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5 Tips for Organizing Your Beauty Essentials

Keep your transformation station clutter-free with these makeup organization tips from Costco.com.

1. Tap into kitchen storage

Beauty products, meet kitchen storage. Rethink that extra silverware tray, or store makeup brushes in glass jars.

Pro-Tip: Organize individual eye shadow containers in an ice tray, mini-muffin pan or chalkboard wine glasses so you can see the colors while you work the lids.

2. Get more with magnets

Affix magnets to daily used items. Cover a cookie sheet in decorative paper and lean it up against a wall to create vertical storage for your go-to items.

Pro-Tip: Mount a thin magnetic strip on the wall or inside a drawer to rein in those loose bobby pins and barrettes.

3. Let serveware serve you better

How often do you really use that stylish serveware? A round serving plate or decorative platter can help bring artfulness to otherwise messy looking products or jewelry.

Pro-Tip: Lay a strip of printed fabric over a serving tray and use it to display your perfumes.

4. Keep it in place

Jewelry boxes can be used to store makeup sponges, cotton balls and Q-tips. Traveling overnight? Sunglasses cases keep your powder brushes, liners and mascaras in great shape.

Pro-Tip: Regularly wash your brushes with a mild shampoo to rid them of makeup, oil and dirt for fewer clogged pores and pesky breakouts.

5. Be smart with bathroom accessories

Overturn a metal, porcelain or plastic tissue box holder and use it as a product organizer (you'll want to cover the hole in the bottom, of course!). Slip makeup brushes into the toothbrush holder and drop studs or hoops into the soap dish.

Pro-Tip: Look for multifunctional storage items, such as this full-length mirror with hidden shelving.