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On this episode of Beauty With Mi, our host, Mi-Anne Chan renovates her entire beauty room. By giving the room a fresh coat of paint and a big reorganize, she revitalizes the use and the aesthetics of this spare room. Watch this week's Beauty With Mi to see the transformation!   #athomewithme  Items Used:  Vanity Organizers https://fave.co/2ADryEv Drawer Organizers https://fave.co/2QtQe7y Ikea Baskets https://fave.co/2VDcpfm Ikea Lycksele Lovas Sleepr Sofa in Vallarum Grey https://fave.co/2QtIDpC Ikea Lycksele Storage Box For Sleeper Sofa https://fave.co/2SIMH7o Ikea Alex Desk https://fave.co/2ABnmVT Ikea Lack Shelf  https://fave.co/2Qv3PM0 Opalhouse Embroidered Geo Oversize Lumbar Throw Pillow White https://fave.co/2SFFaWM Threshold Waffle Throw https://fave.co/2AAKJyF Hearth & Hand Brass Tapered Shape Mirror https://fave.co/2VFhOTk Threshold Boston Fern https://fave.co/2Qx09Jm Assa Washable Tufted Rug in Blue Multi https://fave.co/2AAJuj8 Marte Cantilever Chair https://fave.co/2QtBHc9 Amped Fleece Devon Body Pillow https://fave.co/2AxhEnS Modular Triangle Side Table https://fave.co/2AC1Xfg Dracast LED180 Halo Bi-Color Ringlight https://fave.co/2Qu3QzG Manfrotto 098SHB Short Wall Boom https://fave.co/2ABnDbn Matthews Medium Dudy Kit Stand with Brake https://fave.co/2QwBIvD Vello Multi-Function Ball Head  https://fave.co/2ACRQXE  ABOUT SERIES Explore the craziest trends, most unique treatments, newest products, and strangest subcultures in the beauty world alongside Refinery29’s very own beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan. We dare to find and try the fringes of beauty — for better or worse.  ABOUT REFINERY29  Refinery29 is a modern woman's destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life. http://refinery29.com/  RELATED CONTENT I Turned My Bathroom Into A Spa For $25, $100, & $750 https://youtube.com/watch?v=2uPD7C0jbFs I Dyed My Virgin Hair For The First Time https://youtube.com/watch?v=_GcsQuOGPPk I Tried This Terrifying Facial https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUSFXFYEXa8  SEE MORE REFINERY29 VIDEOS http://refinery29.com/video  SUBSCRIBE TO REFINERY29 Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29 For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com Like Refinery29 on Facebook: https://facebook.com/refinery29 Follow Refinery29 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/refinery29 Heart Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/  TALENT Follow Mi-Anne Chan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mianne.chan/ Follow Unbothered on Instagram: https://instagram.com/r29unbothered/ Follow OnHerTurf on Instagram: https://instagram.com/onherturf/ Follow Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/

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00:00And then I put one of his snake plants into an...

00:05No.

00:09Hey guys, it's Mee-Anne and this is Beauty With Me.

00:12Welcome to part two of Mee-Anne Declutters Her Beauty Space.

00:17Colm and I are fortunate enough to live in an apartment here in Brooklyn, New York,

00:20where we actually have a spare room that when we moved in we had intended to be

00:26a filming slash guest room slash office space, but it really just ended up being a guest room slash dumping

00:34ground.

00:35I have always dreamed of having a space where I can actually film my beauty videos,

00:41have a desk where I can try out a new product,

00:44and actually store my product in an efficient and functional way.

00:48So I finally decided to hunker down and do this thing.

00:53And this is the fruit of my slash hour because it was a group effort labor.

01:01The space before was not ideal.

01:04It had really pink walls.

01:06I liked the walls, but not ideal for filming.

01:08It just made the room feel kind of dark.

01:11The old bed that I had in here was really big.

01:13The idea for transforming the space was to make it brighter, better organized,

01:17and pretty enough to use as a backdrop when I film.

