CHICK WIT: Column Classic – The Great Makeup Organization
By Francesca Serritella
My bathroom is covered in makeup.
Lipsticks and lip balms live on every ledge and sometimes end up in the dog’s mouth. The closed toilet seat cover is a staging area for foundation and blushes. Brushes peek out of a coffee mug that barely fits on the counter. Eye-shadow compacts litter the sink’s edge, daring to be knocked off and shatter on the floor.
In my defense, my bathroom is so small, three things out of place make it look like a disaster zone.
And I never have only three things out of place.
I don’t let it stay like this. When someone is coming over, or when the chaos gets to me, I feverishly sweep all of my scattered items into various overstuffed gift-with-purchase cosmetics bags.
The cosmetics bags have a ranking system that only I know: The denim one is for the current, heavy-use rotation makeup items. I could probably throw out all but this one and not notice. The beat-up black bag is really meant to only hold brushes, but instead it’s stuffed with former-favorite lipsticks, lesser-used eyeliners, and free samples.
Read the rest of CHICK WIT in the link in my bio.
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