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  • SELL / DONATE / GIVEAWAY . SELL . Selling your old items is a great way to generate cash and claw back some money from things you don't want or need but which perfectly fine. . My favourite places to sell are: . ❇️ @ebay_uk Number 1 place I end up selling things! People think it's more complicated then it is, but there is so much info on how to sell on eBay. . ❇️Facebook Marketplace - Never personally found this successful but so many people do to find local deals. . ❇️Depop - Used to use this to sell unwanted makeup . ❇️Vinted - great way to sell clothes . DONATE . ❇️Facebook - Great way to donate stuff to people in the community. . ❇️ @olio_ex - I've talked at length about this but this is the most successful place to giveaway stuff and people are generally really nice! . ❇️Charity Shops - A lot of charity shops will now collect bigger items from you or you can send donations online for clothes. . Great places to donate clothes are: . ❤️ @refashionuk ❤️ @we_are_thrift ❤️ @traid ❤️ @the_bhf ❤️Local charity shops in your area . GIVEAWAY . Giveaway stuff to family and friends who need it! . So many times if we just bother to ask family and friends if they want something we no longer need they'll say yes so just send a group text and see if anyone needs something you no longer want! . And the advantage of this is you can always borrow it back if you do need it! . Win Win! . So that's my tips, what are yours? Leave me a comment below. . . . . . #Declutter #KonMari #Organiser #OrganiseYourLife #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub #Depop #eBay #Vinted #ReFashionUk #Traid #ThriftPlus
  • DEEP CLEAN AND PURGE . Now you've been organising and cleaning, it's time to have a deep clean and purge anything you haven't used in the last year or so or are unlikely to. . I find this bit the hardest but also the most theraputic! . If you find this tip hard, then you can put things in your 6 month box and make a decision in 6 months time, see previous post to know how. . I love a good deep clean and this will quite literaly blow the cobwebs away and make life easier for you. . Think about it this way. all that stuff is making you sad, upset, miserable or guilty so why are you keeping it? . If you're keeping for sentimental reasons, can you take a picture and have that as a keepsake rather than the item itself? . This is a tip I learned from @jordanpage of Fun, Cheap or Free. . I also think it's important to know WHY you're keeping an item? . Is it genuinely going to come in handy in the near future or are you keeping it just in case? . Could you potentially rebuy it or borrow if you desperately need it? . Can you give it to a friend who needs it and then borrow it when you need it? . Deep cleaning and purging is my favourite bit! . What's yours? . . . . . . #Declutter #KonMari #Organiser #OrganiseYourLife #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub
  • ORGANISE WHAT YOU HAVE PART 2! . ✅Organise your handbags - I've seen solutions to hang these on hooks, but I personally have them in a hanging cupboard in my wardrobe and this helps keep them organised. . ✅Section out your wardrobe - Even when I lived at home with my parents, I used to section out my wardrobe to have clothes for work, casual and then formal as needed. . As I've gotten older, the formal clothes are not needed as much but I've chosen to have one or 2 show-stopping blinged-out outfits for weddings and such, and the rest as a more casual wardrobe because I don't go to as many formal events as much. . I only keep what I need and document what I have in an app so I don't make as many shopping errors as before. . Also being @styledbysusie helps massively as I know my colours and cuts to suit my body shape! . What are your organising tips and tricks? . . . . . . . . #Declutter #KonMari #Organiser #OrganiseYourLife #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub
  • ORGANISE WHAT YOU HAVE . Pretty simple right? . But this is where people get it wrong and not organising in a way that's easy to see and accessible means that you're not likely to keep it up. . If you've ever watched any Home Makeover show or even @mariekondo's show on @netflix you need to! . The one thing Marie advocates is what you keep needs to spark Joy! . If it doesn't then my suggestion would to purge it or keep it in the 6 month box and see how you feel after a period of time. . If you're not reaching for it, does it still deserve a space in your home? . HOW TO ORGANISE? . ✅Organise with Boxes! - Have big boxes and small boxes to help section things out in drawers. . I get them from @poundland @asda @homebargains, basically anywhere and everywhere! . ✅Organise your skincare - I have my skincare in baskets according to if they've been opened and everything is accessible and easily available. . ✅Organise your Makeup - I've got my Makeup in clear Acrylic drawers that I bought from @amazon or @ebay (Can't remember which!) and it's easy to see and reach for everything. . Now my makeup collection is considerably smaller, everything fits into 2 containers of 3 drawers each. . ✅Organise your hair care - Make it easy to find your hair tools and products and put them away. . ✅Organise your clothes - Hang up everything you need to hang up and put away in drawers and yes baskets what you need to fold. . ✅Organise your underwear and socks - I have some small baskets I use to organise these and let me tell you it's a game-changer! . ✅Organise you Hijabs - Hanging up my Hijabs has been a game-changer, I can see everything and it's always nearly ironed and ready to go! . You can get trouser hangers or tie hangers and they are the best way to organise your scarves. . ✅Organise your Jewellery - Hanging Jewellery Organisers - Absolute game changer since I discovered them! These have changed my jewellery organising game! . RAN OUT OF SPACE - SEE PART 2 IN NEXT POST!