01:21Before I show you all the fun in the entire process, though,

01:24please make sure you are subscribed down below.

01:26Little red button.

01:27Beauty With Me comes out every Monday at 11 a.m.

01:29And while you're at it, take out your phone and follow me on Instagram at meand.chan.

01:34And please excuse my horsey voice.

01:36I am getting over a cold.

01:38Okay, so this was a three day process.

01:40On day one, Collin and I decided to paint the walls.

01:45So we purged the room, donated a lot of items to Goodwill,

01:50sold a few items, and just minimized the amount of stuff that was in here

01:54so that we could put it all in the center and really paint the walls.

01:57So we just went for a very classic white shade with a satin finish,

02:00something that would really reflect light and make it brighter and feel bigger when I'm filming.

02:06So day two was all about new furniture.

02:10So I decided to reach out to Ikea because they are so great for small space solutions.

02:14And they decided to help me out by sending over a desk and a sleeper sofa that would fit this

02:20space.

02:20So the desk that I got was the Ikea Alex desk that matches the Ikea Alex drawers that I already

02:28had.

02:32When it came to the sleeper sofa, I did so much research trying to find one that was small enough

02:38to fit a desk and have room to walk around.

02:41But also when it pulled out, could comfortably sleep two people.

02:44I landed on the Ikea Likesell unit, which is just like a futon kind of style sleeper sofa that you

02:52can pull out to a full bed.

02:54It is hands down like the smallest, most functional unit for the price that I could find.

02:59It does the job.

03:00My sister slept on it last week and she thought it was very comfortable.

03:03We also got some under bed storage from Ikea that we used to hold like our linens and towels and

03:08that sort of thing.

03:09We're going to see if it fits.

03:18Once all the furniture was in place, it was time to tackle the things that needed to be drilled and

03:23adhered to the walls.

03:25My coworker Anthony, who shoots my videos and is also my friend, quote, loves to build things.

03:32So he did all the drilling and I handed him a screwdriver.

03:37We have accumulated a couple of different instruments over the years.

03:41So we like to mount them up on the wall.

03:49We moved on and put up the bulletin board on the right side of the room.

03:56So one of my former coworkers had this awesome show on Refresh 29 called Be Organized.

04:01And she created this amazing wall mounted ring light setup for a beauty blogger here in New York.

04:07I loved this setup.

04:09When I saw it, my mind was like blown.

04:11And we decided to recreate this setup.

04:13We got this awesome second hand boom arm that can turn and be stowed away to hold a ring light.

04:20What's really great about it is the boom arm can be angled different ways so that different parts of the

04:25room are visible.

04:26It also keeps the stuff on the floor to a minimum.

04:29There's no like leg stands on the floor, no wires.

04:33It's a really nice like seamless setup.

04:34And it's also always there.

04:36And I think it encourages me to film.

04:39Hi guys.

04:40We just put in the boom arm with the ring light.

04:47You're welcome.

04:48So it doesn't go flush against the wall like we had hoped.

04:52But if you loosen this knob right here and this one right here, you can just spin it down and

05:01put it flat against your radiator like that.

05:04And it will tuck away behind the desk.

05:05Yes.

05:06I figured some of you might be interested in the type of gear that I use.

05:09I use a Canon G7X camera to record.

05:12And then I actually also got this really cool multifunction ball head shoe mount to put on my ring light

05:20to hold my camera.

05:21This is really cool because you can use it to record horizontally or vertically.

05:25I have always wanted a floating plant shelf.

05:29They're not just beautiful and make for a gorgeous backdrop for filming,

05:33but they keep all the plants up and out of my cat's reach because she's a chewer and she has

05:40killed many, many, many of my plants.

06:01After all of that was up, it was time to move on to day three, which is all about organization

06:06and decor.

06:07I decided to keep my nine drawer Alex unit tucked away in the corner.

06:12I purposefully kept my skincare away from the window because direct sunlight can actually impact the efficacy of a lot

06:18of the actives in your skincare products.

