Spring Cleaning...Fun (Not)

Time for some spring cleaning!  What a perfect day to do it too...it's about 60 degrees out, overcast, and windy.  When I clean and organize, I tend to go overboard and spend TOO much time on one thing.  There are no shortcuts for me - it's a weakness, I know.  Then again, it's baby steps, so that I complete one project without moving on to another one.

Today I am focusing on our master bathroom.  It's somewhat difficult because the bathroom is still stuck in 1990 and we have no real plans to update it and sink more money in our upside down house.  But at least I can clean it and organize it.  I started with pulling out all of my toiletries in the one cabinet...think lots of lotions, shower gels, bubble baths, sunscreen, hair products, etc.  It was a mess.  I threw away some of the lotions that were...oh...maybe three years old.  I organized everything in some nice, clear containers from Target...but not until I wiped down the inside of the cabinets.  Not fun since the cabinets are old and not in great shape.

I didn't get to take a "before" picture, but here is the "after" with the nice organization.

Next up was cleaning my makeup brushes.  I think you're supposed to wash them every month?  I will not tell you when I last cleaned my makeup brushes...it's embarrassing.  But they are clean now, that's very good!  Nothing like a sense of accomplishment.

Cleaning with just soap and water never seems to work as well as using MAC's special brush cleaning formula.  

Now it's time for the drawer.  Here is the "before":

Ummm yeah, a lot of that stuff is getting thrown out/recycled.

Check out all of the lipsticks I have accumulated...those are going right in the trash since I never use lipstick but used to hold onto them "just in case" and they were free with certain makeup purchases.  I am keeping the little lipglossees.