Kate Spade pouch

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 Best-Case Scenarios
Makeup bags for every need: small, to fit into your purse; sturdy and well organized, to take on a trip; and big enough to hold your entire cosmetics collection at home.

Tiny Clutches

Covered in easy-to-clean vinyl, this preppy pouch ($70) by Kate Spade will always look as new as the day you bought it. Plus, the dark chocolate lining will conceal uncapped eye pencil and leaking lip gloss smudges.

Sweet Fletcher makeup bag

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Carry your absolute essentials—lipstick, concealer, Altoids—in the Sweet Fletcher ($23) makeup bag, which doubles as a cheerful little water-resistant purse.

Coach bag

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Slightly bigger than a grade-school pencil case, this grown-up leather-trimmed bag by Coach ($98) is perfect for braving the daily commute from home to the shallowest office drawer with ease.

E.L.F. organizer

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Clever Travel Cases  

The ultrasvelte E.L.F. Organizer ($10) can really pack it in. Complete with a mirror, slots for makeup brushes, and a zippered pouch, this portable vanity holds way more than you could possibly need (but if you're like us, will insist on bringing).

Weekender

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You can take it with you—all of it. Makeup artist Sonia Kashuk designed the Weekender ($22) to hold everything from hair tools to skincare products. And with three transparent and removable compartments, it's immediately clear where everything is.

Bottle bag

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Travel pros pack liquids upright and sealed off from the rest of their belongings; the Stephanie Johnson Bottle Bag ($70) was specifically designed to do just that, and comes with a soap dish, loofah, mirror, and two mini-bottles.

Studio deep bucket bag

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Roomy Hold-Alls 

We were instantly infatuated with the bold floral pattern on the 1154 LILL Studio deep bucket bag ($58) and became fully committed when we saw that it has pockets and elastic bands along the interior edges, four brush holders, and a wipeable lining. Not crazy about flowers? The brand offers hundreds of other eye-catching prints to choose from.

Wet'N Wild large podular

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If your bathroom counter suffers from makeup pileup, organize the clutter in a Wet 'N Wild Large Podular ($11); its top folds back, making it easy to sift through tubes, compacts, and palettes.

Molton Brown bag

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Roomy Hold-Alls
Buttery leather, a smooth-sliding zipper, sturdy pulls, and a spacious interior—all reasons we find the luxurious Molton Brown bag ($150) worth the price.