How to prepare your makeup vanity or makeup bag?

Many people are not good at tidying up or have little time to devote to it. However, taking a few minutes to organize our things from time to time allows us to save precious time on a daily basis. To overcome this inconvenience, I will explain to you how to make the best use of your toiletry bags and your vanity cases to optimize your spaces while protecting your products. To find out everything about the differences between these two accessories, consult our guide vanity or toiletry bag.

We can never say it enough, “compartmentalize” remains the key word of the maneuver. When traveling or at home, the principle remains the same. To do this, you should classify your products by "family" and choose the appropriate container for each family.

Makeup

Let's start with makeup. For example, to store your different pencils (taking care to put their caps back on them each time!), you can opt for a case. It doesn't matter if it is rigid or flexible, the main thing is to keep your pencils safe and in the same place so that you don't have to constantly look for the one you need, which, of course, is always the one that is sneakily hidden behind the others. If you take care to close the caps of your pencils, their leads will remain in the state in which you left them (well sharpened of course!), and your pencil case will always remain clean.

If you also want to put your pencil sharpener in your pencil case, which is a good idea so as not to have to look for it in the morning when you are in a hurry, remember to clean it well after each use. Even though it has a removable reservoir, it's difficult to avoid nasty black marks on your pretty pencil case. Consider equipping yourself with a stick to clean the blades. Also remember to use a pencil sharpener for your eyelash-brow pencils and another for lip pencils. Colors often mix and alter the appearance of your makeup.

You can also put all your lipsticks in the same case, once again, taking care to close them correctly. The same goes for nail polishes, powder compacts, eyeliners, etc.

If you are more vanity than a pencil case, and if you want to store all your makeup in the same place, you can choose a vanity case with several zipped pockets and elastic bands to hold pencils and other potential products. messy.

Hygiene products

For your hygiene products, it is the vanity-case that is essential. Choose a large and rigid one, always easier to clean in the event of an incident. Here, you should place your flasks and bottles upright, securely supported using the elastic bands on your vanity. If it is full, the bottles will hold each other and stay in place. And as with makeup, you no longer need to comb through all your drawers and cupboards to find the product you need. Preferably, put products that open from the top, because if your vanity is full, the pressure that the different containers exert on each other can contribute to the accidental opening of products that close from the bottom and thus dirty the bottom of your vanity. If this should happen, a wipe with a sponge would be enough to clean a rigid vanity case.

If you have fallen for a flexible vanity case model, no problem, this one also has its uses! To make it last a very long time and avoid washing it too often, put "risk-free" products in it, for example, your solid soap, your shower flower, your washcloths, your hair clips, etc.

Beauty tools

Finally, gather your beauty tools in the case or vanity case of your choice, depending on the quantity of objects you have. Tweezers, scissors, eyelash curlers, manicure and pedicure accessories... You can store all your tools in the same place, but for better hygiene, take care to put each one in an appropriate compartment or provided for this purpose. You can also use a foldable multi-case. If you opt for toiletry bag, remember to disinfect your tools more often, and to always keep your kit impeccable to avoid infections due to the accumulation of bacteria and microbes. For maintenance advice, consult our guide how to wash a toiletry bag.

If you are not a morning person, I suggest you equip yourself with transparent bags and vanity cases to identify your products at a glance.

With these few tips, you will not only be able to save considerable time in the morning, but also save money by guaranteeing your products a better longevity. To go even further, discover our advice on how to optimize your toiletry bag. So a little courage, the start of the school year will be even sweeter!

(PS: All photos are of items sold in the Sogaïa store.)