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I use tall glasses filled with glass beads, and then I keep brushes by type (crease brushes vs. blending brushes) in each.
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Since yesterday, in an e.l.f. large brush holder I got for Christmas! Eye brushes and two face sponges in the first compartment, misc. tiny brushes in the second, and face brushes in the third.
For face and eye brushes, I have them sorted in clear, plastic cups, but I like the glass beads idea and will add those. My blush and contour brushes are in a drawer, along with my blushes/contours/highlighters/bronzers
so far i’m just using the two halves of my Sigma Brush Cup Holder and the thinner slots of my Large Acrylic Makeup Organizer for The Container Store
I put them flat over paper towels in my makeup drawer, so they keep their shape; don’t get feathery and dusty – I kinda like the professional look of it.;)
In Bonne Maman jars on my counter top.
in mason jars and tins
Have one actual brush. Problem solved. 😀 The other ten are attached to my hands, so storage is built-in, really 😉
My daily brushes go in my Smashbox brush roll and my backups and brushes that I don’t use often are all in a box.
I keep them in two clear, round acrylic containers that I got from the Container Store. One has face brushes and the other has eye brushes. They are meant to be for the kitchen, but they have a lid, so I use them for my brushes. I don’t wear makeup everyday and I don’t like have my brushes out in the open to collect dust particles. I’m just weird like that and super careful about what goes on my face. #Weirdo lol
Happy New Year…..Where do you get the beads and what containers do you recommend?
Thanks!
I use glass jars and oversized Hello Kitty mugs. I’ve been thinking about getting some thinner, taller vases for them though to save some space.
I use glasses vases with tiny clear beads found at Michael’s, used for flower arrangements. Right now they are separated by “face” and “eye” but I need to break them down a little more.
I keep the ones in my rolled up bag separate, but its rather inconvenient.
I keep my favourites on my basin. My dad got a rectangle block of wood, bored different sized holes in it and stained it for me so they stand upright. Right at my fingertips.
But I love the jar with the beads idea!
Mine are in utensil trays in my bathroom drawers separated by type.I like your idea better. Some of the brushes are too pretty to be hidden.
Mine are in a brush roll. I need a bigger brush roll!
I use two containers – one for my face brushes and the other for my eye brushes.
i store my personal makeup brushes inside my brush roll, they’re inside most used/everyday makeup drawer. They’re usually just thrown in there or lost. Lol I try to keep them all organized but with my 14 month old who loves makeup as much as I do, I find brushes all over the house, in her toy chest, in the most random areas.. I told everyone I was not going to allow my kids in my makeup at all, off limits but after 2 boys who listened to my rules, here came the girl who won’t follow..
I use the kitchen utensils holder from pamper chef for my face brushes and my sigma cups for my eyes brushes
I have a spinning desk caddy (like people use for pens, pencils, scissors, paperclips, etc.) for larger brushes and some tools. I have matching pen cups and a couple cute Sonia Kashuk cups for smaller brushes and my eyeshadow brushes.
I used to have them all in magnetic cups that hung off a magnetic board by my mirror. But I realized I really only use maybe 15 brushed regularly and I was tired of having everything out in the open. So now I have just the ones I use in a cup I store in the cabinet next to my sink.
Since I don’t have a vanity, I keep all my makeup brushes in my closet. And I have a lot of brushes 😉 So my solution was to get a plastic 3-drawer container from target to store them in. One drawer has all my eye brushes, one has all my foundation/concealer brushes, and the last drawer has all my powder/bronzer/blush brushes. I also have a container to keep my dirty brushes in. This way I don’t get my clean brushes mixed up.
I keep them in seperate boxes -one for face and one eye makeup brushes. As if i keep them in cups they will gather too much dust super soon! 😛