I have noticed a lot more MUAs and Hair Stylists using suitcases instead of train cases...

Opinions?

I think its great because they are much easier to lug around and clean up is a cinch.

I use a suitcase!

I find it quite handy, I just organize all my makeup in separate cases and pack it all in. No specific organization.

I was actually considering to go back to the train case too. I used to have one but I guess I had cheap ones because they always broke.

I use a huge train case a med sized one and a very small one, really depends what the job requires. I too have a "carry on size" suitcase for all of my hair stuff, I created little "trays" that stack and come out esily. I like things to be very organized and everything is labled with my name People seem to steal from me often   oh  well that means i get to go shopping I like the differnt sizes of train caese becasue some times you need more stuff and some times you dont. I think that as long as you are organized and you dont just have stuff all over it dosent matter what you use as a case. I recently worked on a fashion show and one of the other make-up artists had a nasty duffl bag whith stuff all of ther place, so she looked less professional becasue of this fact. I was rehired by the client and noticed that she was not rehired for the next fashion show. So yah be organized , you could show up with a wheel berrle and as long as your clean and orginized it doent matter what you carry your make-up in
Mandy Of Deadly Design Make-up Artistry

I use a wheeled suitcase with everything in clear plastic (vinyl) bags. Shadows are in pallettes except for loose pigment. Hair kit is in a gigantic duffel bag and that holds my set bag as well. I'm about to get a wheeled bag for the hair kit though since it weighs about as much as I do..lol.
Most of the artists I know use variations on the same suitcase/bag set.

Mary

Best suitcase ever.... Samsonite Spinner. You can throw your box on top, even has a place to use as a cup holder (coffee), it turns in every direction and you can roll it upright next to you, rather than pulling. I can use just one finger on any flooring but carpet. I have to tilt and pull when I hit carpet, because I forgot how heavy it is.

That italian designer I work with was going to Italy, she borrowed my set and wouldn't give them back to me! I really had to go and buy myself a new set. It's perfect if you live in places you walk a lot in or do a lot of international travel like her and I do. I think this would be perfect for makeup artists who need to lug around more than a heavy box

In addition to being handy, suitcases are a lot better on your back, too.  I learned that after one fun day on the raggedy sidewalks of NY during a rain/wind storm, with my rolling makeup case.

I dunno guys....I have a torrid love affair with my traincase...or maybe we are just very comfortable with eachother. I used to have a suitcase but nothing seemed to stay in place. Dividers rule my world.

Charissa
Houston,Tx

i don't go anywhere without my 'kit'

*it's a tackle box.

there are MANY different types, and they're so handy for organization freaks like me.

The last few shoots I have been on, the makeup artists have had huge tool boxes - like for mechanics.  Apparently, you can get them on wheels and they have the same organizational perks.  One makeup artist boasted that she even had a photographer drop her toolbox down a flight of stairs, and nothing was harmed...  Seemed like a good idea to me!

I'm converting to a wheely suitcase soon. I have a traincase on wheels and I find that my makeup bounces around too much. So, I've bought lots of soft pouches to pack my makeup away in, and a labeller! I love it so much...haha I'm going to label everything.

xo.

I have a huge Da Kine wheelie bag and all my products in clear plastic cases.

Many years ago I had a traincase but found that I still needed additional bags for hair kit etc..
I also found that I could almost kneecap people on the tube. Carrying one of those things also contributes to a bad back.

I love my wheelie case. x

Its funny that I just happen to bump into this forum because I JUST changed my train case to a suitcase.  I just bought some Zip Lock bags with the zipper seal and just put everything in there.  OMG its so much easier and lighter and its just so great.

I'm a neat freak to I put everything by category like foundations in one baggy, blushes in one, shadows in one, effects (such as bronzers and shiners) in another baggy and so on.  I love it and I wish I would have done it sooner.

Me and my suitcase will be in love and together for quite some time =P