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10 beauty and make-up storage ideas to change your life

Do you have way too many beauty products and end up running late every morning because you can’t find anything? These storage solutions will literally change your life!
By Penny Travers
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Magnetic strip

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Who doesn’t have to regularly buy a new set of hair pins after losing them all? This could become a thing of the past thanks to this genius idea of sticking a magnetic strip to your wall and placing your kirby grips on it. 

Pic: Kathleen Kamphausen

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Kitchen rack

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Think outside the box and use a kitchen rack to store beauty products such as make-up brushes and nail polishes.

Pic: Bustle

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Beauty board

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Not familiar with beauty boards? The idea is to stick magnets on the bottom of beauty products so they can be displayed on a metallic board.

Pic and DIY: Handmade in the heartland

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Wine rack

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Doing Dry January? Use your wine rack to store beauty products and hair appliances instead!

Pic: Kathleen Kamphausen

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Make-up brush pot

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Storing your make-up brushes couldn’t be easier. Simply fill a glass jar with pebbles and stick the brushes into it. Coffee beans work a treat, too.

Pic: Home Edit

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Nail polish shelves

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Pretend you’re at a fancy beauty salon and make a pretty rainbow by placing your nail polishes on white shelves.

Pic: One Starry Night

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Cake stand

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Cake stands aren’t just great for your latest chocolate creation, they’re an ideal way to display all your fragrances.

Pic: Ruffles and truffles

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Takeaway containers

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Seems silly, but there’s hardly anything better than takeaway containers stacked in a drawer to keep all your beauty products from mixing. Just make sure you clean them first!

Pic: Vivianna does makeup

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Shoe rack

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Shoe racks offer an ideal solution to show exactly shade of make-up you own at a quick glance. Saves you buying that orange lipstick twice.

Pic: Bustle

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Labelled boxes

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Be super organised and divvy up your make-up by category, so you can get through your beauty routine quickly in the morning.

Pic: Shelterness

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