3 Easy Tips for Organizing Your Makeup

Organizing your home can feel overwhelming. With so many areas to work on, where do you even start? Your makeup drawer or bag may be one of the easiest and most enjoyable places to start your quest.

Makeup products may be small, but it is all too easy to accumulate them at an alarming rate. Organizing your cosmetics can give you easier access to your favorite products and make gussying up much more fun. This is one of the areas you likely use every day, so why not start here? Plus, it can be an easy way to transition towards larger organization projects.

Discard Old Products

If you don’t like wasting products, you might save them to use down the road. With makeup, that isn’t always a good idea. Bacteria can grow on used makeup over time, which could lead to irritation or other issues. If you find expiration dates on your products, that is one good guideline to take into account. Otherwise, try to remember when you started using the product. In general, liquids and creams may need to be replaced more frequently than powders. Good Housekeeping offers useful guidelines you may want to refer to when deciding what to discard.

Cull Products You’re Unlikely to Use

Even if you swatch the product in a makeup store, sometimes it just doesn’t look as good on as you’d expected. If you are unlikely to use the product again, you might consider getting rid of it. Sephora offers a 30-day return window, while Ulta offers a 60-day return window, so you may still be able to get your money back if you decide quickly enough. If you can’t return a product, a handful of charities will accept donations of lightly-used makeup or you might offer it to a friend or family member.

Find the Right Storage Solution

A lot of perfectly good makeup goes unused because it sinks to the bottom of a drawer or makeup bag. Finding the right drawer organizer or acrylic makeup organizer can make it easier to see all of your cosmetics, giving you full access to your whole collection.

How do you keep your cosmetics organized? Share your favorite tips in the comments section below!