brush addiction - help needed

Alright I have about 70 brushes I have a bit of a brush addiction- so as I am having a really hard time cutting down. how many brushes do you bring to a job? From birthdays to events. I am really struggling with leaving any behind (I really, really love them) I have managed too get it to say…54. But need help with this as they take forever to pack up. how many do you take and what sorts, for what types of things?

I too have way too many brushes, in fact I just recieved my newest addition, a kabuki. But I mostly only use just 7, 2 round #2, 2 round # 4, 1 philbert # 10, 1 round detail brush #0 and 1 one inch flat. Will I part with any? Nope they are like my children, Plus I never know when I might get that odd request where by only my left threaded swizzlebacked brush will do the trick. If I must travel light, like on an airplane, then i'll take only my favorite 7 (plus maybe just another 20 to be safe)

Thank you I just counted I have 90 face painting brushes.
I have been face painting for 5 and a half months so I am buying about 16 brushes a month. and these only included the ones I like, others get given to the kids.
I have 47 absolutly need (mabye a little too many) and and there 20 just in case in my bag.
They too are like my children I have da vinci soap, and a pile of other brush parifinalia.
and I can see so many more I NEED!!! LOL
but I am having such a hard time getting the number down, as at the end of each gig I lovingly pack them away.

90 brushes are too many, I have around 25 but I discovered I just need 10 to work, round #1 black , round #3, round #6, filbert 4 and 6, flat 1/2 and 1" I have 2 sets of each, one for white and one for black. I have a set of mini foundation brushes I discovered they are perfect for my spiderman or full faces.

Elantaura, are your brushes all different types, or do you buy duplicates in different brands? I think that makes a difference.

I have a couple of hundred brushes... but that's because I paint other things...well, I USED to paint other things until I became addicted to face painting. Now my other projects are all scattered around the house in various stages of not-done-yet-I'll-get-to-it-someday-ness...I can hear them calling out to me "Please finish me. You loved me once, you can love me again...please complete me and make me whole." But, alas, I have a new love and it's name is face painting!!!!

Oh my word, Miss Ronnie, I think we're soul sisters. That's the story of my life!

I have filberts in varied sises, varied flats and a varied angles My doubles are mainly with round no 4 no 3 no 2 and liner brushes. I always try to have a dedicated white and black with those, and one to paint with i either take the no 3 or the no 2 now but one for white one for black and one for whatever. I have five no 12 flats but take 2 with me, if it is big event I take 3 (due to snotty kids) Have butterfly brushes, ones that I like to do flowers with,leaf brushes, as well as rounds in other sizes.

I do have alot of rounds but. again due to some kids being little germ bombs, if my brush gets near them, and they sneeze I retire it and grab another, I dont know what else to do. Help with this itself may lead to reduction in brushes taken.

I have a starburst brush I just like and use it is very short and speeds things up. I have wisp brushes.and if I want to drybrush I generally you guessed it grab another (LOL) not that I do it more than say mabye 5 times in an event- but I guess there is a dedicated drybrush too for black. as the black brush is generally wet.and I drybrush paradise but wet brush wolfe. and drying it of on a paper towel seems to slows me down alot. to get it right.

The bigest reason I take doubles has to do with again kids who sneeze on them etc. also for the dedicated white and black part. so I retire brushes throughout event. and have spares. They are all good brands Mark Ried, Lowe Cornell ect.

I don't see anything wrong with what you bring. Each painter is different and has different brush preferences. And it's good that you have enough to change out the germ-infested ones. Maybe you could look for a way that would make it easier for you to set them up. Like keeping them in an ice tube tray, or a brush stand.

I bring tons of brushes, but it is because I never use the same brush on more than 1 kid during any event. (I don't feel I can clean them properly without running water) I do my best not to even go back into the paint with a brush once it has touched a face. So I generally take enough brushes so that I can have at least; a 2"flat, a medium (#1 or 2)sized round, and 2 liners (black and white); times the number of kids I expect, plus several fans, wisps, filberts, angles, etc.
I sort them by type, and I have this bucket with 3 compartments so I have 1 compartment for rounds and flats, 1 for liners, and 1 for all of the other extras.
I am a proud brush addict and I am nowhere near finished!

I have about 400 brushes in about 4 sizes. I too clean and dry before a brush gets reused. I just buy them in bulk containers. Also carry a few hundred sponge halved or quartered

I think I have around 75 brushes, I work with about half on jobs the other half are brushes for use on my face when I practice at home, and some replacement brushes for my workitng kit.

I'm also in the "only clean brushes in paint" camp - which means I take dozens and dozens of brushes..... however they only take a matter of seconds to pack so I'm wondering what about your pack up is making them take too much time for you? My clean brushes live in my clean brush bag(s), once something has left the bag it doesn't go back (even if it just sat out and didn't get used) - if it is getting cleaned during an event that's fine, but if it needs to be retired (due to germ related issues) it goes into a quarantine bag and regular "dirty" (cleaned but not home cleaned) brushes go into a dirty brush bag at the end of the event. One bag arrives, three for leaving, two that won't be leaving the house again before they and the sink have a meeting (with baby shampoo).

I wouldn't be surprised if I had that many! LOL I just weeded out some a few weeks ago. I really don't need all of them!

I put out about 25ish at my gigs. I have one of those ice cube tube trays. I like having several different ones for different colors. I also have 6-7 flat brushes and don't always like to reload those.

Most of my designs, I could get by with two Sapphire #6 one for white and one for black.

I'm so torn between my old favs and new favs lately. I need to go through them and narrow it down even more! LOL.

I have a ton of them too... my latest was a gift from my aunt, visiting from England - she wanted to buy me something and was mystified when I happily chose two brushes; one a regular small liner brush and the other was a specialty one with the middle cut out - it's perfect for making the open spots for a very quick leopard or cheetah - I love it! (she didn't understand my happy squeals at all )