Organizing Lipsticks

Hey guys! I have spent several hours this past week in an attempt to organize some of my makeup. Santa Claus is supposed to be bringing me a new makeup vanity......(I wish he would go ahead and swing by this way and drop it off!!!!) Anyhoo, I have been organizing some of my lip products this morning and this is by far the most challenging. I like for all my makeup to be orderly and categorized for easy usage. If I don't have it that way it usually ends up thrown in a drawer, I forget about it, and it ends up never getting used. If I have things where I can see them and grab them easily, it is much more likely I will use them. It is almost impossible, for me anyways, to get my lip products organized like that. For one they end up EVERYWHERE. They are spread ALL over my house (on the coffee table, on my night stand, on the bathroom counter, on the kitchen table, in my travel makeup bag, etc). They are also in my cup holders in the car, in the ashtray, as well as in the console. And do we even need to talk about what's in my purse? I can't keep this at a minimum. I try, but there always ends up being like dozens thrown in there, it's inevitable. I bought 7 of these clear plastic lipstick holders from Amazon. I left one by itself for my most used MAC products, but glued the others together to make 2 big lipstick holders.

Each section holds 24 lipsticks/glosses, so this altogether holds 168. I thought this would be enough, but I'm running out of space!

I put some of my lip products in this little container. I have multiples of the Mega Shine Glosses/Butter Glosses/Lip Creams and balm stains, so I grouped them together for easy storage/usage.

I have 12 of these and as you can see, they are not all here. They are everywhere! I will have to round these up and put them in their new home.

(Jordana, Revlon, Covergirl, Neutrogena, etc.)

MAC lipstick/lipglass. My all-time favorite MAC lipsticks are Hue,Cremecup, and Up the Amp. I can't remember what all is pictured here, but others include: Ruby Woo, Russian Red, Snob, Myth, Pretty Please, Pure Zen, Speed Dial, Bombshell, Angel, Rebel,High Tea, Velvet Teddy, etc.

Just by glancing I'll try to tell you what most of these are. Starting top left:
Fergie: VIPink (x2) and Fergie Daily
WetnWild lipsticks: (901B) Think Pink (x3), (900B) Pink Suga, (903C) Just Peachy, (907C) Mauve Outta Here, (908C) Sugar Plum Fairy, (968) Pinkerbell
Elf: Classy
Mary Kay (x2)
Lancome Poodle Skirt
Heidi Klum Perfect Lipstick
Estee Lauder: Coastal Coral and Candy
YSL Golden Gloss #20
YSL Rouge Volupte #1
Too Faced Marshmallow Bunny
Bobbi Brown Pink Buff
Nars Honolulu Honey
Laura Geller Caribbean Kiss

Maybelline: Born With It, Party Pink, Pink & Proper, Brazenberry, Pink Pop, Violet Intrigue
Rimmel: Coral Shimmer, Nude Delight, Vintage Pink, Airy Fairy (x2)
Exude Lip Creme in Red
Rimmel Kate Moss (x4)
Shu Uemura Red #165
NYC Sheer Red
Milani: Sangria, Uptown Mauve
Loreal Fairest Nude
Color Whispers(x3)

NYX Matte: Whipped Caviar, Natural, Bloody Mary
NYX: Paris, Gala, Fig, Summer Love, Honey, Power (x2)
Covergirl: Spellbound and Divine
Revlon: Carnation, Gentlemen Prefer Pink, Pink Pout, Nude Attitude, Primrose (x2), Cherries in the Snow, Berry Haute, Honey Bare, Berry Couture
Christian Dior Catwalk Mauve

Revlon Lip Glosses (x4)
Revlon Lip Butters (x8)
Baby Lips (x4)
Baby Lips MD Rescue: Just Peachy, Berry Soft, Soothing Sorbet
Mary Kay Lip Glosses (x5)

Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Lip Glosses (x6) and various other glosses: Philosophy, Smirnoff, Lancome Juicy Tubes (x3), Pop Sugar, Estee Lauder, Clinique (x3), The Body Shop, OCC Lip Tar, Everyday Minerals lipstick, Fresh Sugar Lip in Plum (x2) and Rose.

And lastly in this one I just put various lip products that I use frequently: Nars (x3), Covergirl, Bonne Bell (x2), Stila Lip Glaze (x2), Revlon Bellini Lip Gloss, Jordana "Lovely" (x3), Maybelline (?), Avon (x6), Milani, Bare Minerals, Yes to Carrots, JR Watkins, Burts Bees, etc.

Whew! I am still no where near done, and I know this is something that will always be changing/revolving/shifting, etc. I am going to buy a couple more organization items for this stuff. When I am all done I will post some pics. It will probably be after Santa has dropped off my Christmas gift and I have things in order. Thanks for stopping by and PLEASE leave any tips you might have for storing your lip products. As someone who is slightly OCD I really struggle with this. Have a great rest of your week everybody!!! xoxo