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OOH, finally a question I've been waiting to answer:

1. A makeup remover pump -- I use the Sephora Triple Action Cleansing Water with the push-down pump. Makes it super easy for quickly removing makeup errors or taking it all off. While I also love the formula, once it's empty I can refill it with any other preferred makeup remover or micellar water. You might be able to find a similar dispensing bottle elsewhere.
   
   
2. Q-tip/remover wipe holder -- I use one from the container store, but plenty of places have divided organizers.
   
   
3. Steel Mixing palette -- Used for foundation, concealer, mixing, etc. I don't like putting these things on my hand because I always forget to wash them off and walk around with splotches.
   
   
4. Lots of drawer organizers -- Acrylic or these handy/cheap ones work well for organizing all your goodies.
   
   
5. A few beauty books -- Never know when you'll need inspiration! Alternatively, you could position your laptop/desktop/tablet nearby to watch tutorials as you're glamming yourself up. I recently picked up Dita VonTeese's Your Beauty Mark and it's gorgeous.
   
   
6. Little essentials -- Alcohol for sanitation (70%), washcloths to wipe your brushes on between shades of color, etc.
   
   
7. Moisturizer and sunscreen -- Because so many of us forget these items but they're really crucial for good skin and better application. Remember to allow these to set into the skin long enough!
   
   
8. Natural lighting -- If at all possible, position your vanity directly across from a window with good natural lighting. Many people are limited to just artificial lighting, but the difference is outstanding.

I'm finally really happy with my makeup organization. Almost everything is in the top drawer of my 4-drawer Ikea Malm dresser. In the drawer, things are separated by item type (eyeliner, single shadows, brows, etc.) into these, except for palettes, which are in a mail organizer in the drawer. On top of my dresser, everything else fits into one of these except for my brushes which sit in a cup. Then I hung a mirror and a light over the dresser and have a great standing vanity that still has three drawers for clothes and other stuff!

I find specific makeup organizers to be pretty overpriced. It's also a little hard to tell what you're looking for, but you can repurpose a lot of kitchen organizers as makeup organizers. For example, I use a pot lid organizer for my palettes. And I have some interlocking drawer organizers that I got from Target. There are also a lot of drawer organizers (and stuff you can put on top of a desk) in office supply stores/departments.

If you look around this sub (and YouTube), a lot of people have done cool DIY makeup organizers. Specifically, some people use a magnetic board and stick magnets to their makeup so they can display them on the board. It all depends on how you want to do it.

I'm autistic. Here's the key. Work on one area at a time.

I have a monthly calendar on the wall to remind me of things and I use it.

This thing is a life saver. I have a lot of my files separated in that thing. It is very helpful.

I have a couple of these to keep my important files in. If I need to keep an important paper, I put it in a file in there.

Don't use a file cabinet. Out of sight, out of mind. Totally bad. Get a file cart. This is the one I have and its great.

I have these in my desk drawers

I have this thing on my desk to organize supplies on my desk

I have this thing on my desk to organize files



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Basically I've spent a shit ton of money to keep me organized. I don't put a lot of things in cabinets because out of site, out of mind. I forget where they are if I can't see them. If they are in a drawer, I keep it organized. I straighten off my desk every other day so I don't get buried. I live by post it notes. They are my life. They are my everything. If I need to remember something, it goes on a sticky note and the sticky note goes on my computer.



As for stress and anxiety. Practice self-care. Get into therapy. You may want to consider meds. Know your limits. Yeah its good to be social but you will need your lunch to recharge. That becomes really important. Yeah you can try to go with staff two times a week but you need the recharge time.



You also need a letter from your doctor and submit it to personnel and talk to your principal. I have a good relationship with my principal right now and haven't talked to the district yet. I just told my principal that it effects my communication with others. Sometimes I have a hard time communicating what I really want to say or people may misinterpret what I say because of tone or I don't say it right. I have a hard time with eye contact. I also have slow processing so it takes a second and people take that as ignoring. I don't need any accommodations, I just need her to understand my communication difficulties and my social awkwardness. Fortunately for me, I am a SPED teacher who teaches the self-contained autism class and she thinks that will be a good connection with parents. I have asked for a 10 minute break off campus break (to smoke, she know I do) after a bad IEP and she gives it to me. But its rare that I do. If it starts to become a problem, I'll inform my union and then inform the district.



If you come up with systems and learn to be more organized, it will help with the stress. If you learn self-care it will help.

This post made me want to post my collection on /r/makeuporganization so I did let me know if you want a link to that.

I tried to be basic and cheap. Nothing was over $22 when I bought it. When I first started buying makeup senior year of high school I just used a Caboodle, by sophomore year of college I needed more room and I got a plastic set of drawers from Wal-Mart and expanded from there.

I have a set of plastic drawers I got from Wal-Mart for like maybe $10. I found some drawer organizers at Dollar General that were like $5 that look like this but they're white and not as expensive. Each of the three drawers has a different item like lip products, eye products, and then cheek products. There isn't a lot happening in the eye drawer other than random mini mascaras and colourpop SS shadows, and my brow pomade because most of it was WNW 8 pan palettes that I cluttered.

Then I have an acrylic organizer that I got at At Home that holds my everyday concealers, mascaras, eyeliners, and some lip products. It looks like the top of this. I coudn't find the exact one though.

Then I have another acrylic organizer that holds all of my palettes and it's my favorite makeup organization purchase I've made. You can find it here

Lastly I have a container with five sections that holds my foundations, brushes, and liquid lipsticks. It can be found here

Use a drawerorganizer, like this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Made-Smart-Madesmart-Interlocking-Organizer/dp/B004GSQLQE/ref=sr_1_4?crid=134BT29UL8QXJ&keywords=drawer+organizer&qid=1569204010&sprefix=drawer+org%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-4

Just search "drawer organizers" on Amazon, there's tons of options,and even ones meant for silverware can be useful for other things.