Holy... I didn't realize how much polish I had until I had to move it across the city! Let's take a peek inside my Helmer!
Drawer 1: Untrieds
This is mostly Color Club from January's haul. The polishes at the front are darker and I want to try to wear them before spring comes... well before it starts looking like spring anyway... 59 full size polishes, 16 minis in this drawer
Drawer 2: Unblogged
These are polishes I've worn but for whatever reason haven't made it onto this blog. Most are from before I started this blog, otherwise the pictures didn't turn out and I didn't realize until the polish was already chipped. Again front section is polishes I want to wear before spring. 58 polishes
Drawer 3: Colors already blogged about (mostly cremes)
I didn't know what to call this drawer. These are all the polishes that aren't glitter (or metallic/neutral) that have already made it onto the blog. As I get through blogging the unblogged/untried my helmer will go back to being organized by colors. 37 polishes
Drawer 4: Glitters already blogged about
Glitters... also crackles (ew!) and textures. 36 polishes
Drawer 5: Nail care and Misc. polish
Base coat, top coat, strengthener, cuticle oils
Black/white/grey/beige/holo polishes
Stamping polishes
20 polishes (not counting base/top coat, oils)
Drawer 6: Nail art supplies
Acrylic paint set, brush/dotting tool set, nail foils, empty bottles (frankening maybe?), nail art pens, q-tips, hole punch re-enforcement stickers, stamping stuff other than polish etc.
Total: 210 full size polishes + 16 minis = 226 total
I've found that separating out my untrieds is REALLY helping me resist the temptation to buy more polish... it really scares me how much polish is in that drawer!
How many polishes do you have in your stash? How do you organize them? By finish? By color? By brand?
Great nail polish collection! I organize my collection by brand and then by color. I should have a drawer for untries though because I know I have a lot of those but there all over the place. This was so nice to see since I love looking at how others organize their stash :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa! I'm debating whether to store by color or by brand and then color once my untrieds isn't so crazy!
DeleteNice! I have a full drawer of untrieds too! Thanks for sharing, I need to show mine too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Micki! It's fairly small compared to other bloggers but it's still quite a fair amount lol... you should show yours! I love seeing how everyone stores and organizes their polish! :)
DeleteNice stash! Separating my untrieds helped me not buy too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marisa! Ya it's definitely a good technique!
DeleteWow! :D Thank you for this idea :D I just put all my polishes in the same drawers. I must try organizing them, too! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Breena! It really helped me to stop buying so much!
DeleteI love seeing stash photos!
ReplyDeleteAnd I know what you mean with untried polish. I tend to leave all my untrieds on the bench and then when the bench is too cluttered, I sit down, number them all and add them to my collection and then they go in the Helmer. And then, I forget all about the ones I haven't used and go and buy more! It's ricic!
Ya it's sooo easy to forget about polishes you haven't used especially when you have so many!
DeleteAwesome collection! I love how you separate them! I like to think I'm pretty good about using my polish when I buy them, but making it on the blog is a different story...I think I'm going to have to try separating them! :D Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteya separating them has definitely helped me not buy so much! i have sooo many unused!
DeleteI love seing nail polish collections! Thank you for sharing yours! :-) I also devide them. My untrieds, and the unblogged, and the many I haven't put on swatch sticks, are not in the helmer yet, so I feel I have a lot to do...
ReplyDeleteme tooo... i feel pretty overwhelmed when i look at my untried/unblogged drawers...
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