked, Patina, All That Glitters*, Tempting*

THIRD ROW: Wedge, Cooperplate, Apre Grey (LE), Poison Pen, Style Snob (LE Starflash), Vex

FOURTH ROW: Smoke & Diamonds (LE Starflash), Magnetic Fields (LE), Smut, "brown" from Cult of Cherry Tempting Quad (LE), Plummage, Carbon

The only shadow which is not depotted is Omega (Pro), a neutral brown blending matte color.

When it comes to eyeshadows, which are your faves??

You know those old school tape-type letter thingy---don't ask me the name, I don't know!! And if you do, please enlighten me!!!

I was looking at my sister making some cards/craft thingy, and she was using this tape-type letter thingy... and I had this idea to be OCD about my blushers... recently, it's been bugging me, how I need to shuffle around my blushers to find the color which I want to use for the day -- I don't depot my blushers, cos I don't want to bring the whole palette out with me when I travel - too risky if I drop or watever you know?

Anyway.......... I wanted to label my blushers so I can see them from the 'top', and I used this thingy to help.

I thought of using stickers and writing the names of my blushers on top... but I think the 'paper' material will wear off over time.  I like this plastic tape.. it lasts longer, and blends in with the black packaging of the MAC blushers.

And so I started 'typing' away.  This is what I end up with.

Woot to nicely labelled blushers and powders!!

Now, if only I can be as neat when it comes to the rest of my room.

Thanks for reading!!

Hi hi!!  Was tagged by the lovely Diana to do an Updated/ Expanded MAC collection entry.

Warning ahead:  Makeup Porn Alert!

It is an understatement to say that I have way too much makeup.  I have said here before, I prolly spent too much on accumulating my stash -- BUT obviously this is not the most gigantic collection out there.  It took me over 2 years to amass my stash, I admit I like to do 'stock-taking' time to time, if you see the links which I am about to include later on.  :)  This I don't expect anyone except -- for all you beauty product junkies out there -- to understand, I like to play with my stash, take everything out from time to time, and rediscover what I like to use all over again.

The last time I went on Project 10 Pan, it ended up a total failure (and meanwhile I was hauling  a drawer full of nail polish online), and now I am on a Aug makeup ban (gosh, who knows what else I end up hauling this month instead).  *keeps my fingers crossed*

Anyway, to give you some idea, of how this started.......way back in JUNE 2006.

And this was everything, including skincare, and mostly non MAC stuff, cos I was using more of Shu Uemura and Dior stuff then.

One MAC blusher (Angel)

3 eyeshadows, a couple of concealers, eye prep and prime, Porcelain Pink MSF, Engraved, Blanketty lipstick -- Those were my basic and modest MAC collection.

Maybe a couple of years later....

Think this was AUGUST 2008

And my previous update in Jul 2009

I don't exactly keep track of SOLELY MAC products over the years, but if you click on the following links below you will have a good idea of the increasing size of the collection - some are entries on how I tried to organised my makeup mess.

JUNE 2007?? (Everything)

JULY 2008

NOVEMBER 2008

JULY 2009

Updated MAC collection AUG 2008

Updated MAC collection Video MAR 2009

I have not done an Updated MAC Collection since the Sugarsweet,Colorcraft, etc collections... and I guess this tag is kind of timely.  Haha.

MY MAC COLLECTION as of AUGUST 2009

(plus or minus a couple of items which are in purses, pockets and God knows where, and MAC lashes which are stashed in a drawer elsewhere)

*Sheepish*  It filled up 75% of the surface area on my bed.  Needless to say, I don't think the point of this entry is to give a breakdown of each item.

Yup... Was caught by the bf arranging all these shizzzz on my bed, and he was sooooooooooooo 'WTH am I doing'..... hahaha.... Going to relax this afternoon, and enjoy the weekend!  Maybe a quick look of the day later on!

I tag icyabstract, bailaoragaditana, and partialtopink to do their mac collection updates!!

Hi hi

Spent some time clearing and packing my stuff this morning, cos I bought a couple of storage trays to hold my expanding blusher/powder collection. So I decided to take a few pictures of my stash so far.  I am not going to list down everything I own, it's more like an overview, and how I keep my stuff organised.

I don't have a vanity table in my room (no space cos I have three wardrobes in my room), so whenever I do my MU routine, I sit on the floor or on my bed, and face the window if it is daytime, or if at night, I just use the bedside lamp.  The shelf and drawer thingy are right next to my bed... so I feel 'safe'  sleeping next to all my stash.  Haha.

