Thursday, October 14, 2010

Storing MAC eyeshadows using Fig Newton containers


Are you a fan of Fig Newtons? I think they're one of those snacks you either love or hate:


If you do love Fig Newtons, then you can use the plastic tray that holds the cookies as part of your makeup storage system. This is what the tray looks like:



You can store the shadows upright like this:



Or, you can let your shadows lie flat so that you can see the colors like this:


I like to store my limited edition eyeshadows in these trays because you can see the different colors of the packaging:


The trays fit 10 eyeshadows upright and 5 shadows if you lie them flat.


The width is just the right size for a MAC or NYX eyeshadow - just snug enough so that they don't jiggle everywhere when you open up your makeup drawer:


Do you have any "do-it-yourself" methods for storing your makeup collection? If not, what is your favorite makeup storage system? Please share!

13 comments:

aisyah De Cullen said...

that's kind of cute ^___^
I store my make-up in my shoe box..XD will be replacing them somewhere cuter once my collection got bigger, but for now, shoe box it is! =P

Liana said...

haha that is so creative and inexpensive!!! but if you don't happen to like fig newtons, wal mart has some containers like these i think 3 or $1? something like that...:)

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Vanessa M. said...

lol I love it!!!

Marie said...

What a practical storage tip!:D Thanks for sharing.

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a!k0 said...

oh cute! :D Good way to recycle. Creative I like :D

Lisa said...

::thumbs up::

Most creative way of using food containers I've ever seen-- a plus that it's extremely practical!

Alexa said...

this is sooo cute <3
i really like it ! and the limited edition ones look even cuter!

camgaga said...

that's a lot of MAC..what a good idea for storage..

LJ said...

what a genius idea!

Madiha said...

what a great idea :)

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Musicalhouses said...

Ooh good use of those containers! I've bought plastic containers in a similar shape/size for storage of eyeshadows, when I could've just used those Fig Newton trays!

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JENNNY said...

omg haha! that's such a great idea!