7 Dollar Store Organizing Ideas Every Girl Would Love

Organizing can be one tough cookie when you have no idea how or what to do. It may seem easy at first but as you go in deeper, you can easily get lost in the confusion. That’s why I’ve compiled a list of some of the best ways to organize your things like hair ties, makeup, earrings and so much more.

However, that’s not what I’m excited to share with you guys right now, okay maybe a little, the exciting thing about these DIY hacks is that they’re from the dollar store.

Cheap, effective, and it works! Makes one really appreciate and love dollar stores and the people who come up with these amazing ideas.

Also, if you’ve never heard about this before or maybe you have and just haven’t seen anything that caught your eye yet, this post might just pull you in!

Most Popular Dollar Store Organizing Ideas

1. Tiered Organization Station

Hack via: lizmarieblog

Looking for a cheap yet pretty way to display and organize your watches, earrings, and other things?

Over at Lizmarie, she shows us exactly how to use dollar store plates and candle holders to arrange a perfect display for your accessories.

It’s very easy to make and I just love how cheap it is. This hack is perfect if you want your day-to-day wear easily accessible or if you’re the on-the-go kind of gal.

2. Ice Tray Storage

Hack via: yesterdayontuesday

I tend to lose earrings a lot and this simple hack ensures that my earrings are always paired off with each other and organized in a pretty way. 

There are so many things that you can do with this, organize them by color, or shape, or even store a few simple necklaces instead.

3. Shoe Organizer

Hack via: saltoquinzebr

Own a lot of makeup? It can get messy and disorganized fast but a simple solution would be to hang a shoe organizer either on a cupboard door or your room door and organize all your makeup by lipsticks, eye shadow, nail polish, and more in each pocket.

You won’t believe how awesome it can make your life once you’ve tried it! You’ll never have to stress about finding a certain lipstick color again.

If a dollar store is not available in your location, the absolute cheapest shoe organizer I’ve found online is right here!

4. Candle Holder

Hack via: craft-o-maniac

A cute and simple way to keep your cotton swab or Q-tips is by using a candle holder. Bye-bye to those ugly packets that they come in.

Over at craft-o-maniac, she also shows up how to store cotton beauty pads in cute mason jars.

5. Carabiner

Hack via: goodhousekeeping

It’s quite common for a girl to have tons of hair ties and are you also the kind that keeps on losing them? I’ve got you covered.

Reuse a carabiner (you can find one at the best price right here) to turn them into an entire collection and you easily have all your different color hair ties in one place!

I’m especially guilty of losing hair ties like these and it makes me frustrated when I lose them.

This one definitely solves my problem!

6. Small Pails

Hack via craft-o-maniac

If you’re like me and own a very small collection of makeup (unfortunately), using pails is great for keeping your mascaras, lipsticks, eyeliners, and other stuff.

The great thing about these adorable pails is that you can even use them to store craft supplies or stationery.

7. Plastic Bins

Hack via: thesummeryumbrella

A fantastic way to organize your bathroom drawer is by using these dollar store bins. With them, you can easily organize your makeup, toothpaste, mouthwash and other stuff in here. Heck, you could even organize socks and underwear or even kitchen utensils with these awesome plastic bins.

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