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Originally Posted by Liz2012 

 

Speaking of the devil ..

 

Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

Here's my box o' polish. I've only started using this box earlier this week and I'm already out of room. I have 7 more Butter London polishes from Karmaloop being delivered today and I'm waiting for the Chanel Les Jeans polishes to ship. They're not going to fit in the box. I'm going to Michael's this weekend to see about getting a Melmers.

 

 

 

All of the Butter London, Deborah Lippmann and NARS polishes were purchased within the last 3 weeks. Three of the Chanel polishes were purchased during that time. I got my first Chanel polish in September. I had the Chanel polishes organized by number at first. I changed it to alphabetical order because it's easier to find the color I want. Normally I would have them arranged by color if they weren't in their boxes.

 

I don't like Deborah Lippmann's boxes, so I'm glad I can see the polish colors without them. Her boxes are hard to open and I feel like I'm going to cut myself fooling around with the hard plastic. And am I the only one who has a really hard time opening the bottles? I thought it was an isolated incident when I first got Cleopatra in NY, but it seems like I struggled to open nearly all of the Lippmann polishes.

 

I'm still unsure of how to store the Butter London polishes. I was going to store them on their sides to see the colors, but not if it will hurt the polish. I saw one storage picture where someone had painted the top of the lid with the polish color. Keep scrolling down until you get to Drawer Eight. I think that's pretty clever, but I don't want to ruin the tops or boxes of my polishes. I may do a version where I use tape instead, or maybe attach a nail swatch to the lid. She has an amazing polish collection, by the way.

 

http://polishjinx.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-polish-stash-three-melmers-fully.html

 

I also stumbled across these pictures for another storage option. Clear shoe box drawers. I love how there are optional dividers to purchase for further organizing.

 

http://www.fabfatale.com/2012/08/nail-polish-storage-cubes/

Originally Posted by kimibos 

Cartoon chic, what's wrong with putting the BL bottles by the side? are they harder to open?? 

 

i find that the cap thingy is the best invention ever, better than the material that orly has in the cap. i wish i could have all the polishes out, but i cant. i actually have like more than half of my stuff packed, cause we are moving in jan-feb. i also dont have the money to buy one of those elmer thingies. i like having them by brand in pretty boxes that are cheap at tjmaxx. then in my bookshelf, but now some are in big brown boxes. 

Originally Posted by kimibos 

i have a BL list that i really want right now.  im a masochists but ahhhh i cant help it. i think my next haul is going to be all of them. i hope i get at least 50 bucks from my brother. to get them.

 

lady muck 

knackered

tea with the queen

scuppered

artful dodger

slapper

 

 

hahahaha i just realize im doing imaginary hauls!! 

Originally Posted by kimibos 

Cartoon chic, what's wrong with putting the BL bottles by the side? are they harder to open?? 

 

i find that the cap thingy is the best invention ever, better than the material that orly has in the cap. i wish i could have all the polishes out, but i cant. i actually have like more than half of my stuff packed, cause we are moving in jan-feb. i also dont have the money to buy one of those elmer thingies. i like having them by brand in pretty boxes that are cheap at tjmaxx. then in my bookshelf, but now some are in big brown boxes. 

Originally Posted by kimibos 

i may do the stickers or just wait till i move to our own house and get a nice display for them. i had problems with the dl ones too. the shape is just weird. ohh i googled the Strange cubes. the bottle looks like the julep one but the caps are different. have you tried the julep polishes??

Originally Posted by kimibos 

      i dont see the polish in the basket or in the gift with purchase section so its probably gone. but that;s ok. my list  from DL is

 +ray of light                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 +cleo in ny                                                                                                                                                                               i find that BL is always on sale at beauty.com    

 +waking up in vegas                                                                                                                                                                              so i always go towards them more.the 20%

 +the snow white set.                                                                                                                                                                        never applies to DL

    

Originally Posted by kimibos 

   yes some of their colors are really pretty. and some are perfect with just one coat.  i hate not being able to open a polish, i go crazy. once i asked my brother to open one for me and never again, he used his teeth, and my opi bottle has a bite mark, i was soo mad i could have done that.i asked cause i didnt want marks in the bottle! men dont understand at them.i dont have american apparel polishes, but the color look very pretty. the neon ones. now i want their neons  they are in my summer lists now!

Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

Here's my box o' polish. I've only started using this box earlier this week and I'm already out of room. I have 7 more Butter London polishes from Karmaloop being delivered today and I'm waiting for the Chanel Les Jeans polishes to ship. They're not going to fit in the box. I'm going to Michael's this weekend to see about getting a Melmers.

