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22/12/2012
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Decluttering my makeup and beauty items.

Next year (2013) I am declaring the year of decluttering and organisation!

The first step in the year of declutter is my make up and beauty collection. I have a little bit of a shopping problem with hair, makeup and beauty products. Whenever I go to the shops I always find myself coming home with another lipstick, moistouriser or hair conditioner I don’t need. My cupboards and drawers are full of half used and unused products I’ve discarded after the latest collection or fad come into Myers.

I think I also have a ridiculous amount of lipstick and perfume for a 25yr old. Next year I will attending university full-time and I won’t have money to keep up with this spending habit. To help me out of my decluttering and to have some fun as a broke student I will be implementing frugal rules to use up my excess products and to prevent the temptation of purchasing anymore!

The Rules.

  1. No buying any “new” products.
  2. Must use up every single type of the item I own before replacing that item
  3. When replacing said item stop and consider if I actually need it?
  4. Must wear a lipstick OR lip gloss every day
  5. Must use a perfume a day

These rules should hopefully help me along on my decluttering journey. Next year I plan to declutter and organise many other areas of my life so look out for more posts to follow.

 

P.s. This post was supposed to have pictures but for some reason my camera is not uploading them right now.

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21/06/2011
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White Drawers

This is the end result of my first DIY venture. I’m happy with it, I love the colour, I love the way it looks in my apartment but I just don’t like the execution.

Where I went wrong:

  • I did not sand the surface I’m extremely lazy I thought it would look good anyway
  • I ran out of paint after the 2nd coat, next time buy some more paint
  • I didn’t remove the handles and painted over them which has left me with handles that are stuck to the drawers and to remove them I have to lift the paint (fail!)
  • I haven’t sealed the furniture, only after I finished the painting did I realise I should apply a clear top coat over this. Why didn’t I think of this after all I apply a top coat over my nail polish!
Ignoring all the faults I’m rapt with it and I love how it looks in the room.
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19/06/2011
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My Sunday.

I think I’ve been bitten by the DIY bug. Yesterday I spent an hour happily browsing Bunnings and checking out the doorknobs, light fittings and paint selection because I rent I can’t paint the walls so I decided on the next best thing! Time to give my tired old drawers a fresh look! This is just the first coat, 1 more coat to get then I need to apply a gloss coat but I can’t wait to see the finished result. I’m still undecided on painting the matching mirror though on thinking of leaving it black for the contrast of the room.

I leave you all with this weeks flowers. Gerberas. I don’t normally get these kinds because I hate how they loose their petals, within 3 days of buying them I usually throw them out. Gerbera’s remind me of my childhood and my mum, we used to live near a Gerbera farm and my mum would get the offcuts. Years later when i was 19 I was having a casual conversation with the Courier at work and he mentioned how that he services the Gerbera farm and I told him the story of the flowers and the next week he turned up at work with a bunch of them! They were lovely but I nearly died from embarrassment when everyone in the office teased me about “my new boyfriend”.

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16/06/2011
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Bedroom.

I was so excited when I moved into my first “adult apartment”. No housemates, no housemate clutter, no inherited items of ugly found during a night out and being able to finally make my own choices in the decoration of my home.

I have some difficulty sleeping at night so I wanted to make my room a calm oasis, nothing to bright and garish and nothing to distract me from sleeping. My bed is the Leirvik from Ikea, the bedsheets are from Ikea as well and I have strung fairy flights through the frame. Instead of picture’s I hung an old dress I haven’t been able to fit into for a while, some inspiration while Im loosing weight.

Just keeping it real…

Someone needs to tell my clothes to start hanging themselves because I’m never going to do it.

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12/06/2011
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Boredom Buster.

My new apartment comes with a front loader washer, I’ve never used one of these strange contraptions before in my life and it doesn’t come with instructions. Last night I had a set of flanellete sheets stuck in the washer so I decided to use the dryer function and dry the sheets. Worst decision ever! I ended up waiting up till almost 12:30am for the sheets to dry and then for some reason the wash cycle went back on and wet the lovely warm sheets.

This however is not a post about my washing machine, it’s a post about what  I did with my time. I am trying to make my apartment more homey and me so I cleared off the drawer in my lounge room and organised everything prettily.

The top of the drawers. I bought these beautiful roses yesterday at the Prahran Markets and I’m in love with them! On the left is the rice container to my vintage kitchen wear set, the flowers, my new writing set and a pitcher I got from a coworker that I’ve yet to fill up.

Aren’t the flowers gorgeous!

Just to keep it real though, one metre away this was going on.

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