DIY Makeup Brush Holder

I was looking in my closet for an outfit to wear when I saw these old candles stored at the top of my closet. I didn't want them to go to waste so I tried to think of a good use for the glass holder. I ended up making two makeup brush holders: one for eye brushes and one for face brushes. 

If you have some old candles that you want to reuse, taking the wax out of the glass jars is very simple! There are plenty of ways you could go about this. 

FIRST OPTION

• You can easily just heat the glass up over a candle melter or burner to melt the wax. After that, just pour the wax out into the trash!

SECOND OPTION (the option I went with)

• Take a knife and cut slashes through the leftover wax.
• Fill the glass with boiling hot water.
• The wax will then melt and float to the top.
• Let the glass holder sit for about 20 minutes so it can cool.
• Take out all the chunks of wax (if there are still some chunks left at the bottom, you can take a knife and easily scrape it out)

After you have a clean, glass candle holder, you will then decide what you want to do with it. As you can see, I took gold spray paint and sprayed both of the holders. I chose gold because it goes with the color scheme of my room. You can choose any color of your preference and spray it however you want to. I left one of the holders solid gold but then decided to add some glam to the other one. I took a strip of double sided scotch tape and taped it around the edge of the holder. I then took black glitter and sprinkled it all around the tape. This part got a little messy so make sure you are in a good environment for this. 

I stuck all of my brushes into them and it definitely spiced up my makeup desk. I really like how they turned out and encourage all of you to do it. So inexpensive and easy!