Nail polish had always been a pain in the ass for me to store. I have too much for a drawer, too much for a tub and packing it away under the bed means I forget to wear it. When I did a bit of a room makeover back in May, I decided I would do something about the chaos that was my nail polish collection.
I had seen the acrylic nail polish racks around but always thought they were too expensive. But when I realised I was spending over $250 on paint and accessories to paint my room, I figured my lovely polishes deserved better treatment. Especially when some of these bottles are around $40 each.
I purchased this polish rack off eBay from this seller (who doesn't seem to have it any longer). Including postage it cost me just under $90. Expensive? Yes, but so worth it. I currently have around 90 polishes on it but you could definitely fit more on it.
I don't have a strict order to the display. On the top shelf I have my Ciate Caviar Manicure set (that I haven't used yet) and all my base coats, top coats and treatments. Otherwise they are just organised by brand and with certain brands (like Chanel) by number. To set it up, I just changed the polishes around until they 'looked right'. It took a few tries too!
I love the way this looks on my wall. It adds a bit of colour and gives some of my pretty polishes a chance to be on show. I have it drilled onto my wall near my desk so when I am sitting there trying to blog, it is something colourful and pretty to look at.
This doesn't hold all my polishes. I still have a tub under my bed full but, they are the less used and/or less pretty polishes. It really has helped sort out my polish chaos though and it is a bit of a wall feature!
How do you store your nail polishes?
I love this :) but I have wayyy to many polishes for this to be practical!
ReplyDeleteYeah I still have a big tub under the bed full but this works for my faves/fancier polishes.
DeleteI would love one of these but have no idea where I'd put it. Can't put it in the bathroom as the walls are tiled. Not sure if hubby would appreciate it in the bedroom either. Might be a bit too "girly" for his liking lol
ReplyDeleteHaha! I didn't have that problem. Just tell the hubby to put up with it :P
DeleteI'm laying in bed plotting where I could hang one. I think he will have to just deal with it :))
DeleteLooks great! It is a lot to spend on a nail polish rack BUT I spent $300 on the Ikea ALEX drawers - that's a lot, but it's a worthwhile investment. So is your nail polish rack :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what I think! I always think I spend a fortune on my beauty products so why shouldn't they have a nice place to live? haha plus like you say it is an investment that will last forever (or at least I hope so).
DeleteNot only do you have a covetable lipstick collection, it's nail polishes too! I just store mine in huge boxes that came with my sunglasses. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha I have a shopping problem :P That's how my collections got so big..
DeleteI need to get a polish rack desperately! I'm running out of room haha
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