Royce, yes, they are great. I am going to get them for the refrigerator as well…

Katerina, you’re an Ikea shopper too?! I’m well familiar with their standard drawer. We seem to be too hard on our stuff for them to last well. I thought the scarf drawers looked like Alex. There used to be a similar one too—we considered them for my son's desk when he was smaller.

Ryce, funny that you’ve sort of backed into using the containers for their original purpose.

Sort of like the unintended consequences in Runcarla’s recent thread about editing and style changes, I realized today that this little corner is going to be really upsetting to my son, who is always quite happy to say that I’m not really a woman at all, in the sense of doing all those stupid things. Today he accidentally destroyed my favorite eyeshadow. His ensuing rant included his frustration over me having “so much make-up” (see photo 8), which encompasses all HABA and jewelry. He will be appalled at the little shrine for these things—but at least they’ll be out of the bathroom & he won’t have to see them.

FashIntern, & therein lies your “excuse.” Wide-eyed, you could tell him that you thought it would be “helpful” to get “all that stuff” out of the bathroom & out of his way. How you’re trying to be more organized & put stuff in one corner of your room.
If you decide to wear more makeup or wear it more often, you can always start with an item or two at a time aiming for a “natural” look. Obviously you know him & I don’t, so don’t know if it would work. (I dated someone who despised makeup-he hated the smell, prob a different reason than your son’s dislike—but he eventually adjusted.)
And get yourself a replacement eyeshadow.

Ophelia, that’s brilliant phrasing. I’ll try it, but expect it will still be hard for him to deal with my little corner. He knows that I used to enjoy dating, but the idea of his mom having any sexuality (of course “sexuality” doesn’t have to mean any of this stuff—for most of my life it hasn’t) now is threatening to him. He’s happy to play along that this is just an undershirt, or that I wear body stockings only for warmth, but when it’s grouped with everything else, he’ll probably have to deal with reality, and that will be hard. It’s all good though, as long as he doesn’t try to follow through on his threat to defenestrate any guy I bring home, then carry him to the river & throw him in.

I don’t see myself going for makeup beyond a natural look, or for more (but I know to never say never). One thing I will say never to is a guy who doesn’t care about my son’s feelings. That doesn’t mean giving up; it does mean accepting that it’s hard for him and allowing him that struggle.

FashIntern, yes. The scarf drawers are also from IKEA, I don’t remember the name, might well be Alex. They are in fact office furniture, but work perfectly for scarves, costume jewelry, belts, sunglasses, gloves etc. as the drawers are large and shallow. When I was looking for storage furniture, I could not find any such in Ikeas bedroom and closets department and did not want to spend a lot on this. Now I am thinking about what to do with all my handbags, most of them are larger satchels …