Skip the fancy makeup bags and store makeup in quart or freezer-size Ziploc bags, this way you can see exactly what you need and you can throw the bag out when they get dirty. The bags also protect your main bag during trips or flights, when screwtops inevitably come undone or plastic covers fall off your eyeshadow, getting makeup everywhere...inside the Ziploc.
Quick Tip: How to Store Makeup
By Julyne Derrick, About.com
Skip the fancy makeup bags and store makeup in quart or freezer-size Ziploc bags, this way you can see exactly what you need and you can throw the bag out when they get dirty. The bags also protect your main bag during trips or flights, when screwtops inevitably come undone or plastic covers fall off your eyeshadow, getting makeup everywhere...inside the Ziploc.
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