First of all, hello to all my new readers! Thank you so much for coming to my little corner and helping me not feel like I'm posting to thin air. :) I will have a new swatch on Tuesday, but I wanted to do a post today so I'm going to show you how I store and organize my polish. If you want to see these or any of my other pictures in a larger size, just click on them.
These are my drawers on my dresser. They are each about the size of a large shoebox. Sitting on top is my Hoof Hands moisturizer, some Bare Minerals makeup I got from my mom for Christmas (thank you!), Q-Tips, my Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol 3, and my Benefit Brow Zings. I don't wear makeup often, but I do keep some things on hand. I might do some makeup swatching in the future.
Top left drawer, from back to front: China Glaze, Orly, Sally Hansen, OPI, and miscellaneous brands that only have one or two bottles each.
Bottom left, from back to front: Essie, Color Club (if you're looking for neon, they make some great ones!), Zoya, Pure Ice, Hard Candy, and Sinful Colors.
Bottom right, from back to front: Nicole by OPI, Sephora by OPI.
Top right: The Drawer of Messiness. :) This has a bunch of base coats, topcoats, treatments, and tools as well as nail art supplies. That polish sitting on top is OPI's Absolutely Alice, something I plan on giving away in the future once I have enough readers.
There are a few polishes that live outside of these drawers but it's pretty well-contained. I may get new drawers soon because to get polishes that are all the way in the back, I have to squeeeeak my hand past all the other bottles and hope I don't knock anything over. So, readers, how do you store yours?
I store mine in stacking latch-together boxes. They come in sets of two with one lid and I can arrange them in a row or a stack. Rows are better in terms of getting at my stuff, stacks with the lids put aside are better in terms of taking up a smaller 'footprint' on valuable horizontal surface real estate. So I'm in just as much a quandry!
ReplyDeleteI'd like a better solution, too. I *have* found that those scunci drawer organizers can be handy for keeping nail polishes together and upright despite jostling when reaching for other polishes. I had been thinking about the Scrapbook organizing multi-drawer cart from Joann's, but I'm not sure the drawers are tall enough for nail polish. I do like the nail salon furniture I got at a yard sale and they have more at Sally's (obviously), but I like the price from the yard sale much better! *grin*
It's always a dilemma! I have heard good things about IKEA's Helmer drawers from lots of other nail bloggers, so I might pick one up sometime: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40107872
ReplyDeleteThose do look good - and I like the color! *grin* VT needs an IKEA. *sigh*
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