  • Create a 6 Month Box What is a 6 Month Box? It's a popular concept in Decluttering and Organising but it stipulates that anything you're unsure about you should put away for 6 months and anything you need out of the box should be easily accessible. What does that mean in reality? For me, I've put away stuff like Hair Bobbles, Pins, Flowers, Jewellery etc in a box and put a date in my calendar to have a check of it in 6 months, if I still haven't taken out something in 6 months then I don't need it. But I'm putting a second check in a year's time because I don't trust myself at just 6 months, sometimes you need longer with something. Hopefully this will force me to use what I have available but also ensures that I have access to something should I need it. What do you think? Do you like the idea of a 6 month box? What do you put in your 6 month box? . . . . . #Organisation #Decluttering #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub
  • CLEAN OUT YOUR HANDBAGS Who else dreads cleaning out their handbag? 🙋‍♀️ It's not just I dread it, I actively avoid because it shows what a hoarder I am. 🙈 What is inside my Handbag you ask? Everything from tissues, perfumes, Phone Chargers and the usual stuff haha! That's why my handbags are so big, they're full of secrets! (Drop me a comment if you know that quote!) . But one thing that’s helped us inspired by @ummbaby i use clear plastic pouches to see what’s inside my handbag and keep all my stuff together 💁‍♀️ . I take out receipts immediately and try and upload them to the Shoppix app (I have an article about this on Simplyhumaira.com) and that helps earn me points which equates to money or vouchers over time! 🙌 . So tell me, how often do you clean your Handbag and what's in it? . . . . #Handbag #Organisation #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub
  • Make Laundry Fun Again! Can Laundry ever be fun? I know so many people don't think so, but you can make it easier on yourself! . ✅Get a Laundry Basket with sections for your clothes i.e. Light, Dark, Coloured . ✅Do Laundry every day or every other day . ✅Allow your clothes to fully dry before folding them away . ✅Create a Laundry Box to sit alongside your iron with the following to make Laundry easier: . ❇️Garment Steamer (if you need it) . ❇️Ironing Water (Cleans your iron from the inside and makes your clothes smell nice) . ❇️Lint Roller (Cheap as £1 from Primark!) . ❇️Fabric Shaver (Total Game changer!) . ❇️Elastic (If needed) . ❇️Sewing needle and thread to replace buttons on the go rather than someday . ❇️Clothes Folder to help fold clothes ala Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory . ✅Try and keep on top of your laundry by putting away, folding and ironing as soon as you can. Easier said than done sometimes! If you liked these tips, I'd love you to share your tips to make laundry fun again! Leave a comment down below and let me know what works for you or which tip did you find most useful? #Laundry #Ironing #HomeOrganisation #HomeOrganization #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub #LBloggersUk
  • CLEAN YOUR HAIR BRUSHES . OK I cannot be the only one who had no idea you were supposed to clean your hair brushes rather then ditch them when they got dirty? 🤷‍♀️ . Adulting is a revelation for me 😂 . But seriously till I watched one of the @cleanmyspace videos I had no idea you could actually do that so I encourage you to do this for your hair brushes, your combs, your hot tools etc as this will really extend their life! . I have one of those hair unpicker things from amazon I think and that helps keep the maintenance but for a deep clean I let my hair brush soak in warm water and fair liquid and then clean it with an old toothbrush specifically for this purpose. . And I know someone will ask me so the brush I use is a @tangleteezer which I got from amazon a while ago. . Never looked back and unlike my other hair brushes still going strong Alhamdulillah. . So this is your reminder, clean your hair brush! . . . . . . #HairRoutine #HairCareTips #SimplyHumairaBeauty #30PlusBlogs #30Plus #TheGirlGang #DesiBlogger #PakistaniBlogger #LondonBloggers #DiscoverUnder2k #TheCaptionClub

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