PART ONE:

PART THREE

PART TWO

This shelf contains my MAC palettes, Coastal Scents 26 & 28 Neutral palettes, 78 Palette, Highlight & Contour Palette, 10pc blush palette, Beauty Blender Sponge, My foundation products and Lipsticks, and my Brushroll with all my eye brushes.

Ok, here is the reason why I got started re-organising my stuff--- Remember that IKEA drawer thingy which I bought sometime back to hold my nail polish stash?  I have been using one of the empty drawers to hold all the new products which I bought recently, and now I have finally decided to give them their 'permanent home'.

And the overview:  I am quite happy with how the whole thing looks. All my MAC blushers, face powders, NARS blushers etc etc fit into this drawer.  A couple of random MAC eyeshadows and makeup bases line the side.

Breakdown of MAC blushers:

The Pinks - Azalea (Pro), Pink Swoon, Angel

The Plums - Plum Foolery, Dirty Plum (Pro)

The Peaches - Peachy Keen

The Mineralised: Nuance, Pleasantry, Intenso, Improvise, Daft Pink, Style Demon

In the next tray, the Face powers and MSFs and Misc face stuff:

MSFs - Natural (Light Medium), Pink Porcelain, Perfect Topping, Smooth Merge, Blonde, Petticoat

Beauty Powders: Alpha Girl

Bronzer - Solar Riche

Smashbox Dolce Vita blusher, Stila Convertible Lip & Cheek Colour Illium

NARS: Sin, Orgasm, Deep Throat, and single eyeshadow in Night Star

Do I have too much makeup? Yes.  Do I spend too much money on makeup? Prolly.  What can I say? Makeup (beauty related stuff in general) is my hobby, much as how someone would spend money and time on gardening tools, plants, kitchen equipment, cooking, LEGO collection, figurines etc etc.

So my stash & hobby=my makeup. :)

That's all, and hope this might give you some idea of how to organise your stuff, and who knows, do share some tips on how YOU do your thing.  :)  Thanks for reading, have a fab weekend!!

Hi everyone!

Kind of a random post here. Because of my recent nail polishing hauling, my 4 plastic drawers can't fit in any more new products.  And I had already thrown out one entire drawer full of polish that have dried up (usually those filled with glitter chunks), gave away polish that I don't use anymore etc. But the situation is BAD.. and I went to IKEA and bought this drawer thingy, which I am sure many of you would recognise it, cos it's so IKEA... you know?  Got the bf to lug it home, and got my bro to assemble it for me - guys come in real handy for situations like this.

And then I spent maybe 2 or 3 hours organising my stuff, throwing out my old bed side table, organising, etc etc... and this is what I have by my bed now. I am too lazy to rotate the picture, but you get the idea.  A ittle lamp on top, fancy furry mirror which my sister bought in Japan earlier this year.  This is a HUGE improvement from my old bed side table which is filled with all sorts of stuff. Not pretty at all. So I am happy with my purchase.  I have only used up 4 drawers (2 for all my nail polish!!!) so far.  And the old plastic drawers thing which is on the shelf, I am using them to store my contact lenses and hair scrunchies stuff.

In one of the drawers dedicated to my nail polish, I have all the misc brands (Sally Hensen, the odd bottles of Essie, The Face Shop, Barry M), top coats, nail files, chanel boxed nail polishes etc.

And in this drawer are all my China Glaze, OPI and MAC nail polish.  I prolly still have space for another 20 bottles at least inside.  Cos the 2 boxes you see are empty, and I just left them there so I don't have to put the bottles all the way inside.

So that's all I want to say about my new storage solution. This isn't a collection thing... and I do need to post my latest nail polish haul, and continue my little series on the overview of colours etc etc.

And then I bought pressies for my BFFs at work!  One of them is moving to another school, and I got her something from COACH, to match her bag. Cute paper bag.  And another friend at work is having her bday next Sat, so I got her a Two Faced bronzed trio palette thingy, SUPER CUTE.  I think I am pretty generous when it comes to buying pressies for people I love!  :)  makes me happy.

Because the Sephora bag they gave me is kind of cheap and ugly looking, I went digging around in my cupboard and found this sleeker looking Sephora bag which I think either my BF or the sis's BF got during one of the US haul... and I put her pressie inside instead.  And holly molly, look what I found inside the bag.  A BRAND NEW UDPP!!!  Now this bag has been lying around in my cupboard since last year.  I knew it contained some empty MAC boxes, but I didn't know the Urban Decay box has the product still in it.  But since I am using my TFSI (which is lasting me almost ONE year already).... I don't need to use it yet.  And I also have back ups of TFSI.. so.. I am happy!  :)

Will post my latest haul from transdesign next.  Thanks for reading!