Makeup Kit Bags

To become a makeup artist, I needed to get together a basic makeup kit together. My makeup that I personally use are in my lesportsac pouches but for my professional kit, I needed to get an official makeup case. I mean, I didn’t really have to get an official makeup case but I’m just that type of Gal that needs to get EVERYTHING together from the get-go. Sometimes that tendency bites me in my butt when my new “aspiration” ends up as just an expensive hobby.

Here are some cases I looked at:

Japonesque Professional Aluminum Series Makeup Case with Drawers

This one is amazing. It has different drawer compartments and comes with the roller. The doors open up and has brush holders so you don’t really need a brush belt. You don’t need to really unpack your kit bag, you can just pull the drawers out and grab what you need.

Runs for around $220 and you can get it here.

Black Roll Top Makeup Case W/ Straps

This bag is great. Its not HUGE but it has enough compartments to hold the necessary items to be on your way to becoming a MUA. From alcohol spritzers to palettes, it fits them all! This is great for someone that just wants to organize their makeup at home too. The only thing that gets to me is that if you pack this thing up, it ends up weighing a ton so I would recommend this as a travel case instead of the main makeup kit holder.

Get it here for around $80.

Luxury Lighted Makeup Stand

I think its amazing but I can only imagine this to be really really heavy. I have done shoots where I had to apply makeup to the models with terrible lighting or not even have a mirror to look into so I can see this being really useful. I live in the city and I don’t own a car so I really cannot see myself dragging this around but this is not a bad idea. It folds into such compactness that it’s pretty amazing. It comes with a tiered trays for so you can store all your makeup in there and the case folds into a train case with wheels so you can roll it.

You can get the $998 version here at Sephora.com or you can get the $500 version here at NYX.

Zuca Bag

At the end, I decided to buy myself a Zuca bag!!! They come in many different colors & patterns and the best part of it all is that you can sit on the top metal part of the bag. Say you were on a set and they don’t have a seat for you…just sit on the bag!! Amazing. The bag zips open and comes with 6 little bags that you can stuff with your makeup items. You can just shove that back into the bag so the amount of makeup that you can fit in the bag is unbelievable. It comes with wheels so you can pull it anywhere and its very compact.

This awesome bag starts around $130 and can go up to $300 (the Pro version which I really don’t see much difference with the non pros). Check them out here!