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February 13, 2015

30 Ways to Upgrade Your Bathroom Vanity

By Ashley Weatherford

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Valentine’s Day is fun, but this week the Cut is celebrating self-love: We’re indulging our all whims, desires, and worst impulses. Join us for five days of ME ME ME ME ME.

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.

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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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