10 DIY Jewelry and Makeup Organizers

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know I love DIY and organization. I mean, I even have a section of my sidebar for it!

I thought it'd be fun to share with you 10 of my favorite DIY organization ideas for jewelry and makeup. If you have one, leave it in my comments! I'd love to check it out!

This Chevron Necklace Holder is so cute and perfect for a bright, colorful room in your house! 
This Necklace Holder from Scrap Wood is a great way to upcycle something laying around your garage/shed and make it a statement piece in your home!
This is another necklace holder that uses the same style.
I haven't gotten around to making one yet, but this earring holder made from a picture frame is an idea I've seen floating around that I'd love to recreate!
This one incorporates that idea but adds in a necklace holder for a ton of jewelry storage! 
This helix jewelry holder may just be one of my favorites! It would look great sitting on top of my dresser!
And, of course the jewelry organizer I created over a year ago! This one hangs in my hallway outside my bathroom. The three beauty organization tricks I wanted to share are ones that I definitely want to use in my own bathroom. Right now, I just use a makeup bag and an old candle container to organize my bathroom counter.
I love the idea of using magnets on makeup to organize your actual products. Using products from the dollar store to make adorable brush holders is also an amazing idea. And this idea uses the empty candle holders to organize everything on a little tray which is one of my favorite ways to organize! Which project is your favorite?

September 2013 Favorites

It's time for monthly favorites! I decided that if I wait around for me to have enough beauty favorites each month, we'd never have a monthly favorites post so this is a "anything that strikes Paige's fancy because it's her favorite" type of post. AND it's on time! Bonus! 

September 2013 Favorites by paigers91 featuring retro t shirts

First thing I want to talk about is the triple tip eye liner pencil from ELF that I talked about here. In my original post, I didn't know what to think of it and thought it was dumb. My friend Meg from Meg O on the Go set me straight on that and told me that it was for tightlining. That opened my eyes and I've been tight lining like crazy with this pencil since then and I love it. One of these days I'll feel like I practiced enough to give you guys a tutorial too. Next, I'm in love with grey nails. I recently went and got my toes done (for the second time ever) and I got a color very similar to the one above on my toes. Can you say obsessed? Good thing it's still sandal weather here. The cover girl lip balms I talked about in a previous favorite post is still the only lip color I'll wear. These things are just amazing and I must own every single color. I've also been obsessed with an old favorite, Maybelline Mineral Foundation. I used this way back in the day and recently decided to drag it out again because I've been trying to find a good powder and failing and so far this is doing the trick! Another thing I discovered recently is the 5 Minute Whitening Gel kit. I've been wanting to whiten my teeth but I didn't want to spend the money to do it so I thought I'd give this a go since it's only $10. It tastes disgusting but I'm pretty happy with the results so far. I wish I had taken a before picture so I could show you guys an after picture. I'm also still wearing the chicnova shirt I talked about in this post pretty obsessively. It's actually getting kind of ridiculous. I've already had to promise myself I'd take pictures of myself on days I don't wear this shirt just so I can prove that I do actually wear other clothes. Another clothing favorite is this navy and ivory striped shirt from Forever21. I took my NCLEX (nursing boards) in that shirt so I'm convinced it's lucky. A trend I'm seriously freaking obsessed with is combat boots. I own two pair and I've already worn them more than once. Hey, this summer there were girls galloping along in boots and shorts so I don't wanna hear that it's not time for them yet. My last fashion favorite is the Angela necklace from K.O. Designs. I got it in the 28" long chain and it's the perfect necklace to throw on just about any outfit to dress it up. I also got the Karma necklace and it's adorable and dainty! I recently got an owl mug pretty similar to the one above from Kroger and it's freaking awesome. It definitely makes me feel all creative and cozy when I curl up in a chair with my mug and my laptop.  Last but not least, the start of fall brings fall candles. I haven't stopped at bath and body works yet this year but a new favorite is the Autumn Harvest candle from Target. It's a limited edition and only sold in stores so you better get your butt up and head out and get it asap! What are you favorites for September? What are you looking forward to in October?

Ipsy Bag September 2013

It's herrreeeee!! My Ipsy Bag for this month!

I've got some pretty great things but this month, we're doing it in vlog form. Oh yeah.

Bag Totals:

-Nyx Single Eyeshadow: $4.99

-Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm: $19.00

-Starlooks Eye Pencil: $12.00

-Elizabeth Mott Mascara: (full size-10ml) $19.99; Sample Value: $8.00 (4ml)

-Facial Paper Masks: $1.99 each: total of $6.00

Bag Total: $49.99

Not too bad right? Especially because I'll actually use most of these products.

As always, go here* if you want to subscribe to Ipsy! That is my referral link, which helps me get points toward a nail polish. You can totally subscribe through the main site too though, if you want :)

So what beauty subscription do you get? Is it worth it?

What did you get in your Ipsy bag?

Straightening Your Hair With Misikko

Disclaimer: The flat iron was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.

I just wanna say that before I cut my hair, it took a lot of work to get my hair to look like this:

It was compounded by the fact that I was using possibly the worst shampoo known to man, other than head and shoulders that is.

My hair was so bad that when I got my hair cut, my stylist was begging me to never use that shampoo again. She even told me, off the record, which drugstore shampoo to buy instead of buying the salon's brand of shampoo. It was that bad.

