5 Quirky Uses is a new periodic feature for Strange & Charmed. For each post, I will select an everyday item and suggest five alternate uses or ways to upcycle the item in a fun or unusual way. Keep up with these posts with the Quirky Uses category!
If you are like me, you probably have a few spare makeup bags or cosmetic cases lingering around. I tend to collect them! Whether it’s a free gift with purchase or part of a limited edition makeup set, or even just a cute pack of patterned bags, I have accumulated more than my fair share of them! So, what do you do with all those spare bags? I use mine for a number of purposes, so hopefully this list will inspire you to pull out an extra bag and put it to good use!
1. Organize Medicine: Makeup bags come in a variety of sizes and shapes which makes them perfect for organizing. Keep frequently used medications together in a bag to keep everything in one place. No more missing pill bottles for you!
2. Save your tech: In this day and age many of us carry around extra chords, cables, earbuds and other random tech gadgets everywhere we go. Save your gadgets and chords by keeping them in a dedicated “tech bag” so you don’t have to wrangle wires and detangle knots every time you need to charge your phone!
3. Emergency Bag: Now, when I say emergency bag, I don’t mean medical or other serious emergency. More like those little day-to-day emergencies where we are dealing with a broken nail, hair disaster or other last-minute mini emergency! I like to keep a bag filled with personal supplies like feminine products, hair ties, lotion, etc in my car for any issues that might arise. A spare makeup bag can be a perfect way to keep these sensitive items in order and easily accessible!
4. A Cute Clutch: I don’t know about you, but I have some pretty cute makeup bags! I just picked up this adorable three pack of makeup bags pictured above from Forever 21 and I would totally use any of these as a clutch! Slim bags in cute patterns are the perfect size and shape to store your phone, some cash, cards and a lipstick or compact! Check out these cute and very affordable makeup bags that would make awesome clutches!
5. Store your unmentionables while traveling: Whenever I am traveling I like to keep my delicate underclothing like bra’s and panties separate from the rest of my clothing. Makeup bags can be a great way to keep your dainty items private and protected while you’re traveling!
So, do you have a bunch of extra makeup bags like me? Do you just store them away or do you try to use them for organizational or other quirky purposes? Can you think of any other ways to use a makeup bag? Please share your thoughts in the comments!
I actually have my adorable Alphabet Bags pouch from the Blogcademy in my purse now at all times for organization purposes! And it doubles as a clutch sometimes. Glittery sparkly heart? How could I say no!
What great ideas! I sometimes use makeup bags for other things, but this post definitely inspires more ways to use them. I look forward to the next feature!
#5 is a great great idea. I never thought of that before.. I am always putting my famine products in the zipper part of the bag and realized every time I opened my suitcase everyone sees it.
I still get many of these bag, what I have done with some of them? I put collectible toothbrushes in them as well as my electric razor and recharger in another. I have many buttons (button as in similar to pins) that I keep in a cosmetic case plus a ton of broken jewelry in another case. I put watches in a separate case. I put sample/trial sized hair products in some too. Oh the possibilities!
I am planning to donate some new cosmetic bags to a memory care facility near me. If the patients can’t use them, I’ll bet the staff can!