Joy Klapko wrote:
i want to get a train case but my problem is that my pallettes are HUGE they are 10 x 14 does anyone know where i could get a case that will fit them? right now i am using a suitcase and since i do hair and makeup that means i am lugging two HUGE cases with me everywhere i go.....its a bit much lol

are your huge palettes reusable/refillable?  if not, it might not be a worthwhile investment to find a case just to fit these palettes.  You can easily transfer the content of your palettes into smaller refillable palettes.  it'll make life a lot easier for yourself!

liz yu wrote:
are your huge palettes reusable/refillable?  if not, it might not be a worthwhile investment to find a case just to fit these palettes.  You can easily transfer the content of your palettes into smaller refillable palettes.  it'll make life a lot easier for yourself!

dont i feel silly i have done that with all my loose shadows but never even thought to do it with my monster palettes lol

Joy Klapko wrote:
i want to get a train case but my problem is that my pallettes are HUGE they are 10 x 14 does anyone know where i could get a case that will fit them? right now i am using a suitcase and since i do hair and makeup that means i am lugging two HUGE cases with me everywhere i go.....its a bit much lol

I've been looking for a huge pallete like that. I want to fit all my powders together. Where did you happen to get yours??

Aeni wrote:
My kit's massive but finally organized.  Whenever I have a job I just toss what I need into a couple of those blue bins at the top and off I go.  Once the holidays are over I may rip up the carpeting so I can have a sculpting/casting/painting area or a wig area if I get a regular theatre job.

Love, love, love you!  This is too sick!  You live in makeup heaven, lol!

HaliSF wrote:
Someone should have warned me taking these pictures takes forever!! hee hee  Here are pictures of my makeup kit. Minus some un clean brushes, liners, and a few  foundations I recently used and have to clean up. Yuo can kinda see the Eyelashes, nail files, rhinstones, eyelash curlers are in the pink boxes on the right.

Im in awe! lol I know i just switched my cases into a smaller gentle on my back case and I was thinking about taking pics of my kit but im too lazy to. Anyone want to come over and do it for me?? im not too good with the computer at times lol j/k

Natalie Kameroglu wrote:
lol... I will I will. My hubby just got a brand new camera maybe I can talk him into it lol :-)

Good! Good!  lol at talking him Into It. Ask him to do the text too! lol
Im from SF California. Where is Mission Viejo? Just curious. I never heard of that city.

K M A wrote:
What made me mad is that with these few products I was able to turn out some of the best commercial, clean, and flattering looks I've done to date on "real-women" with hardly a kit on me! Now I'm wondering why I lugged around 80% of the things I have been for the last few years!! It's maddening and I don't know how to bring myself to getting rid of a lot of it, but I just proved to myself I don't need it all! Now I'm more confused than ever.

Dont be mad!!! LOL. It just shows what a fab makeup artist you are. 

I was once on a job with multiple makeup artists.  I was looking at this one artist's kit and he had everything in one backpack!!! I was like wow, how do you fit everything in there and he said, "When I hire makeup artists to go on jobs with me,  I ask them to bring their kit to see what they have."  He went on to say that the less they overpacked, the more confident they seemed, as it made them look like they didn't need 1000 products to do a good job.  I can't help overpacking for anything - job, vacation (I bring like 6 bikinis and 5 pairs of jeans on every trip), trip to the mall, whatever - but I think about what he said all the time and I think it rings true.

K M A wrote:
On topic but off topic here: You know what makes me mad??

Just when I think I have everything consolidated down to the smallest full kit possible (to do makeup for women) I get called to do a "light men's grooming" in which I only take out what I need and leave the rest at home.

My men's kit consisted of just my:

1 soft lunchbox full of foundations/skincare/powder
1 small Benefit box that has a bronzer with a couple of blushes
1 small kiehl's lip balm
1 mascara and
1 yaby shadow pallete (just so I could play with it on off time since I just got it)
1 peach lip liner from MUFE because I forgot to take it out from last time

and a few men's hair products, a brush and a comb, and a blowdryer and flat iron.

Turns out there was a miscommunication (!!) and instead an Indian doctor, a Vietnamese doctor, and a Caucasian doctor, all female needing hair and makeup walk in instead!!!!

This, nor the fact that I had to go McGyver on everyone, didn't make me that mad either.

