Organized Nail Polish

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I cleaned out my nail polishes and reorganized them.  Nail care is a weekly thing around here, if not more than once a week, so keeping them organized is great!

I have an addiction to buying nail polishes.  One night, I decided to go through them and test them out to see which ones I didn’t use.  There is at least $100 worth of nail polish in this stack…good bottles like Essie and OPI, but I just don’t grab for these since I have similar colors.  This was the result of what I am giving away.

I’m a little embarrassed with the amount I had “extra.”  I mean, that’s a problem.  After I selected the ones I wanted to keep, I put them in my nail organizer.

I found this on Amazon a year ago and it’s the PERFECT nail polish organizer.  It holds 48 bottles of nail polish.  I feel like I shouldn’t have more than that many bottles, so my goal was to narrow it down to that many.  I even have a couple spots open that I’m sure I’ll fill soon.

It opens up on both sides.  I store them so that when the organizer is sitting upright, as you see it in the picture (that’s how I keep it stored under my cabinet), all the polishes are “standing up.”  And there’s a handle on the end for easy grabbing.

It’s literally the best way I’ve ever stored my polishes.  So organized and you can see every color at once.  I tried to organize them by color.  I have one row of clear top/bottom coats for different brands I use.  I’ve mentioned this before, but if I can’t buy an Essie or OPI (2 nigh quality brands, but expensive), I love using Sinful Colors.  They have the funnest colors and are no more than $2.00 at Walmart (the gel ones might be a little more, but no more than $3 if anything).

As far as all the other stuff needed to paint your nails…I keep those organized in a bin on the side of my sink (the bin sits on a cube shelf).  I have 2 small plastic bins.  One has nail polish remover (one travel size and one regular).  The other bin has the nail care stuff like tweezers, cuticle clippers, file, buffer, etc.  I also keep my extra cotton balls and q-tips (I have a small container on my sink with both for easy access).

And that’s it!  I hope this gave you an idea of how to store your nail polishes.  I love how neat it all is and accessible when I need it.

Cheers to painting your nails!  I have a jam packed post for you tomorrow and it’s all about going to back to school.  What I use for kids lunches, how I stay organized throughout the year, school supplies, back to school photo props, and even a cute teacher goodie bag idea with a FREE printable! So be sure to check back!

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