Makeup Magnet Board

My daughter is getting into the stage of wanting to play with mommy's makeup. While I'm combing her hair, she's sitting on the counter and emptying my makeup bag and figuring out how to open everything and put it on like mommy does... sort of. So, I needed to stop the problem before it got too messy:

I found this sad, lonely, but perfectly sized magnet board at the thrift store for only $5!

The metal sheet was in great shape and the frame just needed a little sanding and a fresh coat of paint...

...and this hideous ribbon needed to be removed - ASAP!

{my apologies if you were the previous owner or if you really like this ribbon...}

First, I sanded the board down and gave it a couple of coats of white primer to get rid of the ugly rust color. The metal sheet was hot glued/super glued/who knows what else'd to the frame and wasn't coming off. So I taped all around the edge of the metal sheet before painting. Then, I painted about 3 coats of the turquoise/blue all around the frame and peeled off the tape.

There were 2 giant holes in the top where the ribbon used to be. Easy fix: I just put in two knobs I had purchased for a different project and they fit perfectly! Now I can hang up any jewelry, headbands, or anything that needs to be up & out of the way.

I also bought a package of super strong magnets with extra sticky adhesive on the back and placed them all over the back of my makeup. Some of the heavier items needed more than one magnet.

For things like brushes, sponges, mascara, etc items, I just used a kitchen drawer organizer and put a bunch of magnets on the back to hold everything.

Then just stick everything up on the board and enjoy your newly freed up counter space!!

Please don't judge my {lack of} makeup collection...

As with any makeover, I think it's fun to see the before/after!