Live Beautiful: 18 Beautiful Makeup Organizing Ideas

I can confess that even when I don’t use much makeup, I’ve been doing the same thing with my makeup application for years, I love to see them displayed on my vanity.  Makeup organization can be tricky, mostly because we want them to be functional but we also want them to look beautiful, after all, we are all girls.  In this post below, you’ll find many pretty and inspiring ideas for organizing your skincare and makeup.

Make It Look Pretty In Wallpapered Niche

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I love what I did with this niche space in our home in New Jersey.  I wallpapered the niche, added glass shelves for displaying some of my perfumes, makeup brushes, and a few other toiletry items.  This is a more straightforward solution than what it seems, I wrote about it here, and you can see more here.

Organize Your Makeup Brushes In Silver

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This is my side of our master bathroom vanity.  I keep my makeup brushes inside a silver container, q-tips in a small tequila shot glass and cotton balls in a lovely antique-looking brass jewelry box.  I love how it looks on my side of the vanity sink, but more than anything I love how convenient it is to have right at my disposal.  I just need to start using more than only one brush, though.

Make It Artistic With Art

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Mix your jewelry, candles, and perfume on top of a stone tray and make it even more romantic with a piece of art behind it.  It’s the little details that make up our days.

Organize Your Brushes and Makeup Inside A Vanity Tray

makeup and brushes organitaion, drawer If you have a vanity with drawers, get a few drawer dividers, like these ones here.  It will make your morning routine much easier.

Make It Retro

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Nothing says retro more than a bunny ears mirror and a shag rug.  Actually, yes maybe there is something else that would make it look even more retro, pink.

Make A Moodboard That Screams Romance

makeup and facial cream organization, mirro, and white vanity Use magazine clips to make a mood board that will keep you on track of inspiration.  Via @ohuprettythings Instagram.

Display Your Perfumes

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Keep your perfumes contained in a tray, next to your skincare and makeup brushes for a pretty display as well as for accessibility.

Rose Gold And Mirror For A Side Of Femininity

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A mirrored vanity screams for rose gold brushes in a glass and aromatic diffuser.

Mix Your Best Jewelry With Hermes Boxes

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Hermes boxes are always chic, especially if they are displayed with Channel jewelry and makeup.  Keep everything from makeup brushes, q-tips, skin samples, and lose jewelry in their own container for better organization.

Go Monochrome

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If you are really into keeping things organized by color, an excellent way to keep them is by keeping them in trays.

Use Your Magazines As Trays

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Match your brushes, skin product container, and a candle holder to your favorite magazine and display them together.

Keep It Glamorous

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Add an ornate gilded mirror to a mirrored vanity, don’t forget to include flowers and a black and white photograph and it’s glamour in an instant.

Use Your Empty Candle Holders As Organizers

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Organizing your makeup and brushes inside an empty candle container is not only a chic way to keep things organized, but it’s also a great sustainable alternative.  Repurpose anyone?

Make It Exotic

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Use a table or a flat ornamental tray to add an exotic touch to your makeup display.

Keep It Modern With Only Black And White

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A marble tray, black and white magazine display and glass make this organizing method very modern.

Keep It With Your Books

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Use beauty books as elevation support for your smaller items.

Make It Look Expensive

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Exotic marble, mercury glass candles, and glass trays make a perfect and unique combination.

Keep The Bottles Contained

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Keeping your bottles contained inside a tray/box and organized from tall to shorter makes it easier to access and see them.

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