Declutter and Organize Your Beauty Products

How do you declutter and organize your home?  One step. One room. One drawer at a time.

Serenity, peace, calm, relaxation, restoration and happiness is a beautiful thing if your home is organized and you are living in an environment that brings you joy and makes you feel good.  Spending a few minutes each day to get caught on laundry, or putting away surface mess will not only increase your peace of mind, but it will allow you to be more productive and have so much more time on your hands to do what you love to do.  It's best to start small and create those small wins early that way you can feel a deep sense of accomplishment and success.

Organizing drawers, purging what you no longer need and use, getting rid of old and expired products and coming up with systems create to calm and peaceful space is key.  

Makeup, bathroom drawers, and beauty products especially can be a hoarding ground for germs, distraction and excess clutter, so start with where you spend the most time first or the place that will make you feel your best.  Self-care and taking care of your own body is how you continue to elevate your game and maintain your health so ensure you are taking care of your own basic needs first and foremost.  It's easy in today's busy lifestyle to neglect our own feminine needs, wants and desires (especially if you are busy with kids) so today I'm going to give you some tips on organizing, cleaning, and replenishing your make-up and beauty supplies.

1.  Respect and honour yourself and your body.  Putting yourself first is not selfish.  In fact, it will make your life and the lives around you so much better.  So always invest in yourself!  I’m a firm believer in respecting the things you work so hard for, so keep your items in your home clean, don't throw things around, or on the ground because if you don't take care of the little things, you'll never be given more.  Invest in high quality products that you love, and when you've used it all, and/or it expires buy yourself some more.  If you want something, treat yourself to it without feeling the need to explain or justify yourself to anyone.  If you feel the nudge to try a new style or switch up how you do your make-up give it a go!  Change is good and our outside world is always changing and it is always a reflection of how you are feeling about yourself!  Self-expression is key if you want to be truly happy.  In fact, lack of true self-expression will lead to depression so don't take how you express yourself or how you look or wear make-up lightly.  The quality of your life literally depends on you BEING the person you know deep down you were created to be.  

2.   Stay present and clean as you go!  Clean, sort, organize as you go, so for your makeup drawer, or cosmetic bag you can easily do this while getting ready in the morning.  Put your makeup on as you normally would.  Wipe your products and brushes clean after you use them, and set aside what you used for "keeps!"  I usually have some cleaning wipes on hand so that after I am done using a make-up product I will do a quick wipe so that my products are kept clean.   Use whatever cleaning products you prefer for cleaning and sanitizing!  Then take a peek at what's left over and really ask yourself if you want to continue using these products.  How long have you had the products for?  If you've had them for way too long, then you won't be doing your skin any favours be putting old, dirty products on your fact.  Get rid of them.

Below I will link my favourite products and the expiry.  Chances are if you are using your products on a regular basis you will replace them before they expire.

• Mascara.  I use 2 kinds.  Quadra 4-in-1 along with Moodstruck Epic Twisted! – 3 months. (Some say 6 months, but many cosmetics experts, recommend 3 months.)
• Liquid Foundation, Tinted Moisturizer or Concealer – 6 to 12 months.
• Blush and Eyeshadow – 6 to 12 months.
• Eyeliner, Eyebrow pencils, and Lipliner Pencils – 6-12 months.
• Lipstick or Lip Gloss – 1 year.
• Moisturizers and Skin Care – 1 to 2 years.

3. Update your look and surrounding areas!  Need more makeup? Tired of your current colours?  Want to change things up for summer or fall?  Then go shopping and invest in what you think you will love!  Watch your favourite make-up tutorials online and go buy yourself something new and purchase colours that speak to you.  It's always a good time to switch things up when the seasons change and go for a facial at your favourite spa.  Out with the old, in with the new!  Here is my current 15 minute face essentials!

 4.  Be careful what you are speaking into existence.  Your thoughts and how you think will become your reality, so if you are always saying "my home is always messy", "I'm so unorganized", "I have too much stuff", "I don't have enough", then you will get exactly what you are thinking and speaking into life.  Start affirming your truth and the reality you WANT to see.  "I live in a big, beautiful, clean home.", "My space is always clean or organized.". "I have everything I need.", "I can afford everything I want."  "I have the most beautiful skin and complexion."   "I have the best products in the world."  You get the idea!

So get one space in your home organized and refreshed this week!  Starting with your beauty supplies and the products you put on your face or body is the perfect place to start.

Then join my Life Worth Living Challenge if you haven't already done so!

Because you can look your best on the outside, but feeling your best on the inside is what counts the most!

xo

Lindsay