Nail Polish Storage

For years, I kept my nail polish in increasingly bigger Sterlite storage containers.  Finally, when I had topped out a 5-drawer rolling rack and cussed under my breath every time I looked for a polish, I decided I had to think of another solution.  

I envied the wall-mounted storage racks, but sadly, my "polish room" is a corner in my bedroom and I just don't have the space to dedicate to the wall mounted racks.  That's when I realized that a short, narrow bookshelf would work perfectly in my space.  I went to Target to look at possible solutions and unfortunately, the bookshelves were just too deep and tall for my purposes.  That's when I saw the CD/Media cases.  

Target had a B1G1-half-off sale on homegoods that week, so I snatched up the remaining two and begged my husband to put them together for me.  I thought I would organize all of my polishes that weekend.  Then I had the bright idea to catalog all of my polishes at the same time.  So, my weekend project turned in to 2 months of off-and-on work.  

Yesterday, I'd had enough of my make-up/polish area looking like a bomb hit it, so I decided to finish my project once and for all.  This afternoon, I finally got all of my polishes in the media towers, organized by brand...

Whew!  I love the look of this.  It's easier to find the polish in this configuration that in the rolling drawer containers.  

It's still not finished.  I still need to create a new spreadsheet (my old one is horribly out of date) and I still want to organize the polish within each brand from light to dark, but this is a start.  :P

If you are interested in the media towers, you can find them at Target or on Target's website for $24.99.

Simply Bags Review

Like a lot of you... I'm not just a nail polish junkie.  I'm also a make-up beauty products junkie (as proven by my recent VIB status upgrade at Sephora).  I just love them.  And, what comes with beauty products?  A need to house them.  I have 2 caboodles (one a train case and one a bubblegum pink retro one) and they are both stuffed.  I recently purchased a small traincase to hold all my essentials on my vanity, but I am continually looking for a travel bag.  As shameful as it is, on both of my recent vacations, my make-up has been tossed in a ziploc bag. 

So when I recently received an offer to review the embroidered cosmetic bags at Simply Bags.com.  I jumped at the chance.  I was hopeful I would finally find a good travel make-up bag.  Simply Bags provided me with a sample of one of their bags, the Monogrammed Make-Up Bag, which just so happens to be a set of 2 bags.  And I really like it and I think this set is perfect for travel.

Bag 1 - 12" x 7"x 3".  This one they can monogram

Bag 2 - 10" x 6"

Both bags are lined in fuchsia.

I think these bags are very functional, but on top of that, they also appeal to the side of me that will purchase stuff just because it's pretty.  The black and white damask print is very graphic and the fuchsia lining and embroidery are the perfect pop of color.  Plus, the part of me that loves anything monogrammed, loves these. 

When I go on vacation, I feel like I always bring half my bathroom, so I like the fact that there is a set of 2 bags.  One is perfect for the make up essentials while the other one can be used for other beauty products.  Or you can use the larger one for make up and the smaller one for nail polish. 

These are available at Simply Bags for $13.95.

Product in this post was sent to me for review

Woohoo! (Finally) Pictures

I managed to find a cord that will work w/ my camera and I found my battery charger, so I was in business. :)

Here's my new organizer:

Love it!

Now for my NOTD (OPI ElePhantastic Pink). Nail art is Cina 3D Daisy:

This is seriously one my favorite polishes of all time.

NOTD: OPI ElePhantastic Pink and updates

So I finally broke my streak of only using untrieds. I put on Zoya Erika and let me tell you, it sucked. Took 3 coats to reach opacity and after an hour, it was still really soft and I pretty much just wiped it off. I was wanting something pink and I realized after 10 minutes of poking through my stash that I don't have a lot of medium toned pinks. I plan on ordering a few and remedying that problem, though. :P

Anyway, like I said, I tried Erika and hated it, yet I still wanted pink, so I went back to EPP. I can't tell you how much I love her. EPP is a perfect creamy pink. Some people say it's a Barbie pink, but I disagree. It's a touch on the coral side, but the best way I can describe it is warm, creamy pink (which sounds disgusting, but that's what it is). I'm very happy with this NOTD. I wouldn't have been happy with Erika, so I'm glad it was simple to take off (the use of glue-ons limits my "just take it off" option). I also used decals from the Cina 3D Daisy sheet. Love them. Nothing like yellow and white flowers on pink. <3. So cheerful.

I found my digicam, and the battery is charging, so I will hopefully have REAL pics soon. Yay!

I'm also using a different brand of nails. For the first time, I am trying Nailene plain glue-ons. I think I like them more than the Kiss. More flexible and yet stronger all at the same time. Plus, very easy to trim and shape. Plus, the Nailene were $5.69 for 200 nails while Kiss is $4.99 for 100. Better deal all around. I'm sure they'll get d/c'd now. :S

Also my Cina order will be here tomorrow, so it did ship w/o any problem regarding the professional thing. I'll try to get picks of my nail art haul. I also ordered a bunch of 3D nail art sheets from eBay. Here's hoping they don't suck.

Speaking of new things, I got 3 Sinful glitters today at Walgreens. UFO, Hottie, and Opal Glitter. Weirdo checkout lady looked at me funny when I said I didn't plan that they were red, white, and blue, after she'd made a smart ass comment to the effect.

One last thing... I got a new storage chest today. Wal-mart had a 5 drawer Sterlite rolling cart for $16. It has 3 big drawers (2 for polish, one is only maybe 1/4 full and one for removers, lotions, etc...) and 2 smaller drawers (one of the fake nails and other mani supplies and one for nail art and my UV dryer). My husband just looks at it and shakes his head, but it's so much nicer than keeping (cramming) my polish in a Sterlite handled tote and everything else in Sally's bags.