06:21I also put this beautiful gold mirror from Target above it so that I can look into it as I

06:26apply my skincare.

06:27Okay, so moving on to the desk drawers.

06:30So on the left side is where I keep my camera equipment, my hair straighteners, my jewelry, hair accessories.

06:35And the right side is where I keep my go-to makeup products and makeup products that I want to

06:42test out.

06:43So that's like eyeshadows that I just got that I haven't given my full, full trial run yet.

06:49The idea is I'll be moving things out of this drawer as I try them pretty regularly.

06:53So in terms of decor, I decided to upcycle a couple of the candles that I had burned down.

06:59So I use empty candle vessels for a couple of different things.

07:02You can put pens in them, I put my brushes in them, cotton swabs, that sort of thing.

07:07And you can also use them as plant pots because plant pots are very expensive and candle holders are so

07:13cute.

07:14Decanting your candles is actually really, really easy.

07:16I like to pour boiling water into the vessel and then wait for the wax to kind of get to

07:22the top, cool down.

07:23Then it makes it really easy to just scoop the wax up, clean out the candle, and then put whatever

07:29you want into it.

07:30Anthony, the gift that keeps on giving, is also an avid plant dad.

07:36He propagated a couple of plants for me from his plant collection.

07:45And I put one of his aloe vera plants into an old olfactory candle that I had that says hot

07:49fire on it.

07:50I think it looks really cute.

07:52And then I put one of his snake plants into an old clay pot that I had lying around.

07:59So I've had this cutting of what I think is a pothos.

08:02Man is both a plant lady and a cat lady.

08:05I stole it from work.

08:07Actually, I didn't steal it.

08:09It gave its baby to me.

08:24Once all my plants were potted, I put them up on my floating shelf and created my floating plant wall

08:32and moved on to decorating the rest of the space.

08:35Urban Outfitters in Target were kind enough to send me a few items to gussy up the space.

08:40This stool is absolutely gorgeous.

08:43It's a rattan stool, and I love rattan, that I'm using as my desk chair.

08:49I decided to go for a stool because it can be pushed under the desk when the bed is pulled

08:54out.

08:56I also got this really cute triangular wooden side table from Urban Outfitters that I'm using as kind of a

09:02side table for the bed.

09:06The IKEA bed is really functional and really great for what it does, but it does look pretty plain when

09:12it just has the gray cover on top.

09:14So to dress it up, Target sent me this gorgeous bohemian kind of white pillow and this waffle weave white

09:21blanket.

09:22And I got this Urban Outfitters fleece body pillow that just makes the couch feel so much more inviting.

09:30Last but not least, the carpet.

09:33So rugs, carpets, what's the difference?

09:37I'm just going to say it's a rug.

09:39Rugs just really tie rooms together in my opinion.

09:42So I got this gorgeous washable rug from Urban Outfitters.

09:49It has this cool like geometric kind of wabi-sabi kind of look to it.

09:54And it's really colorful and the room itself is actually pretty neutral.

09:59Like it has the grays, the whites.

10:00So having this fun blue and pink and burgundy rug on the floor makes it just look so much more

10:07fun.

10:08And Bootsy really likes it.

10:24And we'll see you next time.

10:26We will see you again.

10:26And we'll see you next time.

10:27Bye Bye Bye.

10:42And that is it.

10:43I know that not everyone has the space

10:46or really the need for a setup like this,

10:49but I thought it would be fun to document

10:51since I wanted to do this anyway.

10:53And I do hope that there are some little hacks in here

10:57that you might take and apply to your space.

11:00I would also love your feedback on this type of video.

11:04So it's not, you know, your typical makeup tutorial.

11:08Would love to know if you guys like to see

11:10these kind of organizational DIY beauty videos from me.

11:14And I will see you guys next week.

11:17And hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more of me in this space.

11:21Bye.

11:23Thanks so much for watching guys.

11:24To subscribe to my Friday 29, click here.

11:26And to watch another video, click here.

11:28Bye.

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