 

 

 

All of the Butter London, Deborah Lippmann and NARS polishes were purchased within the last 3 weeks. Three of the Chanel polishes were purchased during that time. I got my first Chanel polish in September. I had the Chanel polishes organized by number at first. I changed it to alphabetical order because it's easier to find the color I want. Normally I would have them arranged by color if they weren't in their boxes.

 

I don't like Deborah Lippmann's boxes, so I'm glad I can see the polish colors without them. Her boxes are hard to open and I feel like I'm going to cut myself fooling around with the hard plastic. And am I the only one who has a really hard time opening the bottles? I thought it was an isolated incident when I first got Cleopatra in NY, but it seems like I struggled to open nearly all of the Lippmann polishes.

 

I'm still unsure of how to store the Butter London polishes. I was going to store them on their sides to see the colors, but not if it will hurt the polish. I saw one storage picture where someone had painted the top of the lid with the polish color. Keep scrolling down until you get to Drawer Eight. I think that's pretty clever, but I don't want to ruin the tops or boxes of my polishes. I may do a version where I use tape instead, or maybe attach a nail swatch to the lid. She has an amazing polish collection, by the way.

 

http://polishjinx.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-polish-stash-three-melmers-fully.html

 

I also stumbled across these pictures for another storage option. Clear shoe box drawers. I love how there are optional dividers to purchase for further organizing.

 

http://www.fabfatale.com/2012/08/nail-polish-storage-cubes/

Originally Posted by kimibos 

       i may do the stickers or just wait till i move to our own house and get a nice display for them. i had problems with the dl ones too. the shape is just weird. ohh i googled the Strange cubes. the bottle looks like the julep one but the caps are different. have you tried the julep polishes??

Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

 

Oh the horror! How dare he violate a NP bottle! The OPI wasn't LE, I hope?

 

It's not just men that don't understand. I've had plenty of clueless females borrow NP from me, only to return them with half the bottle contents dried up around the rim, or with polish all over the cap and/or bottle. Fat chance of them being anywhere near my bottled babies ever again!

 

Off topic, but I love this smiley ==> 

 

The rolling pin - bow combo is hilarious!

 

re: American Apparel - I haven't tried their neons, but bloggers seem to like them. I don't know if they are sufficiently different from ChG, Color Club etc. to warrant the higher price tag. I only have 3 AA cremes: Cameo Blue, Army Jacket and Dynasty. The formula is very good in all three shades. They have a colour called McArthur Park which has been on my wishlist for ages. Dunno if it's still been made though.

Originally Posted by honey on boost 

Oh yeah.. and my Lynnderella's arrived today. They are so so pretty

 

Originally Posted by Liz2012 

Great haul honey on boost, enjoy!  I took a peak in Lynnderella's eBay store just now, she really makes the cutest nail polishes  I don't know if i should be sad or glad that she doesn't ship internationally, lol. I would have been in real trouble if she did

Originally Posted by honey on boost 

Oh yeah.. and my Lynnderella's arrived today. They are so so pretty

 

Originally Posted by kimibos 

     ohh those look so cute i want angel food and the last 2. 

Originally Posted by Liz2012 

Great haul honey on boost, enjoy!  I took a peak in Lynnderella's eBay store just now, she really makes the cutest nail polishes  I don't know if i should be sad or glad that she doesn't ship internationally, lol. I would have been in real trouble if she did

Originally Posted by Corally 


I went straight to the eBay store lol. Those polishes are sooo pretty. Sucks that she doesn't ship internationally, but I guess it's for the best... those polishes are pricey! I thought indie brands were a lot cheaper?

Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

Great haul!

 

Kinda off topic, but I've been meaning to ask this for ages. You know you mentioned having sent NP overseas? Did you also receive any NP from overseas, say, in a swap? I'm wondering how US customs and postal services handle NP that arrive in the country. TIA.

Yep! I've done a few swaps and received a few ROAK's from Malaysia, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, UK and France with no issues at all.

Originally Posted by honey on boost 

lol yea they are pricey. There was a HUGE ordeal with her polishes months back some were going for $800 each on ebay! crazy

Originally Posted by kimibos 

      thanks! i didnt know they had exclusives. i got sprog already and 2 fingered salute. i luv them both! i may just order my list and stag do and scouse.

     i dont think im going to find them for $9 in any other sale. 

Originally Posted by kimibos 

my no-buy effort is going to hell...  soon   i just cant pass a good sale. i feel like if i make it 3 more weeks after today or until the next BL spring collection, im going to be ok with myself.