What made me mad is that with these few products I was able to turn out some of the best commercial, clean, and flattering looks I've done to date on "real-women" with hardly a kit on me! Now I'm wondering why I lugged around 80% of the things I have been for the last few years!! It's maddening and I don't know how to bring myself to getting rid of a lot of it, but I just proved to myself I don't need it all! Now I'm more confused than ever.

I know what you mean. I am thinking about getting graftobian dual foundation to use on the men. I do not need 90% of the things In my kit to do a female actress, model, or clean look. I feel It's best to bring a lot.  Things for acne, or clear skin, light or dark skin, men or women.  I just love aquiring fantastic makeup! I could mix two shadows to make certain colors. When I do makeup It's for 1to 4+ people or many looks. I just do not have time to be mixing eyeshadows to get the color I want.  I have tons of foundations. Now that I have rcma palette. I mainly use rcma on every model-client. Anytime I make my kit smaller someone  asks for  something I left at home. Pins, sewing needles, tape, random stuff.

Men let you put mascara on them?  Wow! I use cream-liquids on men. They don't fight me. But I know they would not let me use mascara on them! hee hee

Natalie Kameroglu wrote:
its in southern Orange County. Im about 45 mins away from San Diego. Im on the opposite end of California hehe :-)

Ok! I know where orange county Is. hee hee

jchoi makeup wrote:
Dont be mad!!! LOL. It just shows what a fab makeup artist you are. 

I was once on a job with multiple makeup artists.  I was looking at this one artist's kit and he had everything in one backpack!!! I was like wow, how do you fit everything in there and he said, "When I hire makeup artists to go on jobs with me,  I ask them to bring their kit to see what they have."  He went on to say that the less they overpacked, the more confident they seemed, as it made them look like they didn't need 1000 products to do a good job.  I can't help overpacking for anything - job, vacation (I bring like 6 bikinis and 5 pairs of jeans on every trip), trip to the mall, whatever - but I think about what he said all the time and I think it rings true.

Some people can do anything with 4 foundations, primary colors, and 1 mascara. I'm not that makeup artist! lol  I know my skills and limits.   I need my kit!  I gotta be ready for the female mustaches, acne, sideburns, scars, brown  spots, puffy under eyes, Ingrown hairs, badly shaped eyebrows.... There Is no Photoshop on  runways, stages, or red carpets!

HaliSF wrote:

Men let you put mascara on them?  Wow! I use cream-liquids on men. They don't fight me. But I know they would not let me use mascara on them! hee hee

lol , I haven't tried, other than clear before. It was another one of those things I brought "just in case". I was on a job one time where part of a guy's eyebrow was blonde but the rest dark. I had to put mascara on it to blend in. It just always stuck in the back of my mind and takes up no room, so why not. Also good for like a random gray hair that is obviously out of place.

Oh and to add- for my lack of lipcolor I took the Kieh's and a Yaby shadow that looked almost burgandy and used that for the Dr. that said she uses a brownish red on a regular basis. It was perfect!

HaliSF wrote:

Some people can do anything with 4 foundations, primary colors, and 1 mascara. I'm not that makeup artist! lol  I know my skills and limits.   I need my kit!  I gotta be ready for the female mustaches, acne, sideburns, scars, brown  spots, puffy under eyes, Ingrown hairs, badly shaped eyebrows.... There Is no Photoshop on  runways, stages, or red carpets!

I know!!! I want to be that makeup artist.  It's like being a swiss army knife!  I panic when I think of being underprepared. =*(  Like when I drive to a job and I suddenly have this fear that I forgot my brushes.  It's the worst feeling in the world.

jchoi makeup wrote:
I know!!! I want to be that makeup artist.  It's like being a swiss army knife!  I panic when I think of being underprepared. =*(  Like when I drive to a job and I suddenly have this fear that I forgot my brushes.  It's the worst feeling in the world.

lol... I think i forgot my brushes all the time but the worst is when I dont think I have my directions because im old school and rely on MR. Mapquest and I panic stop the car and wait look whats next to me... yes its the directions :-)

K M A wrote:
lol , I haven't tried, other than clear before. It was another one of those things I brought "just in case". I was on a job one time where part of a guy's eyebrow was blonde but the rest dark. I had to put mascara on it to blend in. It just always stuck in the back of my mind and takes up no room, so why not. Also good for like a random gray hair that is obviously out of place.

