By Request: How I Currently Store My Makeup Brushes

Each time that I publish a By Request post I seem to receive yet another request. Thank you for indulging me- I am having fun working on this series. This time Rachel asked that I reveal how I store by brushes- so here goes!

I have gone through numerous ways of storing my brushes, but I am pretty content with my current method. I quickly dismissed a brush roll because I have accumulated too many brushes. I also stopped storing them in glass, ceramic, or metal containers because they often cause the brushes to get dinged and damaged. Therefore, I opted to find something made out of wood. I thought that I should try somewhere like Bed, Bath & Beyond, but ended up finding vertical bamboo cutlery boxes in the kitchen section at Ross for about $9.00 a piece. I bought two: one for faces brushes, and another for eye makeup brushes.

My primary reason for wanting wood was that many of my brushes are Hakuhodos, and since I spent an arm and two legs on them I wanted to keep them in good shape.

I organized all of the eyebrow and eye makeup brushes in one of the 4 compartment bamboo cutlery boxes. On the far left I keep all eyebrow and eyelash brushes, and since I don't have many of them it has lots of space available. The second compartment is filled with eyeshadow brushes, crease brushes and anything else that needs a home. The following compartment is basically various eye lining brushes (though it appears that eyebrow/eyelash spool brush migrated to this compartment). The far right compartment is largely filled with blending brushes- though two of them are actually small Hakuhodo Highlighter brushes that I most often use on the eyes, or even for concealer.

With a few exceptions, nearly all of the face brushes are Hakuhodos.

The far left contains finishing, blending, powder, and highlighter brushes. The next compartment is an assortment non-Hakuhodo finishing, blending, and miscellaneous brushes. The third compartment is duo fiber brushes for foundation and/or blush. The far right compartment is a combination of Hakuhodo and Rouge Bunny Rouge blush brushes.

I placed a thick cotton pad in the bottom of the far left compartment because that is where I store my Hakuhodo S100 Series brushes that feature the gorgeous vermilion wooden handles and 24K clear coated brass/gold ferrules- therefore I wanted added protection from dinging up these gorgeous handcrafted works of art.

This ceramic claw foot tub was a party favor filled with mini bath products, and I thought that it was cute and would come in handy for something in my stash. It turned out to be the perfect size and depth to house my shorter brushes that would get lost in the bamboo boxes.

What is less than ideal is how all of my brushes are stored in my deep built-in cabinet in my master bathroom. They share space with piles of skincare products, and the whole space is in great need of an overhaul because it lacks efficiency. Call it a work in progress. To see my makeup storage click on the following links: blush storage, eyeshadow storage & lip product storage).

How do you store your brushes?