6 Tips For Moving With Makeup

Moving is NOT exactly my favorite thing to do. BUT when you have to it's good to be prepared. I have moved a couples times with a large collection of makeup. Of course however frustrating I found it, I wanted to make sure it all arrived in the condition it left in. Want to know how I did it? Keep reading.

1: Clear out the stuff you don't want. Ugh , I know. This was a very daunting task for me but I managed to come up with a box full of stuff. This was used for my girls night in (well the stuff that I never used anyway) or thrown out.

2: Pick out the bare minimum to keep in a makeup bag. You will want to have these products out and on hand while you are packing and unpacking. That way you aren't super rushed to unpack everything when you get to your destination as well as during the move.

3: Keep pressed products in one piece. To do this I use cotton pads and put them over powder products to absorb the shock of any bumps in the road or however you are traveling, and this will keep them from shattering. Remember if a pressed powder product does shatter you can always fix it with rubbing alcohol.

4: Organize it in bags. Using sandwich bags, I can keep all of my cream eye shadows together, powders together, blushes together and anything else I want to sort. It's also a good idea to keep your liquid products like brush cleaner or setting spray in their own bags so if they do break it wont ruin anything else. I usually put these bags in one or two boxes and proceed with my next tip.

5: Extra Padding. I use everything from fabric scraps to bubble wrap to keep my makeup from bouncing around too much and breaking either their cases, or the product itself. Remember that the worst thing you can do is leave room for the products to move around. Boxes can't protect your makeup on their own, make sure the box is full so it doesn't accidentally get crushed if a heavy box gets sat on top of it. This is also a good thing to note if you can't keep the boxes with you or you are shipping them, put some packing peanuts inside until it's just a bit difficult to close. Your things should be suspended in the peanuts so they are unable to move.

6: Take it with you. I prefer to keep mine where I can hold onto it and I know it wont get bounced around a lot, Make SURE you label your box fragile in case a mover or someone else picks it up. You won't want it to be thrown around and have anything broken. Like I said, I like to hold on to mine, it's just easier to make sure I know it wont break. :)

The last thing left to do is unpack. Good luck to those of you who are moving.

xoxo
Courtney