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Let’s be honest--it sometimes takes quite a bit of help to pull off a good hair day. Bobby pins, headbands and elastic bands are big helps, but storing them can be a challenge. While they don’t take up much space, they’re so small that losing them can be easy. Here are nine ideas for keeping everything in its place.
Glass jars.
Buy glass jars in a variety of sizes to keep all of your smaller products. Not only are they handy, but they look pretty lined up on your bathroom counter or vanity.
Loew-Cornell Ball Wide Mouth Canning Jar
Hang it up.
Keep everything handy right on the back of the bathroom door with a hanging organizer that includes small and large compartments, like this one.
Tackle box.
Keep bobby pins, barrettes, rubber bands and the like in a tackle box. The smaller compartments make it an ideal place to keep these smaller items.
Mudder Portable Waterproof 12-compartment Fishing Tackle Box Black
Magnetic strip.
Stick a magnetic strip on the back of a bathroom cabinet, then simply “stick” your pins and any other metal accessories on to it.
3M Flexible Magnet Tape
Office organization tools.
This office drawer organizer from The Container Store can easily slide into a bathroom drawer to keep all of your accessories in one place.
Mint tins.
Those metal tins for mints can be used to hold smaller accessories, like bobby pins.
Metal Hinge Top Tin Containers
Toilet paper roll.
Place elastic bands and scrunchies around a toilet paper roll to keep them in place.
Pill box.
Those small compartments used to hold pills are perfect for tiny elastic bands.
Tablet Pill Container
