How to: Create the Perfect Beauty Vanity Table

How to: Create the Perfect Beauty Vanity Table
By Kristina Ioannou
(Beauty Editor)

Ahoy hoy DDGDians. I survived the move to my new apartment, oh yes I did, and I lived to tell the tale.

As expected, my number one priority when was organizing the gallons of beauty products I'd brought along with me. It was literally the first thing I got stuck into, and took preference over hanging up my clothes and arranging my shoes (judge me).

The almost-finished product is the above pic, and I gotta say, I'm pretty proud at how quickly I threw it all together. When I was done, I kind of felt like strutting down the street, pimp stick in hand, a smug smile on my dial. Like a boss, like a boss.

But where was I? Ah, yes, today's post is going to be short and sweet (or shorter than what you're used to), because last week's rant was a whopper. But short and sweet is good, because it means you can go scurry off and start creating the vanity table of your dreams, right? Right-o.

Below I've listed what I used to set up my makeup stand and some tips and tricks to help you assemble your own. Let's begin!

- Purchase a booze cart: It's seriously the best thing I've ever done. I scored the above bar cart from Adore Home-wares, this adorable little Melbourne interior store below the DDG office and I'm in love. It set me back just under $300 but it was so worth it!

- Purge everything: I literally spent about 3 consecutive hours going through mountains of products until I nailed it down to my ultimate favourite items that I wanted to have on display at all times. The rest I stowed away in my bathroom cabinets and storage cupboards, and anything that remained I threw into a box to give away to family and friends (lucky ducks!). Having a small assortment of products makes setting them up neatly a cinch, and the display looks beautiful and clean. In the image above, you might have noticed that there's a few gaps. They're being reserved for my skincare prods which I'm yet to go through. It's hard having to choose between my babies!

- Store your loot in glass jars: The amount of glass jars, vases, glasses and little vintage plates I've been collecting over the past year is phenom (that's phenomenal to you non-insta using, Ja'mie King watching folk). I've nabbed these items from op shops, two dollar stores, home-wares stores and even grabbed a few from my mum's glassware cabinet (soz, mumsy dear). You can store pretty much any kind of treasure in these vessels, be it lipsticks, nail polishes or makeup brushes. They're seriously the best!

- House your lipsticks in clear cube storage squares: A new thing I've been doing is investing in clear stationary cubes. You can find them at your local post office, Office-works or even online (try eBay), and they're fantastic for storing your lipsticks in. I've been color-coding all my lippies and I've got about 200 more to go through. Gulp.

- Cake stands make for great perfume holders: They do indeed, so go and get yourself one (ask mum nicely) and sit all of your pretty fragrances on top.

- Get some flowery friends: While I wish my pink posies were real, I really can't be bothered having to replace them each week when they die, so fake flowers are the next best thing. They offset the beauty products gorgeously by adding a pretty, feminine touch that completes the overall set up.

- Add the finishing touches: I've popped a wrought iron mini Eiffel tower, a candle and a few empty art deco vessels in amongst my beauty loot for added decoration, but you can adorn your table with anything you like, really. Whatever your style is, just go with it. Either way, I'm sure it will look amaze!

Have you been struck by a beauty lightening bolt?
Will you be throwing together your own vanity table?
Tell us in the comments below!