Thursday, March 29, 2012

My polish storage

3/29/2012
I was recently asked about polish storage for my collection and I've been posting this photo at MUA for at least a year maybe longer so I thought I'd share it here too.


I used four Scrapbook drawer cubes made by JetMax and then I went to Home Depot and got the widest shelf they carry and cut it down to about 5 feet. I trimmed the raw edges with white iron on melamine tape and then placed it on top of the cubes. I had planned to silicone it down, but the shelf is so heavy it wasn't necessary. I then lined each drawer with felt, tacking it down with re-positionable glue spray and Viola!
Easy peasy and the drawers are the perfect size for all my polish bottles. Each drawer holds about 100 bottles.


Update: 3/26/2018
I wrote this so long ago, the desk you see above doesn't exist any more. It was filled with four more cubes between those and to their left on the other wall is a whole other set. I also have boxes of polishes that haven't been sorted because I lack the cubes to put them in. I have not ever purged polish in the nearly ten years I've blogged. I think it's about time.



The brand of these drawers changed from Jet Max to Recollections and now is Ashland. I have cubes from both the first two and they have held up well. I have been hearing that their quality has declined though. So if you are on the hunt for these drawers from Michael's, make sure to put them together and check for durability before filling them and deciding to keep them.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Polish and Bottle Spam!


First, a mattified I Believe in Fairies! Isn't it gorgeous this way too!?



I've had some awesome nail mail days lately, especially this gift package from Pam. The timing could not have been better. I'd had a pretty chaotic and stressful week and this arrived unexpectedly and brightened my day! Along with Peanut Butter and Jelly and Kismet's Pajamas, was a thank you note from Pam for reviewing the Fairies polish previously. What a sweetheart! :)




For my mani this week I chose Kismet's Pajamas from Whimsical Ideas by Pam. KP has a charcoal jelly base with tons of gorgeous silver and hot pink hex glitter, as well as silver micro glitter. I'm wearing this over Orly Shine, which is a silver foil topped with two coats of KP. As you can see, the jelly base builds to black pretty well. I like it both ways, but I'm a sperg and -had- to do two coats. Pam's polishes are so beautiful and have such depth, I am really impressed with all three of these and cannot wait to wear Peanut Butter and Jelly!




More bottle spam from the rest of my lovely nail mail! A few swaps and purchases from the blue and other Indie polish shops.



Front and back of these, cause they're tough to see from the front:




Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Haus of Gloi - Upcoming Reverie

Just saw this tweet, thought I'd share!

Also, banana puddin' as a Reverie scent. Must. Happen.