DIY: Brush holders/Miscellaneous storage

My finished tins.

In my first blog you might have noticed the holder I had my brushes in, after searching high and low for the perfect brush holders, I figured why not make my own? At least it would be something I like, it would be cost effective (up-cycling and all that!) and it would also be unique! So this is what I did;

We had some empty tin cans that had been washed out and ready to go in the recycling bin, but I saved them! I took the measurements around the tin. (By taking measurements I mean I used a plain piece of paper and created a template).

I went onto Amazon, one of my favourite places ever! And found some gorgeous wallpaper samples from a company called Glorious decoration, they were 49p each but I didn't mine paying seen as I hadn't yet spent any money and was already halfway to having some brush holders. I bought 6 different ones. And then I also bought, double sided sticky tape. You could stop there, but I wanted to go that steel further so I also bough some clear rhinestones, and super glue, and I also bough some ribbon :3 I spent about £10 altogether, with the ribbon being the dearest at about £3.40.

When they all arrived I got to work, cutting out the right sizes from the wallpaper samples, I found the patterns were abit larger than I thought so I had to find a section on the sample where I could cut a nice image out, as if I'd just gone for the corner I missed out the main features of the designs, after I had my wallpaper cut out I out three strips of double sided tape one around the top and one around bottom rim and then the middle, I then slowly stuck the wallpaper round making sure it kept straight and was align properly. I decided to out a strip along the vertical end of the wallpaper before sticking the last bit down just the keep it secure and make sure it stayed in place.

So.. You could stop there and have some lovely brush holders. However I like a little sparkle and a personal touch, so I played around with the rhinestones and stuck them on where I thought they looked good, with the superglue. And I also put ribbon that said 'handmade with love' around the top and bottom rim of one tin.

Makeup brushes.

Ever since I became interested in makeup I have obsessed over brushes, but I never took the risk to buy the expensive branded ones (if it's more than £10 it's expensive to me). But then one day I accidentally came across Real Techniques, now, to me, at the time, those were expensive brushes, taking into consideration I was only about 16 and was just starting to earn my own money, so I didn't want to spend it all on about 9 brushes when I could get 24 for the same price on eBay. My god I did not know what I was missing, eventually I invested in two packs of Real techniques brushes, The starter kit, which is used on the eyes, and the core collection which is used on your face. They are the softest, easiest to use and not forgetting attractive brushes I know of. I have used these brushes since purchasing them, and have never been tempted to change. Although, the brushes have titles written on them as to what they are intended to be used for, I have found some are good for more than just that, for example the 'Deluxe crease brush' I use this on my eyes, and I also use it under my eye with concealer. This is the amazing thing about real techniques.

They're affordable
They're durable
They're versatile 

It's true what they say, if you have good enough brushes you don't have to be a makeup artist to create gorgeous and flawless looks.

In the two packs I bought there were 9 brushes in total.

In the starter kit (Purple handles)
-Base shadow brush
-Deluxe crease brush
-Accent brush
-Eyeliner brush
-Brow brush

In the core collection (Gold handles)
-Detailer brush
-Pointed foundation brush
-Buffing brush
-Contour brush

Each set also came with a panoramic case to put the brushes in when travelling, or just as safe storage solution to keep them nice.