A Bedroom Tour (Including Dressing Table and Beauty Stash Stop)

Today I thought I'd do a tour of our bedroom as you so enjoyed looking around the kitchen.  It's comforting to know that most people are as nosey as I am .  Our bedroom isn't remotely Pinterest worthy either, but it's cosy and comfortable.  A place to bundle up at the end of a busy day and have a good sleep.  With lots of blankets and cushions. 

We have a good bed, mattress and bedding from Warren Evans.  We try to keep objects displayed in selected areas so it doesn't look too cluttered.  There isn't a TV.  The furniture - the wardrobe, bedside table and chest of drawers - was bought in the pine shop down the road a few years after we got married.  We went there because we didn't want something we'd have to build.  It's shared.  Half his and half mine.  A reed diffuser keeps it smelling nice.

Apparently, having an uncluttered, tidy bedroom with not too many distractions is helps you get a better night's sleep.  As would Muffy the cat not meowing to be let in at bedtime because he's lonely, wants some company and the best spot.  Or meowing to be let out in the morning because he's hungry and needs feeding right now.  

The next section of the tour is usually done as a YouTube video but no one wants to hear my South London accent or be treated to swears half way though when I forget myself.   Here's a close up of the top of that chest of drawers:

Makeup wise, I stick to soft, neutral colours with a rosy cheek.  But red lipstick makes a sneaky appearance now and again.  Products come from Urban Decay, NYX, Pixi, Lipstick Queen, Barry M, No 17 and MUA. I built my own eye-shadow palette at Urban Decay.  (This gives me an collection that works, with no waste, that's brilliant quality.  Not very cost effective option in price per shadow though).

Skincare lurks at the back and gets applied morning and evening.  Mostly from Superdrug's Optimum range.  Effective, reasonably priced, no patronising anti-aging messages and Leaping Bunny.  Serums come from Deciem or Indeed.  Putting makeup on without a good, study routine to get it all off again alongside a bit nurturing is just asking for a grey, tired, spotty looking face.  

I have two mugs of brushes.  One in use and one to either wash or clean and ready to go.  They're swapped over at the beginning of each month.  The brushes have been gathered together over years and come from Jemma Kidd, Becca, Sonia Kashuk, Real Techniques, Body Shop and B at Superdrug.

There are no clear, plastic drawers.  Makeup is kept in a wooden fruit bowl bought in a London market.  Brushes, lipsticks and other items are kept in mugs picked up on holiday, fandoms or from exhibitions or in a glass jar the Tubblet painted.  If things don't fit, it's a sign it's time to declutter.

Space is shared with the one piece of Lego I built, plus some figures I liked. A one woman and her Lego post is likely to be very short indeed.  Rev T has some new bits I'll share once I've got some photos.

It is cluttered, but every item brings me joy or is used.  I'm still downsizing so when I do this again in a year's time, it'll look very different.   

How do you store your make-up?  How much do you have?  I'm still trying to work out if my stash is excessive, just about right or what ... And what does your bedroom like? Let me know in the comments or direct me to blog posts with pictures.