So now I'm about to rearrange my whole collection in my two Helmers. I'm not quite sure though which system I should go for though... By color? By brand? By something else....?
I need your advise!
How do you store your polishes?
How do you sort your collection? By color or by brand?
What's good and bad with your choice of sorting?
I sort my polishes by color. In my eyes it's easier that way to find a particular polish. If you sort by brand, every polish looks the same from above (OK, you could add a dot of the polish on each bottle cap to distinguish them). The downside of sorting by color is that the bottles don't look as neat in the drawer.
ReplyDeletei sort them by brand, and inside a brand by color....i'm actually having the hardest time deciding where to keep my polish because i dont like them in drawers because i cant see them well...i'm actually planning on building wooden shelves like i saw on dulce candy's blog....hopefully i'll like them displayed like this.
ReplyDeleteJag har mina sorterade så här: otestade i en låda och resten är sorterade efter märke.
ReplyDeleteI store my polish by brand because I when I think of a colour in my mind I usually remember the brand of it. But I only have 100 polishes, not two helmers worth so I guess you cannot remember all the nail polishes you have :) I would probably recommend by brand and then within each brand, by colour.
ReplyDeleteCiao Cara!I'm glad you post about this question because I'm having the same issue at this time. I have my collection in some drawers of my office "Alex" furniture from Ikea, but I really need that place for paperwork,and other stuff, so I'll have to move my bottles. I've been thinking and on my many ideas I decided the following: I bought another Ikea furniture just for polish and makeup stuff. I'll arrange my nailpolish by brand, I'll paint nail wheels by colour so I can choose colours easily. All that is still a project because I had no time to assemble the furniture or paint my whole collection on nail wheels. But one day when that's done it'll be great! lol
ReplyDeletebacioni cara! I hope you find the ideal solution for you!
Jag har mina lack sorterade efter märken i lådorna jag har dem i och sen efter färg på swatchstickor. :)
ReplyDeleteJag har också en Helmer och jag sorterar mina efter färger :) Funkar jätte bra för mig, sen har jag även mina glossybox lådor i helmern så att lacken inte åker runt för mycket :)
ReplyDeleteWow, full Helmer of polishes. I can't even imagine how much polish that is. I keep my polishes sorted by brand and I keep brands that have similarly shaped bottles close to each other. Then I sort polishes by collection/code/number/name. I keep some brands separated in their own boxes.
ReplyDeleteI also have mine in a Helmer... I have had them sorted after brand, but since I have many different brands it was hard to separate them so today I made them after colors: Pink/Purple, Red/Yellow/orange, Green/Blue, Metals/Brown/Grey and Clear/Black/White and then one drawer with things like glitter, fimosticks, stamping etc.
ReplyDeleteI really want to get a helmer :) I sort my polishes by brand and then by color.
ReplyDeleteJag har också Helmern :) Kör sortering via märke!
ReplyDeleteI sort mine by brand too. Some drawers have a few brands and some brands take up two drawers!
ReplyDeleteJag har flaskorna sorterade efter märke och swatchstickorna efter färg.. :)
ReplyDeleteI have two Helmers and need another one. I sort by brand. I find this works for me because I also use swatch sticks that I sort by color. I look for the color I want then know where to look for it in the drawers. I found it too hard to sort by color with all the multi color indie polish that I have so many of those brands have a swatch set of their own.
ReplyDeleteI sort my nail polishes by colour, but I think you have to find the way that suits you better... I (still) have only one Helmer and it's not full yet! :-)
ReplyDeleteJag kör efter "Fuck it" sorteringen B-) m andra ord e det gott och blandat i lådorna. I dare U att testa min variant! :P
ReplyDeleteHi cupcake, awww it is always so exiting to rethink the organization of the stash!!!! I have organized mine by brands. I just last week expanded my nailpolish storage by an Alex!!! I have plenty of space now but I love to keep it spacious. Bottles from brands like Zoya or China Glaze you can easily see the color in the drawer due to the form of the bottle. I have a photo archive in my iPad from where I choose the polish I want to wear. One drawer of my Alex I keep free to assemble the polishes I want to swatch for my Blog or want to wear. I am curious how you will sort your stash!!! Enjoy :-) - viele Küsschen
ReplyDeleteI have mine sorted by brand... That works best for me :D
ReplyDeleteI arrange mine according to color and then again by non glitters and glitter/effects toppers. I do a lot of art and rarely use only 1 polish so for me organizing by color works best. I go from lightest to darkest. Mine were all in the dresser until DH noticed the weight of them was causing wear and tear on the furniture, so I moved them all to clear stackable storage containers and each bin is a color group. I have clear, neutrals, and whites first starting with lightest pinks and to reds, oranges, yellows, greens, teals and turquoises, blues, blue violets and red violets. Browns, grays, blacks, metallics and silver and golds are next. Then with glitters I start with silvers, golds, blacks, and then the ROY G BIV method. Just like the rainbow. If I were to organize by manufacturer I would never find anything. This is a good way to see if I have dupes too of colors.
ReplyDeleteClever trick with the second Helmer! :)
ReplyDeleteI organize by brand - kind of - and by color from lightest to darkest within the drawers. I have separate drawers for OPI (2), China Glaze (1), Essie and Zoya (both in 1). Then there are 2 drawers for international polishes (like a-england, Kiko and Orly) and 2 drawers for national polishes (p2, catrice, essence).
Will you post about your new storage system when you done? Pretty please? :)
Thank you all so much for your great advice!!
ReplyDeleteI'll have a good think on how I will organize my Helmers and I'll do a before and after post for you to see :) Especially for you Chester! ;)
Två röda Helmers bor i min garderob och lacken är sorterade efter märke. För mig är det det enklaste sättet att hålla ordning på dem:)
ReplyDeletemy polishes are just dumped in little bins...i should work on that
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