I had hoped for a more open storage format ... This tiered makeup organizer for countertop use makes a nice presentation from the solid packaging (shrink-wrapped inside a sturdy box for protection) and a more appealing horizontal design, instead of a vertical spinning tower that tends to look cluttered. Despite all that, I should have paid closer attention to the description photos. Since I already have a great spinning brush holder -- better in my opinion because of its clear basket of uniform height that offers full view of all items as it spins-- so I was looking for the other feature of the tiered, swing-out drawers. To my dismay, only the middle tier is an open format. The top and bottom tiers are very compartmentalized which limits the type of contents that I want to store in them. If I'd realized that the bottom tier was for JEWELRY, I wouldn't have ordered the organizer at all. Nothing else really fits in those tiny spaces. I don't store jewelry in the bathroom where I keep my cosmetics and I won't display an organizer like this in my bedroom where I don't store cosmetics or apply my makeup anyway. So, unless you have those compartmentalized needs, the bottom tier is virtually useless, the top tier has 4 different sized compartments with their own limits, and I can't fathom the reason that the brush holder rotates. Since it's not see-through and the compartments are of different heights all around, the contents can only be seen when the low side is front-facing. From viewed from the sides or backside, very little or nothing is visible in those positions. My issues are with the design, which looks nice but the opaque brush holder and heavily compartmentalized tiers are drawbacks that are not that appealing to me for the counter space that this organizer takes. I don't need a design like this after all. Although I will use it, I would have preferred, at least, if the compartmentalized tiers and the brush holder were removable, leaving an open tray underneath. At least it would have been more functional and versatile. The other downside was the silver knob. My photos show the shrink-wrapped and unwrapped organizer from various angles, with the silver knob before and after insertion. It was very difficult to get the nob properly placed. It doesn't just push down or screw on. I thought it didn't fit, but after fussing with it for awhile I finally got the nob all the way down as the buy photos show. I noticed another reviewer has the knob sticking up and wasn't able to push hers all the way down. The flip-side of this issue is that once the knob is on, it doesn't come off, so then the storage box is useless because the organizer only fits inside the box with the knob off. Again, design affects everything from usage to packaging. All these factors considered, the organizer is just okay, and less appealing because the design was not well-thought out for actual use to offset the counter space taken up by the size of the organizer. Because of those issues which are important to my needs, I rate it 3.5 - 3.75 stars for limited use.