DIY: Brush Keeper

Keeping makeup brushes clean and dust/germ free is important. It could mean the difference between clear skin and blemished skin which can be caused by the dust and bacteria in the air that settles on the brushes. We all wash our makeup brushes but what do we do with them afterwards, we put them in brush holders but the bristles are exposed. Here's a quick and inexpensive way of keeping all the undesirables - like dust and what nots off your makeup brushes. 

Here's what you would need:
 a covered container that's tall enough to acoomodate all your brushes and something to keep your brushes upright in the container. This could be a pencil holder or the brush holder that you already use.

Materials

This is my setup. I got the container from SM Homeworld and costs Php95. It is meant to be used for cutlery or other kitchen stuff but I had other plans for it. I used my old brush holders for this DIY (my mom got it for me from Muji four years ago just in case you're wondring ü ).

DIY: Makeup/Eye Shadow Palette

I recently bought a bunch of eyeshadow pans. But I had one problem, I didn't have anything that could store them. The two options I had was to spend or make a D.I.Y. eye shadow palette.
I've heard of makeup palettes being sold in the internet and pro stores but they are quite pricey plus shipping and customs add to their price tag. There are suggestions all over the internet about how you can make your own, but I'm not the DIY: eye shadow palette with a DVD case kind of girl.

When I was hunting for the perfect makeup palette for me, I had this checklist in my head:

• it has to be magnetized - sticking a magnet at the bottom of each eyeshadow pan is too time consuming
• the cover has to be attached to the part where the eye shadows are kept - otherwise I might loose it or forget to cover it
• it preferably should be made out of plastic with a clear cover
• it should be shallow enough to make it seem like the container is specially made for eye shadows
• it should be able to hold a lot of pans
• and it should be affordable.

I didn't find anything that met my standards and being a little obsessive compulsive, I refused to settle for anything less. But a trip to a nearby Japan Home store ended this - I was able to find materials that stirred my creative juices. I think I spent around P 170 (around USD 4) for this whole project.

So this is what I got from Japan home, the watercolor palette (P 66) and a pack of magnetic photo frames that's supposed to be for the fridge (P 66, there are 3 pcs in each pack).  The magnetic photo frames had a clear plastic slot of the photos so I just took that out since I won't be using it for that purpose.

The super glue - you can get that just about anywhere. You'd also need a permanent marker, a pair of scissors and scratch paper.