Oh and to add- for my lack of lipcolor I took the Kieh's and a Yaby shadow that looked almost burgandy and used that for the Dr. that said she uses a brownish red on a regular basis. It was perfect!

Sounds like you did a good job with what you had. I would had to stop at sephora, or Ulta and spent $$$  I need my kit for emergencies like that!  Wow...yaby sounds so wonderful. So many people rave about It. I might have mild ocd. Cause I don't want little eyeshadows In my kit unless It an entire yaby palette. Or maybe that's my excuse to try and get  that $92.00 palette. lol Yep!

jchoi makeup wrote:

I know!!! I want to be that makeup artist.  It's like being a swiss army knife!  I panic when I think of being underprepared. =*(  Like when I drive to a job and I suddenly have this fear that I forgot my brushes.  It's the worst feeling in the world.

Well I hope you can be that makeup artist! That's a good goal!
I see many people that cando that! I'm not mad. I'm happy for them. I pull out my 2 rcma palettes and find a great match every time!  I have tons of  brushes. A lot are still new in the plastic. I pack two seperate brush rolls.  My major fear Is to forget my brushes for a major event.  I always bring many sponges too! Sometimes people forget to tell you your working on 3-5 faces...and not the 1-2 they talked to you about!! Yeah... I  totally love when that happens! I'm about 99% sure It's not an accident! lol

ganeshkarma wrote:

I got the bag from Century 21. Lipstick case I got in container store (they are one for bead craft storage). Then I melted my lipsticks in microwave for 10 second (then I let it cool a little and then do it again) and stick original sticker from the lipstick on the bottom.

That's a clever idea for lipstick!

HaliSF wrote:

OMG.. is that a caboodels from the 80's?? I think I had the exact same one in purple....  now I've just dated myself.... hahahaha
Do you find it is strong enough?? I would be worried about that little plastic closure at the front busting open while I was running through the streets to catch a cab...

Lottie wrote:
Here goes...REALLY bad photos..my digicam batteries are dead so I used my phone

stila palettes filled with Stila and Anna Sui shadows


Mac palettes filled with various branded shadows


Nars blushes


foundation palette


MUFE flash colors and MAC CCB


cream blush and highlighters


sponges, cottom, puffs OH MY!


Skincare


Pigments


Lip and Eye pencils


Lipgloss drawer


Lashes


Glitters and Shimmers


Foundation drawer


Face products unopened


Eye products unopened


Eye drawer


My creative drawer


Bronzers and such


phew

im gonna come shopping at ur place lol love it

Lottie wrote:
Here goes...REALLY bad photos..my digicam batteries are dead so I used my phone

stila palettes filled with Stila and Anna Sui shadows


Mac palettes filled with various branded shadows


Nars blushes


foundation palette


MUFE flash colors and MAC CCB


cream blush and highlighters


sponges, cottom, puffs OH MY!


Skincare


Pigments


Lip and Eye pencils


Lipgloss drawer


Lashes


Glitters and Shimmers


Foundation drawer


Face products unopened


Eye products unopened


Eye drawer


My creative drawer


Bronzers and such


phew

Anyone know what brand/size palette is used for the 6 NARS blushes?

crazypretty wrote:

I was reading this site as my early morning fun time ... and felt like I wanted to join in on showing everyone my makeup too ... however, I was embarrassed that I have SO MUCH STUFF ... and didn't want to appear like I'm just a makeup freakshow instead of a real striving artist .. but then ... Lottie (my nick name a long time ago growing up) comes out here and busts is out and I was GIDDY WITH EXCITEMENT!! OH MY GOD!!!

It was like every picture was more and more and THE PALETTES OF SHADOWS ... I'm serious ... I was freaking out because I've always been concerned that I have too much .. and this showed me .. I never can HEHE.

Where did you find your NARS palettes for the blush? It's the ONE issue I have with the NARS blush ... I need palettes badly for them.

Hugs girls ... I will get my case photographed tomorrow and display them proudly for you to see .. it's such fun the organization we all tend to use. I have to do hair too on probably 95% of the shoots I do so I have an entire case for the hair supplies too. Thankfully I am in the midwest and can drive to my locations otherwise ... I'd probably have a golf cart or a slave person to carry my stuff.

Happy Makeup!
Lindsey

Did you ever find the NARS palettes for the blush? I have to have them too!