my space... my vanity

My vanity is finally up and ready for me to waste hours on it... :)  Love love love!!!

Ikea Micke desk + Stave Mirror

(mirror reflection shows hubby's tv antenna stacked on top of my son's mega block box LOL )

Totally loving the clean and contemporary look of the desk and mirror.  If I were to get the same furniture years back, I would have gone with the traditional birch or white desk.  My taste in colors have changed a bit after watching so many home improvement shows on TV.  Prior to setting up this vanity, our room is pretty bare so I pretty much have the flexibility to go either light or dark.  I decided to go with black-brown to match the blue-gray wall and silver bed frame.  Totally loving the outcome.  I'm still in the quest for a makeup stool with a touch of vintage feel.  Check out little Picasso's scribble on the foldable chair I'm using now... very "artistic" indeed LOL

Back in th days, I used to only have a powder, blush, lipstick and eyebrow pencil in my stash. I only started acquiring more products around 2008, when I was pregnant with my son and too paranoid to look "too pregnant" :)  In 3 years, my stash has grown so much bigger.  As hubby will always comment - how many face do I have to use up all these products?  Gasp!  It's just so hard to resist... but I will certainly be limiting my purchases from today on.  Check out how I store my babies :)

This picture warns me to stop buying... whatever doesn't fit should be disposed or given away...

Eyeshadows

Blushes, Bronzers, Highlighters

Base and lippies

old sterilite drawer which used to house all my makeup stuff before.

clean brushes. I wrap the eye brushes in tissue to dry so they keep their shape - a tip I got from Dustin Hunter.

more lippies...

brow pencils, eyeliners, brow tints...

concealers and eye primers...

used brushes...

clean brushes - yes, it's pamper's baby wipes container :)

That's pretty much everything I have.  I didn't even realize I've accumulated so much in just 3 years.  That's not even considering the other products I have given away to friends in the past. Yikes!  Just a glance at my stash, it's probably obvious that I'm a blush and lipstick addict. Admittedly, I have a lot of duplicate shades in my stash coz I always gravitate towards natural colors - light pink, light peach, and nude.  I probably need to do some comparison between products and keep only one product for each shade.  And for the duplicates, I think they deserve a new home than just sitting in my drawer. A blogsale perhaps in the near future :)

my space... my vanity - prelude

It's been 4 years since I moved out of my parents house after getting married. Back in my room, I had a full vanity table - complete with mirror, table, and storage.  It was a hand me down from my god sister eons ago. That table must be at least 25+ years old now.  Albeit old and dusty, it is still in tact and waiting for me at my parents house. Since then, I never had a vanity table due to constant moving.  I've been pretty much doing my makeup in the bathroom ever since.

We've been here in Canada for 3 years now and moved 3 times!  I'm glad we finally found a permanent place and moved in late last year. The pad has a good size bedroom which currently has our queen size bed and my son's toddler bed.  Fortunately, there's still enough room for me to setup a vanity table. Giddy me :) Thus, the quest for the perfect vanity table started. I don't want to clutter up the room with furnitures so I need it to be compact yet efficient.   It took several months of online browsing to get ideas. I settled with Ikea Micke + Stave in black-brown.

Having a new vanity table means I have to do some cleaning, sorting and organizing my stash.  I was determined to fit everything into the Micke drawer. Anything that can not fit, should really be disposed or given away.  I don't think I can use up a drawer full of makeup! *gasp*  I'm still in the process of organizing and purging.  Will have to do it before we go outlet shopping this long weekend! :)

I will post a finished look of my vanity table with a glimpse of my stash.  Soon! Soon! Soon!