{"id":11656,"date":"2013-01-29T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=11656"},"modified":"2013-01-29T00:24:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T16:24:31","slug":"beauty-storage-options-drawers-from-muji-solved-my-messy-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2013\/01\/beauty-storage-options-drawers-from-muji-solved-my-messy-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Storage Options: Drawers from Muji solved my messy problem!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know the Chinese New Year is near when I start panicking and doing mega spring cleaning of my house at every opportunity. I feel like the White Rabbit sometimes – no time! no time! Because we have but a couple of weeks more to go before we welcome in the Lunar New Year and I’m not even done yet. Sigh… Last weekend saw me tackling the madness that was my dressing table and I knew without a doubt that I needed some decent storage.<\/p>\n

Dom over at Belle Demoiselle<\/a> had previously picked up one of the now very popular clear acrylic storage boxes once, and when I last picked her brains about it, waxed lyrical about it. I knew however that I couldn’t deal with clear boxes. My mess, ostensibly in the open? Erm, not quite what I had in mind. I wanted my clutter hidden away, but neatly. Did that make sense? haha…<\/p>\n

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So one day while at Pavilion KL, I wandered into Muji. The popular items people usually get from Muji are the clear acrylic drawers but I wanted something different and towards the back of the store, I came upon what I was looking for. This is the PP A4 3 Drawer Unit<\/strong> (view it at Muji here<\/a>) which is a fairly large set of 3 stacked drawers made of polypropylene. It was opaque which was just how I wanted it – my organized mess could go in there and my dresser would finally look neat!\u00a0Here’s a sampling of what I put in my drawers \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The 3 drawers are fairly deep and long but not overly so. It is just A4 sized as the name of the box implies. I really wanted somewhere to store my Meteorites Perles powders because they were sitting out in the open before this and gathering dust. So when I bought the storage drawers, I made sure they could fit the tins.<\/p>\n

\"beauty<\/p>\n

Yes, they fit! I read that the new Meteorites Perles du Paradis from Spring 2013 have a larger and higher box but I think there is sufficient space for it. Fits the Le Metier de Beauty Kaleidoscopes too, as you can see at back, with lots more space for the collections to grow \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I noticed that when I pulled out the drawers, the tins and boxes would slide about a bit, so I cut up a piece of non-slip backing I’d previously bought from Daiso to line the base and voila! No more sliding! Everything stays nicely in place.<\/p>\n

\"beauty<\/p>\n

In drawer 2 I put concealers, BB Creams and primers that I regularly use. The drawers come without dividers but it didn’t bother me. I had some leftover plastic dividers from Daiso that comes in very handy at times like this. Just get a pack from there and break off where you need and create your own dividers. Perfect!<\/p>\n

Again, I placed the non slip backing on the base to stop things from sliding around and making a racket when you slide the drawer in and out.<\/p>\n

I do have to make mention of the drawers – the sliding motion is super smooth and it doesn’t catch at all. It almost feels like its on rollers except of course, it isn’t. There is a little bit of plastic at the top so when you pull out the length of your drawer you can rest it against that bit and your drawer will not slip and crash to the floor. I liked the thought that went into it because I hate pulling out a drawer and then suddenly find I’ve pulled it all the way out. It is very sturdy and well made and although this is an expensive bit of plastic, I was very happy with how it felt and performed.<\/p>\n

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The last drawer houses my powders and powder foundations. As you can see, it is tall enough so powder compacts can stand on their side. Again, I inserted my own dividers and non-slip base and everything is, as they say, hunky dory!<\/p>\n

Of course, I am not your regular girl so as you can see, 3 drawers only house my base makeup \ud83d\ude1b You could easily designate one drawer for your base makeup, one for color and another for lipsticks, if you like. I tested and most lipsticks can stand up quite easily in the drawer so you can use one of these divider things to create compartments, or place a simple box in there and stand your lipsticks up, and one on the side to lay your longer lipsticks or glosses.<\/p>\n

This 3 drawer box houses lots and doesn’t have a very large footprint measuring W26 x D37 x H32.5cm. What I liked best is that the PP material is easy to clean, doesn’t scratch easily, is opaque and pliable so it isn’t brittle, has a nice tactile feel and shouldn’t break easily if you don’t drop it down a flight of stairs <- and why would you do that?! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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Mine sits comfortably on top of an Ikea Helmer (which is a story for another day \ud83d\ude1b ) but you should be able to sit it quite nicely on your dresser and still be able to put more stuff on top of it as I have haha!<\/p>\n

So this is my current and latest storage system and I’m really pleased with it. I managed to free up some space on my dresser (finally!) and its actually easier for me to see and pick out everything I need now with just one glance into the drawer. I had a different storage unit before this that had too many compartments and drawers so it got messy. Sometimes, less is more \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Do you use Muji storage boxes\/drawers too? What would you put in this if you had it?<\/h4>\n

I picked mine up in store for RM109.90 and apparently, its currently on 10% discount (damn! I shouldn’t have been so hasty!) I’d used to read about people buying their beauty storage from Muji before this but I always thought Muji made only the acrylic boxes (because that’s what everyone used!) so I never bothered to look in there till now. I’m glad they didn’t else I’d still be on the hunt for a good storage option. Very happy with this one! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Paris B<\/p>\n

Muji PP A4 3 Drawer Unit Price:<\/strong> RM109.90 Availability:<\/strong> Muji stores (Currently at Pavilion KL and MidValley Megamall)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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