I –love- nail polish. I remember my first polish was a $2 bottle of black I found at the $2 shop back when I was 12-13 years old. Over the years, my collection has grown quite a bit, to the point where it is a hassle to trudge through the storage boxes to find a colour I want. As much as I would love to have all my polishes on racks in front of me to pick, I just don’t have the space for that kind of display 🙁
I’ve always loved the nail charts you see hanging off the OPI stands in David Jones, and decided that would be the perfect way to select a polish. Not to mention, I’d know exactly what it would look like on my nail =D
I ordered these from TransDesign, and basically apply 2 coats of each of my polishes to the chart and wrote down the brand and colour. This is a great way to organise your polishes and know what colour I want to use without checking each bottle in the box =D Great for polish addicts~
I store my polishes by brand then colour in their boxes, so once I’ve picked the shade I want, grabbing the polish is easy!
My only complaint is for these particular charts, the polish can chip off over time as the ‘nails’ are very smooth. I don’t put a top coat over it because I want to see the true colour and texture of each polish.
Oh well, nothing is perfect! Let me know if you have other storage techniques / methods that work for you, I love learning about how people store / organise their makeup collections 🙂 And wardrobes too!
Such an awesome idea, this would take up so much less space than my way. I use paddle pop sticks with old false nails glued to them. I would love to know how you store the bottles, currently I have mine lined up under my windows in a big rainbow ^_^
Aww thank you, I think your way is really useful since you’ve swatched them via number of coats! I wish I’d thought of that at the time! I’ve got a couple of these wheels spare, I’ll have to remember to bring you one next time I see you 🙂
I’m reeeally boring! I just store mine in big old plastic containers lol. One day when I move out, I’d love to have them lined up along the window or shelf as well! Have all the colours on display 🙂
OMG..I love all those pinks,reds, purples etc
i would love to see em all, with names…
Pwetty Please!!
I am a new reader, and ur so talented nd stylish =D
Aww thank you! Not sure I’d have the time / patience to photograph them all lol But thanks so much for visiting <3
aw, thats ok & ur welcome =D