How to create your perfect make-up vanity in the bedroom

Having a make-up vanity in the bedroom is a real daily luxury: a little space just for you where you can get ready in total tranquillity and dedicate yourself to your morning and evening beauty routine. But that’s not all: a well-designed make-up vanity can become a genuine piece of decor, capable of adding personality and style to your room.

The modules, console units, mirrors and pouffes in the Santalucia Mobili collection are perfect for creating functional vanity corners that are easily integrated with the rest of the bedroom furnishings.

In this article, we’ll share some tips and tricks for creating and organising your ideal make-up dressing table!

Choose the right space for your make-up vanity

To create a really functional and pleasant make-up vanity, the first thing to consider is its position in the bedroom. Lighting is essential: natural light, in particular, is your best friend when it comes to getting your make-up just right. For this reason, your vanity is best positioned near a window where you benefit from the daylight, essential for capturing the real colours and tones of the skin.

If this isn’t possible in your bedroom, no worries: there are plenty of good artificial lighting solutions nowadays. The key is to avoid direct and overly powerful lights from above, which create awkward shadows. It is better to opt for LEDs positioned at the sides of the mirror, a backlit mirror, or an adjustable ring light.

It is also possible to set up a well-organised beauty space in a small bedroom. Just look around the room to identify which corners are often unused: a gap between the wardrobe and the wall, a niche, an opening under the window or a free stretch of wall space can easily be transformed into a make-up vanity. A few items is all it takes to add character to an anonymous area of the room.

4 key elements for a modern make-up vanity

A well-planned make-up vanity is much more than a simple corner with a mirror: it is a self-care space dedicated just to you. It must combine comfort, functionality and style in equal measure, especially if make-up is your passion or you like devoting time to your beauty routine. Here are the four key elements that must be present and correct in any modern make-up niche.

# 1 A mirror with lights

The mirror is the focal point of your make-up vanity. To guarantee perfect make-up – particularly in the nuances of eyeshadows, the application of foundation or the use of base products – you need neutral, precise and uniform light. The Gea mirror with LED backlighting is excellent both for applying make-up and creating and sharing beauty content on social media.

#2 A functional worktop

The surface you use for your products must be big enough, easy to clean and well organised: it could be a console unit, a wall-mounted top or an L-shaped top like in the photo. The important thing is that it fits the space and your needs.

#3 A comfortable and matching seat

Spending minutes – sometimes even hours – in front of the mirror means you need a comfortable seat, whether it be a pouffe or an upholstered chair. The Bellini upholstered pouffe is ideal for upping the comfort level: when covered with a fabric to match the bed, it helps create a harmonious environment, carefully studied down to the finest detail. Alternatively, go for an upholstered chair.

#4 Organisers, drawers and storage units for your beauty products

Organisation is key, especially when you have lots of products: foundation, blush, eye shadow, lipstick, brushes, evening skincare products, and so on. A solution with drawers helps to keep everything at your fingertips, but hidden from view. Alternatively, visible containers, boxes with internal dividers and beauty cases allow you to organise every type of product. As any beauty addict knows, having everything in order and nicely on view speeds up your beauty routine and makes your daily make-up experience much more pleasurable.

Perfect organisation: practical tips for a tidy beauty corner

You might have the nicest make-up vanity in the world, but if chaos reigns with palettes, brushes and lipsticks all over the place, its aesthetic – and functional – effect is lost in a flash. With a few little daily tweaks, it is possible to turn your beauty vanity into an organised space.

Divide your make-up into daily and occasional products: the secret is to think practically, ask yourself which products you use every day – maybe that concealer which is always running out, the neutral eye make up palette that is suitable for every look, your favourite mascara – and keep them within easy reach. You can put them on a decorative tray or in a box on the tabletop, so they are always visible and accessible. Those you use less often can go in drawers or secondary storage boxes.

Use transparent containers and dividers for drawers: these are excellent solutions for keeping everything organised. If you are obsessed with order you can label the containers, while if you have a more creative streak you can go for coloured beauty accessories or accessories in different shapes.

Sort your beauty products: another key rule is to only keep what you actually use. If you haven’t used a product for months perhaps it is time to give it away and create space for new purchases.

Create a weekly cleaning and tidying routine: 10 minutes is all it takes to put everything back in its place, clean the surfaces and wash your brushes. As well as being more hygienic, this commendable habit ensures your beauty vanity is in impeccable condition and pleasant to use, every day.

Style ideas: inspiration for all types of bedroom

Your make-up vanity should speak the same language as the rest of the bedroom. For this reason it is important to choose materials, colours and shapes that complement the bed, bedside tables and wardrobe already present.

Clean lines, textured surfaces and hints of colour are perfect for a contemporary bedroom. Santalucia Mobili’s modular solutions, for example, allow you to create continuity between your make-up area and the wardrobes: a beauty vanity can be perfectly integrated between two storage units with a fluted-effect door, becoming part of the interior design project.

For a more romantic vibe with feminine details, you can play around with sinuously shaped mirrors, delicate materials and light finishes, like in the bedroom furnished with the Scacco collection. An elongated mirror, an extra-thick worktop with a transparent glass leg and an upholstered pouffe provide the ideal canvas for chic little touches like decorative perfume bottles, scented candles and vintage trays for organising your make-up.

In an industrial style bedroom, the beauty vanity is made up of a worktop with open units and is built into the Urban frame with black metal uprights. A totally visible composition, complete with shelves and storage modules, in line with the industrial aesthetic which prioritises practical solutions and contrasting materials.

Space-saving ideas and multifunctional solutions

As we have seen, lots of Santalucia Mobili furniture solutions can be used to create make-up vanities in all kinds of bedrooms, even smaller ones. Their multifunctional nature makes them versatile and suitable for meeting different everyday needs.

With the addition of a wall or table mirror, the Bridge console unit is easily transformed into a practical dressing table: the worktop provides plenty of useful space while the open units allow you to organise your beauty products. An elegant design solution that doubles as both a desk and a make-up corner.

Thanks to its light and simple design, the Free wall-mounted shelf can be combined with a mirror to make a discreet vanity table that blends in perfectly with the surrounding decor. It leaves the underneath space free and helps make the room more airy.

Modular furniture consisting of worktops and built-in open units and mirrors also adapts easily to spaces and transforms them into functional and well-organised beauty corners.

When the bedroom has multiple functions – sleeping, work, relaxation – it is essential to strategically make the most of every centimetre. Overbed units make it possible to create niches equipped with mirrors, shelves and drawers, perfect for a minimalist beauty corner.

Creating a make-up vanity in the bedroom is a gesture of generosity both to yourself and your space. It is a little corner where you can kick off the day in tranquillity or relax before going out, surrounded by your essential make-up products in a calming setting. Even in the absence of a genuine pre-designed vanity, it is possible to create a sophisticated, functional and space-saving beauty corner using mirrors, worktops, console units and pouffes.

Thanks to the versatility of Santalucia Mobili solutions, every detail can be designed to adapt to the style of your bedroom and transform even the smallest space into a personal and welcoming beauty corner.