This Girl Loves Health & Beauty Products

Health and beauty products are a weakness of mine. I love to try different products. And, there's something exciting about getting a new lipstick or gloss. While in college, I was a salesclerk in HBA at a Walmart store. I loooooooooooooved it! I loved helping people with product. I have my go-to brands.

I struggle trying to figure out how I want it all organized. All of my stuff drives my husband batty. My dream house would have his and her vanities in different rooms - we would share the tub, shower, and bathtub. We currently have a double vanity in our master bath.

Over the last few days, I think I've found a solution to organize my bathroom drawer and under my sink. Sadly, my make-up is another story - it's in a rolling cart, not the drawer or under the sink.

The Daily Use Drawer

It seems to be a catchall. The drawer is deep. I like it because things like my contact cleanser and face toner work in it. I really like those Olay containers to hold things. Overall, I wasn't optimizing (that's one of the buzzwords of the moment at work) the vertical space. You might notice that I have a fondness for Estee Lauder and Mary Kay. I'm not sure why I kept an empty box for my inhaler. Check out the before and after photos below.

Bathroom drawer before.

Bathroom drawer before.

Now for the after photos. I used the small Sterilite containters from Walmart. One container has all of my ponytail holders and barrettes. Another one has my extra contacts in it. A third one has headband elastics and clips. The fourth one has some alcohol wipes. I used a small but tall container to corral all the odd shaped and small bottles. 

The Olay containers went to the garage for my husband to use or throw out. I also pulled all of the travel size products out of my daily use drawer.

Bathroom drawer after.

Under My Sink

I should be embarrassed by the amount of hair products that I have under my sink, but I'm not embarrassed. I think I'm going to add some Command Hooks to the inside of the cabinet. Check out the before and after pictures.

Before: Yes, all of this product belongs to me. Talk about clutter!

Before: The before with the front few rows of stuff out. I realize
my choice of storage containers are not very functional.

After: The basket came from some at home party.
The white bins are Rubbermaid from Walmart. The clear
container is Sterilite from Walmart.

After: At the back is my stash of extra shampoo. The basket
has all my sprays and foams. I did try sorting it. I used the Sterilite
container for cotton balls - for some reason I have three bags.

After: Finished! I used the trays for the shorter items. I use a
old bag from Philosophy to hold my velcro rollers. I think a
Command Hook or two on the walls might be useful for something.

WW Project - Month 4

Month four of the WW Project was a big month for me - I'm excited to share that as of Aug. 23, I've lost 26 pounds. I'm back in the clothing I was wearing before leaving the corporate beast in 2009. I'm feeling good, I feel like I have a new wardrobe.

I should have hit the 30 to 40 pound might by this point, but I admit I had a few opportunities.

Opportunities ... one of the most overused words used by corporate professionals. In the fourth month, I found myself getting bored with the food I was eating. I don't crave things like I used to, but I was just getting to be too much of a creature of habit.

I didn't embrace vegetables like I had planned on doing, but I am drinking a lot of water. At book club, I decided I needed to start looking at eating veggies as a need not a want. I ate asparagus. It wasn't bad, but I will be shocked if you ever hear me say something like, "asparagus would really hit the spot."

My traditional lunch - ham and cheese sandwich with Baked Lays - has had a mini makeover. I changed it to just the ham, a Laughing Cow cheese wedge, a pickle and Baked Lay or Triscut Thins. It's less points and I like it just as well.

My emotional eating habits have changed a bit - I'm more alert to the urge to emotionally eat. I've started to somewhat reward myself by making it through the emotional eating days. I find that when I emotionally eat it tends to be a day long thing - anything within reach is fair game. Once I realized this, I decided instead of giving in to that and just eat something that really didn't satisfy me that would treat myself at the end of the day. My treat is an ice cream cone from Dairy Queen. I love a cones of chocolate ice cream. Oddly enough, I'm often 'over it' by the end of the day and don't follow through with the treat.

Until next month ...