Storing awkward-shaped brushes for travel

[lara]

I have a couple of standard brush rolls that are stuffed to the gills with trad long-handled brushes, but I have a couple of 45% angle brushes and kabuki/stiff buffer brushes that are short, squat, and not suited to storing in a roll. The CD 182 brush is rolling around free in my travelling kit, albeit in the rather fragile plastic case that I purchased it in.

So, a q: what do you use to store your short, stumpy, bent or chunky brushes? I'm open to storage suggestions!

 

[mspixieears]

Not sure if you get Harper's Bazaar, you know those rubberised pencil cases they sometimes include as a freebie? You could use that and roll them up in cloth - kind of hard to explain, but wrap them separately rather than all in one bundle. Use a nice thick but not too thick, something padded and comfy.

I used to do this before I found a case big enough for my brushes, which is now too small! Must save up for a clutch.

 

[lara]

I haven't received any freebies with Harpers for about a year - I think someone at the post office may be helping themselves to the bonus goodies from mine and DH's magazines. :/

Excellent suggestion, though! I was thinking about maybe a padded camera case, that way the angled brushes can fit snuggly against the angled walls and the stubby brushes can sit down in the lens pockets.

 

[more_please]

I'd go to a school supply/ craft supply store and get those plastic storage boxes/pencil cases. Bring your brushes with ya, and make sure they fit. The plastic would protect the handles, and you could pad it with tissue paper. I think that would be cheap. & work