Acrylic Make up Storage

Before Christmas, I decided to jump on the Acrylic storage bandwagon after finding this one for £7.34 (with free p&p too!) on Amazon which I thought wasn't too bad at all! I popped it on the Amazon wish list and before I knew it, there I was opening it on Christmas Day, thank you Mum ^_^

£7.34: Amazon

I'm actually really impressed by this! It holds a fair amount of my make up and makes it look all neat and tidy. I wasn't expecting it to be the greatest quality but it seems very sturdy, I lovee how sleek it looks as well. 

Have you done a make up storage post? I would LOVE to see it! Leave links below :)

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Scalloped

Scalloped Peter Pan Top | New Look
Black Cardigan | Marks and Spencer
Jeans | Primark
Satchel | Primark
Swallow Print Scarf | Primark
Nail Polish | Barry M - 297
YSL Arty Replica Ring | DollyBowBow
Perfume | DKNY Be Delicious

I feel like I have so much to talk about but really, it's a load of rambles! This is what I wore today to meet my friend who I haven't seen in months (university steals friends :( ) we had some nosh and browsed the shops. I swatched a fair few Topshop lipsticks and I'm really tempted to get Desert, it didn't look too pretty in the tube but on my hand it looked lovely! I also took the opportunity to swatch one of the new Sleek Pout Polishes... For some reason, I went for the bright blue one (why?!?) and ended up walking around town with a smurf hand!

The nail varnish is a pretty new addition to my Barry M family. Seriously loving it at the moment - it's highly pigmented, considering it's a glitter. I might do a review of this in fact, I don't think it has enough love! I've got my eye on the red one too.

Finally, I said I'd show you the completed Decopatch/new make up storage tray in this post. So here it be! This is mostly the make up I don't use very often, but I still like to keep them looking nice so when I do use them I don't have to rummage around for a particular item. I now need to Decopatch the other boxes I have :)

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Decopatching

Hey everyone, how has your week been? 

I thought I'd introduce you to my latest hobby which as you may have guessed from the title is Decopatching! Years ago a new art shop opened in my nearest town and outside they always have a giant collaged giraffe, much similar to this one, ever since I've been intrigued. The other week I was browsing Hobbycraft and finally found out what the technique was! I bought a starter kit (which I'll blog about at some point) and gave that a go. Hooked on it, this happened...!

I bought some pretty paper and a pot of the special Decopatch glue.

And a rather ugly plastic tray organiser.

Ripped up into small pieces

Used the glue to stick down the pieces of paper and put a layer of glue over the top to seal it in

After several hours of work!

Finished result :)

I'm going to store some of my make up in here, I'm undecided about how to organise it though! I'll take a picture when I've decided. I got all of the above from Hobbycraft, including the tray - if you're interested in having ago all the Decopatch things are here :) 

Have you Decopatched anything before? 

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P.s. Check out my new little sub heading things I made in the right hand column (how swish am I?! Lol)