Yarnandbeauty: EASY DIY EMERGENCY BEAUTY KITS! What's in your wallet?

Super Easy DIY Emergency Beauty Kits!

My actual emergency beauty kit!

So I was digging through one of my still packed up boxes. The goal was to find some cute jars or little jewelry boxes to organize my makeup, samples and beauty stuff. I also wanted to check out my high end yarn stash because it's cooling down enough to start a new small project before I pick my sweater knitting project back up.

Anyway, this stuff is in a box with my beading and jewelry making supplies, knitting and crocheting supplies, makeup and beauty stuff and some odds and ends.

I found a few makeup products I had completely forgot about like my fancy mall kiosk $15 a piece MicaBella Mineral Eyeshadow and Cosmetic Glitter, a Victoria's Secret Sexy 3 in 1 blush, bronzer and highlighter that's now only a little bit of blush, my almost all used up Bobbi Brown Shimmer brick type thing that I absolutely loved and then finally I came across this cute little brand new bag. It was wallet sized and still in plastic. It said "Mary Kay" on the front so I figured it wasn't a wallet but instead a makeup bag. Perfect! Right?

Well I open it up and I'm confused from the minute I get it unzipped. It unzips all the way and opens like a book. On the left size theres a mirror and then some places for cards and cash. On the right theres four elastic loops of different sizes for what looks to be for makeup brushes. The makeup bag is way too short for that though.

Kinda similar but mini and less useful!

Was this for something specific Mary Kay sold maybe? Because this thing is quite useless as a wallet since theres only one side that could be a wallet and it's tiny and it couldn't be a makeup bag because it opens all the way and it's tiny nd had no real room on the inside. So what am I going to do with this , because I still need to complete my original goal of organizing my crap. Especially my beauty samples from every Sephora order ever lol.

So I pretty quickly came up with a pretty ingenious idea In my opinion. I can put my most used samples in here organized nicely. Then add some other things I will absolutely need daily or at some point in the near future.

You get the idea right?

So I started with getting my samples all together. I had some makeup minis, perfume samples and some small beauty items I just need on a daily basis.

Don't forget your fourth sample if you buy certain perfumes/ colognes or spend over $25 on your entire order. Just check on the dropdown bar on the side of sephoras home page and click on today's or today's deals. Every promo code option will be there for your fourth sample or free product.

Starting on the left I grabbed my three sample perfume bottles. Aqua Di Gioa, Elizabeth and James Bourbon and flowers, and Chloe perfume. I stuck them in the smallest elastic loops. I also stuck a Bobbi pin on one of them with the perfume because it's tiny and would fit and be accessible in this place. Next I grabbed a great mini lipstick for the biggest elastic area on the left side to finish filling it. I just got my birthday gift from Sephora since my birthday will be November 4th. I picked the makeup option as opposed to the skincare option because it would last a lot longer than a three time max use of the skin care item I would get. I also had really been wanting to try Marc Jacobs Beauty brand and specifically his Highliner Gel Liner in Black and the Le Marc Lip Creme Lipstick. That came in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in the kit, probably not a color I would have chosen, but I do love the formula and the color is pretty flattering. So it had two products I'd been wanting to try so that was a no brainer. So of course the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang lipstick went in the last loop on the left.

Now on the right there are only card slots and a side slot underneath the card area for cash maybe? So I had to get creative since there's not a lot of room. In the top card area I put one of my Sally Hansen Eyebrow Wax Strips. One is good for completely waxing both brows and honestly I look in the car mirror quite often when I'm omw somewhere I need to look decent and find my eyebrows needing a severe touch up so this will definitely come in handy. Next I grab my one use paper perfume samples and cut them out leaving a long edge at the bottom so they would stick out of the card area and not fall in which is always super annoying. Those were two Elizabeth and James samples and one Chloe sample and then on the last card slot I put a hair tie half sticking out for easy grabbing. Then next to that I put two of my ABH DipBrow Pomade and the included sample mini brush. And last but not least below the card and mirror area in the side pocket I have another perfume sample single of an E & J perfume and a Playtex Panty Liner. That's it. Then I zipped it up and threw it in my purse. I also added a sephora single makeup remover wipe to that area today.

Don't try this in your car if it's your first time because this could happen. Yikes!

This is the type of one time use paper perfume sample I cut into a type of card shape.

This is perfect for me and has already been pulled out and used twice today. I love perfume and wear it often. Especially since I hate the smell of smoke and I'm unfortunately a smoker (shhh! Don't tell! Lol) so I use it a few times throughout the day and I like mixing scents to make it my own. I also use two to three panty liners a day to stay super fresh. Sorry if that's tmi. Then I explained why a wax strip is important especially when I'm out and about and don't have the time or inclination to pluck. I don't especially prefer it to waxing lately anyway as I get a much cleaner line with waxing and I don't miss any tiny hairs. Then the eyebrow stuff is self explanatory since all makeup needs a touch up from time to time, especially with crazy oily skin like mine. Also the hair tie for those times when you need your hair out of your face asap. And as a mother of a toddler that's often. It's also great for hot days. Also having curly, frizzy hair bobbi pins are a must since rain, humidity, heat, etc. Makes my straightened hair curl and poof in no time so a Bobbi pin helps me twist some of those areas and hide them away in an updo. The makeup wipe is for any bleeding or smudged makeup of course and this is all I really need for beauty emergencies.

Everybody is different though. You may need eyeliner or mascara more than you need to touch up lipstick or brows. You may need individual flossers or breath strips instead of perfume. You may need a few bobbi pins and a hair clip instead of one. A great way to find out what you need in your emergency beauty kit is to figure out what are your common beauty issues and then what small things you can get to help you with those issues when you need to look your best in a hurry and you're already out of the house.

This has already been a lifesaver and it didn't cost me anything at all. I just grabbed things I already owned, spent five min and voila! I've been saved from beauty faux pas offen already.

Are you going to make an emergency beauty kit or walk of shame kit or do you already have one. What do you or would you put in it? Would you like more beauty DIY blogs like this in the future?

Some of these are a little crazy like are you going out for the afternoon or are you going on a vacation? Did you get ready at all before you left the house? Lol

Would you purchase a professional emergency beauty kit because you need it or because it's cute or would you just make your own? Or do you think it's all together pointless?

Stay tuned. A bigo live expose coming in a day or so so watch for that.