How To: Organize Your Make Up Brushes

Does anyone else have the problem of having too many make up brushes and just no idea how to store them? Well, over the past few years I have accumulated quite a few make up brushes from a variety of different sources.

The problem I face now is that the brush heads tend to be quite fragile and I don't want to risk having them stuffed into a drawer somewhere causing the bristles to fray or bend.  So in order to solve my problem I decided to organize them on my counter so that the brushes are protected, but also still allows for easy function and visual appeal. So This is what I did:

1. I bought two glass containers (these ones in particular are from Ikea), as well as bead filler from a local craft store (one bag of the filler was enough to fill both of the containers about half way each).

2.  I separated the brushes into two categories; eyes and face.  This way I will have a very easy time finding the brushes I need and also am able to use two different containers that hold the brushes quite nicely, rather than one large one that allows the opportunity for them to fall over. Below is the end product and I think that it looks quite nice and still allows for great functionality:

This is just one recommendation for storing your brushes and there are many different examples online of how you can display them.  I hope this tip helps you organize your life a little more.

Sincerely,
Alley