00:01Hi, I'm Tatiana. Welcome to my home. This is a shoes-off household, so be sure to take off your
00:05shoes, but also be sure to subscribe below. Come on!
00:11I'm a beauty writer, born and raised in New York. I live in Harrison, New Jersey. I moved here because
00:18I was looking to escape the high rent of New York City.
00:21So me and my boyfriend decided to move to New Jersey, where there was more affordable apartments, and we found
00:27a beautiful three-bedroom that we knew that we could not pass on.
00:30The office right now is just set up for my boyfriend. It's very bland, it's just a desk and a
00:36calendar, and I feel like it really could use some light, color, and feel just as homey as the rest
00:40of the apartment.
00:41So today, we're transforming our office into a coexisting creative space that has a beauty station, and we're doing it
00:47under a budget of $500 with three price points of $100, $150, and $250.
00:52So let's get to it. To start off, I'm focusing on organization with the price point of $100.
00:59First, I'll be going through all my products and seeing what I can donate or recycle, and then from there,
01:04I will be building drawers and putting the products that I am keeping into those drawers with dividers.
01:11It's a lot of pieces, so we'll see how this goes.
01:14I'm really excited to transform this space because it's going to inspire me, in which I will be able to
01:19inspire others with my job.
01:21I used to break out in high school, and I really wanted to find the right products, and in doing
01:26that, I would go to the drugstore, I would look at the back of the packaging, look up the ingredients,
01:31and for me, that really sparked my interest in skincare.
01:35I started doing pageants at the age of 15. I was Miss New York Teen USA, and I became obsessed
01:42with makeup.
01:43I just feel like there's so much more pieces. It's alarming how many pieces there are.
01:50All right.
01:51All right.
02:23Under $100, I was able to organize all my products, and now I have so much space.
02:31A lot cleaner.
02:33Let's go to the next step.
02:35We're focusing on inspiration with a budget of $150.
02:38I am measuring out the contact paper to be the length of the wall.
02:45Don't make fun of my cutting skills.
02:49So this contact paper was a little long, so I had to step out and cut them, and now we
02:54have them all set and ready for each of the six strips.
03:01I love this wall.
03:06So I have a photo from the first day I was crowned Miss New York, and I feel like it
03:11really adds to what this station means to me and getting started in beauty.
03:14And then I have one of my favorite photos of me and my boyfriend, which was taken at the Brooklyn
03:22Bridge Park, along with my new real plant.
03:25I remember having a vanity when I was younger.
03:29It was like this Barbie vanity thing.
03:39One of my favorite pieces that I snagged was this hand-woven, multicolored rug that was only $40.
03:45For just $150, I was able to transform this space into something that I could have never imagined.
03:54This is really nice.
03:56You have some color on your side.
03:59At least I get something.
04:01For the last step, we're at a budget of $250, and I'm hanging up a mirror and getting those fancy
04:07lights around them, a ring light, and finally getting a chair.
04:10When I tell you guys, I did not have a chair, and I used to do my makeup standing up,
04:13so this is huge.
04:14What I love about these is that you just stick them on.
04:20This is the ring light, and this is going to help me not only just do my makeup with brighter
04:27lights, but also produce content for social media.
04:30Ah!
04:33I love this!
04:35I can see myself working here, doing my makeup, doing just anything.
04:39I don't see myself even leaving this area.
04:42That last phase was $250, which I found to be really impressive, thinking that you have a ring light, and
04:49you have lights, and a mirror.
04:51Altogether, that makes for a total of $500.
04:55And to me, with how much this room has transformed and how different it looks, it just feels like a
05:00whole new room.
05:01The lighting is beautiful.
05:02The color on the wall just takes you to the Caribbean.
05:06I just can't wait to do my makeup.
05:08I can't wait to work here.
05:09I can't wait to create content.
05:10It's exciting.
05:11Hi, everyone.
05:12I am trying out a new product that I am loving, and I wanted to tell you guys about.
05:17It's like full circle being able to have my vanity as an adult.
05:22That's not like a toy.
05:23It's like my area.
05:24This is like exactly what I wanted creativity-wise, and it's just like small changes like this really do make
05:30a difference.
05:31This is a dream come true.
05:34Thank you so much for following along on this journey.
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