Hello beauty gurus,
It's no industry secret that some of the best drawers and desks to store your makeup collection with is from IKEA. Almost every beauty enthusiast (and possibly their dog as well) owns or has owned the iconic Alex Drawer unit - and we're not surprised as they are the perfect size and height and there is so much damn storage space!
As we hopped onto this bandwagon and purchased the drawers ourselves in 2017, we immediately fell in love. But wait. We couldn't quite organise our makeup the way we wanted to. We didn't want to just throw items in there, have it get lost, dig into the back of the drawers, lose the lids of our pencils and have pink scribbles on the side etc. (and trust me, this all happened and the drawers turned into a piece of artwork).
So we hunted for storage units and tried out various containers from Officeworks, IKEA and Howards Storage. Though they did the trick, I wanted something that was a little more purpose-built: for beauty! For these drawers!
Thus, the birth of our Alex Drawer Dividers and Alex Lipstick Dividers. Custom-designed acrylic storage dividers that slide straight into your drawers and offer a perfect and neat layout for makeup and beauty storage.
But hold on. We didn't stop here! We then created a range of other products and bundle kits to offer makeup storage solutions for some of IKEA's most popular items.
Let's dive into the pieces of furniture and how to organise them. I hope this helps streamline some of your beauty routines as an organised vanity will make sure none of your makeup is lost at the back of drawers, and have all your favourite go-to items within reach!
Much love,
Michelle | Founder of Etoile Collective
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Recommended Storage Items:
Want to see the Alex 5 Drawer Unit with some of our recommended storage items in action? Here's some links to our Instagram to browse:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cuTbRj5j0/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKx_-wWj7zk/ (Shown with the ETOILE Ava 5-Drawer Vanity Unit)
If you have the Alex 9, you will need any of the Alex 42cm dividers if you want to make these the perfect makeup storage drawers.
Similar to the Alex 5, any of the makeup drawer inserts above will be perfect for these IKEA makeup drawers!
More of a visual person? Check out the Alex 9 Unit being filled here and here!
The MALM IKEA makeup drawers are compatible with the Multi Display Tray, the Small 8 Compact Holder and the 24 Lipstick Holder - the perfect mix to cover all your beauty storage needs!
Some further inspo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cuTbRj5j0/
Lastly, the MICKE makeup organisers - IKEA, are compatible with the four drawer inserts above.
See it in action:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2sdr-oDyKn/
But wait, it could get even better!
Whilst we absolutely adore the Alex drawers, our one pet-peeve was that the drawers couldn’t extend all the way out which meant we couldn’t see products at the very back. Oftentimes, products would be forgotten about and missed. So - we created our own makeup drawers: our Ava 5-Drawer Vanity Unit.
Fully pre-assembled so you can get straight into the makeup mirror organising, our makeup storage drawers feature 5 fully extendable drawers so now you’ll love the back of your drawers as much as the front.
Best of all, our Ava unit is compatible with all the makeup drawer organisers that work with the Alex drawers! Hooray!
