So, you have the makeup, you have the brushes, but where do you keep it all?

All makeup artists work in different ways, out of different kits and like different things.

For me, I like to be able to open a case or a drawer and see all the cosmetics at a glance, but I know that many of the MAF makeup artists prefer to work out of one large space, with clear pencil cases inside, housing perhaps all their bottles of foundation, or all their pencils.

But what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another, so therefore, what is the ‘best makeup case’?

Well, there simply isn’t an answer for that, but Beauty-Boxes.com are wise enough to know that also, and have a huge selection of cases to choose from.  I couldn’t tell you how many different cases there are, but there really is something for everyone.

For me, with the need to see everything at a glance, I chose the Emerald trolley case, with it’s opening drawers, extra boxes to carry pencils and disposables, plus a detachable cantilever case on top.  Particularly ideal when I went to my brother’s wedding 250 miles from my own home, with a premature baby and a bride to make up!  Ideal to just pop the bits in that I needed, and keep it all perfectly stored.

If you don’t need the cantilever, but do want the drawers, try the Monteray, it’s almost exactly the same, just without the cantilever on top!

Both of these are wheeled, which as any makeup artist who’s worked in a hotel will tell you, wheels are a must – there are some very very very long corridors out there….!

However, what if you prefer to have your products in separate smaller cases inside a larger one?  Or perhaps need something lightweight as you zip around the London Underground going from shoot to shoot?  The Alberta is probably the one I’d suggest!

But what about for you, for your own makeup stash?  Maybe you don’t really want your husband/boyfriend to know just how much makeup you really have…. Any one of the cantilever makeup cases is like a Tardis, with hidden depths, making a small case the aladdin’s cave for you, holding so so much makeup, but in such a small space!

There are so many cases to choose from, whether you want it for yourself, for your mobile makeup business, perhaps you’re a mobile hair stylist or nail technician.  There is something for everyone.

I was at Olympia recently, at the beauty trade show, and Beauty Boxes had a large stand there.  What interested me, on the morning of the first day was that many of the attendees flocked straight to the Beauty Boxes stand, and made their purchase quickly, so as not to miss out.

When you’re prepared to buy a bulky item at 10am to then take it round a trade fayre for the next 7 hours shows that you have done your research and are prepared to buy quality.

Sam Donald

www.SamDonald.com