Nail Varnish Organisor

I think that the most personal gifts are the best kind. My aunt is always very thoughtful when it comes to my christmas and birthday presents. One year it was my handmade memory box, another it was a beautiful Alexander McQueen book, this year was my nail varnish shelf.

Now, that doesn't sound very exciting, but she knows me well. I love organising and I also have quite a large love and a mighty collection of nail varnishes. My cousin was so excited for me to open the present. Unfortunately, I was in hospital over christmas so I didn't get to until late boxing day. It was probably one of my favourite gifts this christmas. 

Not only is it a nail varnish shelf, but it is in the shape of an OPI bottle. I'd never seen such a thing-and I'm an organising geek! Today, after lots of nagging and pushing, my Dad finally put it up for me. The most exciting bit was deciding which ones to put out on display, then my friend was back over to colour coordinate again! Although it doesn't store all my polishes, its nice to have my favourites out, and I can rotate when my collection grows! 

Wardrobe Clear Out:Part One

I have a dreadful need to have a place for everything and everything in its place, well at least thats the case in my bedroom. Today my friend and I tackled my wardrobe. I think, a tidy closet is a tidy head. We managed to get through all my skirts, shorts, tops, shoes and handbags today. My bed became a wasteland, broken hangers spread all over the room, I discovered things that I wouldn't wish upon anyone to wear! 

The first OCD thing I needed to do was switch my hangers. I hate seeing all my odd hangers lined up, everything came of those and were put onto neat black ones. I know its time consuming, but it really does make all the difference! My friend then colour coordinated everything, which apparently she has a great love for. I don't know how but I managed to fill 4 bin bags. 

Tomorrow, I'm going to Ikea to buy some more of my special black hangers, and I might see what neat little storage solutions I can find to utilise my space. 

The evidence of a hard days work

All my tops sorted into type then colour

Again, colour coordinated

The remainder of my flats, after throwing out about 6 or 7 pairs!

Bag Organiser

Hiya, so as I've mentioned before, I love organising just about anything. Knowing this, my lovely cousin kindly sent me a bag organiser to use and try out. I only received it this morning but I have already arranged it with all my handbag essentials and I love it! 

The organiser has lots of different sections and zips, which is what my current bag is missing! The good thing about it is that if you want to switch bags, theres no need to transfer everything over, you just take out this nifty organiser and pop it over. It even has little handles which makes this much easier!

Very old and battered New Look bag!

On the first side, I just keep my mirror, phone and iPod etc. I love the amount of pockets and also the size of the pockets!

On the opposite side, I keep my notepad, sudoku book, pens and my work lanyards. 

There are then three main sections, two zipped and one open. In the open section I keep my purse and my perfume.

In one of the zipped pockets I keep all my essentials like lip balm, plasters, solid perfume, hand sanitizer etc. Normally, these would all be floating around loose in my bag but now i know it will all be in this compartment. I still haven't found anything for the second zipped compartment yet but I'm thinking of storing bits and bobs from the day like receipts and vouchers for me to then sort out in the evening. 

To show that this organiser is versatile, I have pictured it in another handbag. I believe that you can buy many different sizes and colours from eBay for pennies and even Primark! Definitely worth it if you love being organised! 

Primark bag

How do you keep your handbag organised? 

xoxo