30 Ways to Upgrade Your Bathroom Vanity
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Organizational savant Marie Kondo says to only keep belongings that bring you joy. And really, what’s more joyous than your own special nook — in your bedroom or bathroom — that caters to your every beauty whim? The Cut rounded up the very finest organizational helpers for your beauty vanity — from shiny bowls, lacquered boxes, brass jars, and wooden catchalls. Click through for the slideshow to see our picks.


A Big Wire Basket You know what they say: The bigger the hair, the bigger the basket for hair tools.

A Nice Little Tower of Organization Project the illusion of organization and stuff foundations, blushes, and large compacts into these sleek lacq...
A Nice Little Tower of Organization Project the illusion of organization and stuff foundations, blushes, and large compacts into these sleek lacquered boxes. Or stash your Ben Wa balls here — no one's judging.

A Translucent Shelf To Show Off All Your Products Because nothing screams me me me like look at all my La Mer.

A Perfectly Sleek Wooden Box Because your Chanel cotton wipes deserve a fancy home.

A See-Through Unit To Keep Things From Getting Lost Keep up with the Kardashians by organizing your vanity the way they do.

An Upgraded Cardboard Box How to box without breaking a sweat.

A Cool, Wooden Brush Holder Thank your brushes every day for making your face look beautiful, Marie Kondo–style, with this wooden throne.

Handy Little Peek-a-Boo Boxes Of the 6,000 hair ties you've purchased over your lifetime, you have four left. Increase your chances of finding th...
Handy Little Peek-a-Boo Boxes Of the 6,000 hair ties you've purchased over your lifetime, you have four left. Increase your chances of finding them with a see-through box.
Like Little Bleachers For Your Nail Polish Simultaneously display your prettiest polishes and avoid a nasty lacquer spill with these stadium seat...
Like Little Bleachers For Your Nail Polish Simultaneously display your prettiest polishes and avoid a nasty lacquer spill with these stadium seats for nail polish.
Tetris Boxes For Your Trinkets Stack eye-shadow palettes and blush packs high in this modular storage unit. Then, place each box together like a ...
Tetris Boxes For Your Trinkets Stack eye-shadow palettes and blush packs high in this modular storage unit. Then, place each box together like a giant puzzle for adults.
Repurpose Your Planters Skip the daisy and stick a makeup brush in one of these 12 ceramic tubes.
A Frameless Wall Mirror Look at me me me me me.
A Chic Side Mirror Look at me me me me me, magnified ten degrees.
A Simple Mirror with a Stately Frame If you have the wall space, might as well go all-out.
A Fancy Brush Holder Because ooh, smells good and shiny.
A Completely Hypnotic Bowl Perfect for reflective selfie moments and loose items like ChapSticks.
A Totally Chill Cluster of Vases Flowers die; good makeup brushes last forever and deserve to be displayed.
A Dressy Golden Bowl Throw in any travel-size beauty products or whatever small souvenirs you find hiding at the bottom of your purse.
A Spiffy Brass Cup For your extra fancy makeup brushes that refuse to be confined to a bag.
A Clear Jar That’s Nicer Than Any Mason Jar Protect treasured cosmetics from dust with this covered container.
A Fancy Marble Holder The same rule for cheesecake applies to bathroom vanities: Marble is always better than plain.
Dainty Jars These clear jars are begging to be stuffed with cotton balls and Q-tips.
A Super-Chic Marble Slab Because even a crusty eye shadow looks good on Instagram against a marble backdrop.
A Crisp White Tray That Would Work in Any Bathroom To showcase all of those French drugstore beauty products.
A Pretty Brushed-Metallic Tray For your kind-of-smells-like-a-fancy-stinky-sneaker fragrance.
A Gilded Tray That Won't Break the Bank Likely the most affordable find from Bergdorf.
A Heart-Shaped Silver Box Prove that a Tiffany box always stores great things by keeping your lipstick samples and hair clips in this shiny conta...
A Heart-Shaped Silver Box Prove that a Tiffany box always stores great things by keeping your lipstick samples and hair clips in this shiny container.
A Nice Little Wooden Pot Because they just feel Zen.
A Candle That Would Make For The Perfect Pin Jar After you burn one down, put some pins in it.
A Round Golden Delight Add in ponytail elastics for your bathroom vanity, or gummy bears and place on your desk.
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