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Beauty Secrets Vol. 4: Clear Your Beauty Clutter
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We all want Into the Gloss & Pinterest-worthy beauty shelves. It’s CRITICAL that you organize your beauty space for the ultimate self-care practice. In this episode, I share my 5 essential steps to clearing beauty clutter — a process that I’m currently undergoing & not quite sure why I waited so long to do bc the results….*life-changing*
STEP 1: EVALUATE & TOSS OR FIND ANOTHER USE FOR IT - With a little help from Japanese organization expert and best-selling author Marie Kondo, I encourage you to go through all of your products and ask “Does this spark joy?” if not toss it or find another use for it (some good tips for repurposing products)
STEP 2: ORGANIZE YOUR MAKE-UP BY FREQUENCY OF USE - Now that you only have the things you love, organize your products by how often you use them
STEP 3: TRY TO FINISH WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU BUY - Make it your mission to finish products before you get new ones and join me in my pledge to STOP buying lipgloss
STEP 4: BUY SMARTER - Always sample before you buy, Sephora will forever have my heart bc you can return everything - NEVER buy foundation without testing for a full day and the same goes for fragrance
STEP 5: MAKE STORAGE CHIC - I use empty candle holders or mason jars to store my brushes and pencils
Products/Resources Mentioned In this Episode:
Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Book by Marie Kondo) https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing-ebook/dp/B00KK0PICK
Make-up brush cleaner (So you can keep your brushes pristine) http://amzn.to/2rNSwaJ
Poshmark (To sell your unwanted make-up) https://poshmark.com/
Lucky Scent (If you want to try fragrance before you buy) https://www.luckyscent.com/samples
Make-up Travel Bags Bad & Boujee Option: https://store.prada.com/en/pradaww/man/man-travel/2NA030-064-F0002
More Sensible Options from Ricky’s: https://www.rickysnyc.com/makeup.html/tools-accessories/makeup-bags-cases.html
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