May Task: Beauty Collections!

The May BBHQ Task is focused on your collections, how you store/organize them, different furniture you use, cataloging methods and more, so let's get into it!

• Where do you keep your collection? I keep my makeup and nail polish collections on top of my desk, that way they are both easily accessible. I keep my jewelry on a wall display and on top of another organizational unit.

Check out these videos to see my current collections & storage:

• What furniture or organizers do you use? (brand names and website links help)
• For my Makeup Collection, I use the MUJI 5-Drawer Acrylic Case
• For my Jewelry, I use a necklace holder and bracelet holder (links are similar)
• For nail polish, I use an Acrylic nail polish table
• Do you have a cataloging system? If so, can you share your secret? I don't have a large collection, so I don't have a system
• How do you keep it organized? I organize my makeup by category. For example  all my lip products are in a drawer. 
• Do you have any special displays for your favorite items? I like to display anything than was really cool packaging or just my favorite products to use
• When you get new items, where do they go? They usually go right into my collection but I tend to keep them on top of my storage unit until I have tested to see if I actually want to keep the product
• For Fun, share your top 5 FAVORITE items in your beautiful collection :)
• Maybelliene Baby Lips
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara
• Stila Smudge Pot in Kitten
• theBalm Meet Matt(e) Nude palette
• Rimmel Powder

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xx Liz

February Task: Blogger's Office & Organization

February's Beauty Blogger Task  is all about blogger organization and office space.

• Where do you blog? I typically blog in my bedroom. I will sometimes sit at my desk. I usually  sit on my bed. I would love to be organized in how I blog eventually when I get my own place, to maybe even have an office/room dedicated to blogging and videos would be amazing! But for now, I have to deal with the space I have been given.
• What do you blog on? I blog on my laptop, which is a MacBook Pro 13". I also use it to edit and upload my YouTube videos.
• Do you have any blogging rituals? I like to have snacks with me if I am working on a long post, otherwise I tend to listen to music in the background.
• How do you keep your blogging ideas organized? I used to keep a journal with blog/video ideas but now if a topic comes to mind, I will just sit down and start blogging.
• Do you have a blogging schedule for the week? Or the month? I don't have a schedule at this point. I blog when I want to and I post as many or as few times as I want to. There may be time periods where I blog three or four times a week and times where I only blog once a week, if that.
• If you review products, how do you keep track of what needs to be reviewed in your collection? 
• What do you do with all your "old" data? For now, everything is stored on my laptop. I would like to invest in an external hard drive because storing all these photos and raw video footage takes up a LOT of space on your computer. I will occasionally deleted old photos and videos but I would like to be able to keep everything in case my blog gets accidentally deleted.
• For fun, what beauty/non-beauty products do you need to have on hand near your blogging station? Honestly, like I said in a different questions, I keep snacks or drinks nearby.

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-Liz