So in the midst of my hair woes, before I cut it off, Misikko approached me and offered to help out and send me the HANA Professional Flat Iron.

I'd heard good things about Misikko flat irons and I have their hair dryer, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

My first experience with Misikko and their shipping for my hair dryer was not that great. It took over a month for me to get it so I was prepared to wait around for a while for the flat iron. 

I was pleasantly surprised! The flat iron was on my doorstep within a week, with all the goodies that comes with a Misikko product:

The flat iron is thin with one inch plates, which I like. I don't like the wider plates because then it's hard to get near the top of my head, plus, a flat iron with smaller plates can work for long or short hair.

The plates are tourmaline ceramic which helps prevent frizz, which is something my hair needed desperately with that shampoo and the flat iron itself heats up to 450 and I cranked that baby up! 

It's very easy to use and actually has grips on it to allow it to fit in your hand which I really like. It also heats up really fast. I could turn it on, wait just a minute or so and then straighten my hair!

Here are the results:

Now my hair blow dried in the before picture may not look that bad, but I promise you, it was a built up mess with tangles if I moved my head at all and it was at least two times thicker than it should have been. This flat iron was definitely put to the test on this hair and I think it did a fantastic job! 

After I switched shampoos, I can really tell how the flat iron is working to decrease frizz and make my hair look great. You can see what it does to my new, cut hair with new shampoo in my post here.

I'm definitely glad I've got the Misikko flat iron because it beats most other flat irons I've tried!

What flat iron do you use? Better yet, what shampoo do you use?

August 2013 Ipsy Bag Reveal

It's that time again!

I've got the August Ipsy Bag to share with you today. If you are completely lost, you need to head on over to Ipsy* and subscribe. Seriously.

Essentially, it's $10 a month and it's a subscription service. You get about 4 products per month and I promise it's worth it!

Here's the goods for this month:

Looks amazing right?

I know.

The first thing I pulled out was this Noya Vanilla All Natural Lip Balm. I included the packaging because I just thought it was cute that it said "Live Divinely"

As for how it performs? It's pretty good. It retails for $3.99 so I probably wouldn't order it online but I'd pick it up in a store.

The next thing I pulled out was this Jojoba Charcoal mask from Michael Todd. I was probably most excited about this because I've heard amazing things about Michael Todd and I've been wanting to try a charcoal mask.

I've tried it once and I really like it! My face definitely felt tighter and clean afterwards.

A full size retails for $18.00 and is 3.4 oz. The sample I got was 1oz so the sample is worth about $5.00 and I can definitely get a few uses out of it. 

The next thing I pulled out was this city color cheek stain. It's in a bright pink color and it blends out pretty nicely so I'm excited to use it!

I'm pretty sure this is a full size and it's worth $2.99. I was shocked at this because the pigmentation was great! I can't wait to see how it wears throughout the day.

The next thing I got was this Pixi lash booster mascara in black. I have not tried it yet but I was excited to see it in my bag because I've always wanted to try Pixi products!

A full size retails for $17.00 and I'm pretty sure that this is not a full size (not sure how much of a sample it is) so I'm just going to say that the value of this was $6.00

Next I got this Pacifica smart shade BB cream. I thought I'd really like this but after I blended it out on my hand, it almost looked shimmery and I find anything with shimmer makes my pores look huge.

A full size is only an ounce and retails for $16.00. This sample size is a third of that so it's worth a little over $5.00

The last thing I got was a bonus item and it's a nail polish from Lime Crime. It's a nice buttery yellow color and one coat was a little streaky, not bad, but it'd definitely need two coats. It retails $8.00 but because it was a bonus item, I'm not including that in my total.

Soooo, the total for my August Ipsy* bag was about $23.00! Not bad for a $10 subscription bag! I haven't been disappointed yet!

Last month, I never got around to doing an Ipsy bag reveal but I got some great items. Here's a pic just so you can see what was in it. It was definitely worth the $10!

Do you get an Ipsy bag? How do you like it?

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July Favorites

Like last month, I'm a few days late on my favorites post but honestly, I didn't even realize it was August until Friday!
I don't have very many favorites for the month of July because I didn't try a ton of new products and I'm still using and loving all of the products from my June Favorites post.

The first thing is a nail polish I've loved for a long time but have been using it a lot lately. It's Sand Tropez from Essie and it's the perfect nude color. It goes on creamy and doesn't streak and is perfect after just using two coats. I'm not patient with nail polish at all so I love when I don't have to use more than one or two coats and it looks great!

The next thing is the Stay Matte powder from Rimmel. I'm not entirely sure it keeps me matte all day, but I do like the finish of the powder and I've been using it every day.

I've also been loving Almay's smart shade CC cream. At first, I wasn't quite sure I liked itWhatbut then I tried a BB cream and realized that the CC cream was actually pretty amazing. I like that it blends well with my skin tone.

For perfume, I've been using Sheer from Aerie which is a great light scent. I'm pretty sure they discontinued it because for some reason, I can only find the rollerball but I know some of their other perfumes smell great as well!

To remove my makeup, I've been using the Equate brand (from Walmart) Refreshing Wipes. They haven't broken me out as far as I can tell and do a good job of removing my makeup. Plus, they are cheap and you get 40 in a pack for less than $4.

The last thing is this body was from Nivea. It's hydrating and does not dry out my skin at all. Plus, it comes in a big bottle so I don't run out super fast!

What were your favorites for the month of July?

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