Hello Everybody,
I'm sure you all know exactly what I'm talking about when I mention the Pink Box toolbox for make-up. If not, allow me to introduce to you this beautiful piece of HOT PINK metal that has a lot of people in awe, myself included.
See what I mean? When I saw this on Pinterest for the first time, I gasped, pinned it IMMEDIATELY, and kept going back and staring at if for weeks on end. After a while, I googled the box and was in complete and utter shock when I saw the price tag attached to this thing. Now, I knew it was going to be a bit pricey but I had no idea it was going to be over $500 dollars. After seeing that, it was safe to say I was pretty sad. I continued to look at the photo and after finally showing my husband what I had been longing for, He had a brilliant idea. First, let me say that he is the mastermind behind this entire DIY and he is a freaking GENIUS!!!!!
So, He looks at the photo, and I tell him how much something like this would cost and he, like me and the rest of you probably did, GASPED!!!!! "I know, I know....it's a lot of money" I said to him, "but I really would love to have this one day." Little did I know, he already had his creative gears turning. He told me that he could make something like this cheaper. I was all for it at this point. So he got on craigslist and found a craftsman toolbox in the standard old red color that they come in. I think he spent about $20 bucks on it. So we went and picked up the toolbox and went to Home Depot and got some fluorescent pink spray paint and white primer. My husband attempted to paint it hot pink for me but it turned out kind of an orange color so we were a little disappointed and gave up for a little while. It sat in our garage for months before we actually did anything with it.
Once we saw the orange color turn out, I was like, "I don't have to have a pink one, we can make it any color we want." So we thought about it and I decided that I wanted to paint it purple and he suggested black drawers which I attested to at first, but finally agreed (and I'm glad I did.)
Finally, after of months of it sitting in our garage, I went to Home Depot and picked out my paint which only cost me about $18 dollars and after that, it was go time. I pulled the toolbox out of the garage, washed the dust and cobwebs off of it (yuck) dried it off and went to town painting. Mind you, this is the first thing I have ever spray painted in my entire life, so I had no clue what I was doing. After what seemed like hours, (was really only about an hour and a half) I finally finished painting my toolbox and I let it sit out in the sun and dry. After about forty five minutes or so, the paint was completely dry so I put the drawers back in and wheeled that bad boy into our house. I COULD NOT wait to fill it with all my hair and make-up products.
In conclusion, the original Pink Box is super beautiful but so expensive, so if you're like me and really want one but don't want to spend that kind of money on one, a good'ole Do It Yourselfer is the way to go. You can find a cheaper toolbox on craigslist or even at places like Home Depot or Lowe's sells smaller toolboxes like the one you'll need for pretty decent prices. All you gotta do is pick what color you want yours, get the spray paint and get busy creating your beautiful new make-up toolbox that will make everyone around you super jealous (trust me on that one...hahaha) and for a little less that $40 dollars, you will have yourself a beautiful brand new make-up toolbox just like the Original Pink Box without that super expensive tag attached to it.
-XO
Danielle
