Hooray for another peak into our home! I think I'm giving you these peaks right now knowing that in a few months we may be doing renovations on the upstairs. Hopefully we'll be adding another bedroom with a walk in closet & a cool little laundry room expansion type of deal. I know I said a while ago I was going to do a little laundry room make over - well I sorta did it then I put off the rest. If it's going to change I didn't want to spend time & money on it to have to redo it later!
A while ago I posted the above photos on Instagram (follow me @fivesixteenths!) and today I wanted to share with you what I actually did with all my polishes! I first posted about my nail polish display/collection here way back in January of 2012! Since then I've moved & changed it a little bit.....and now I changed it a little bit again. This post today is going to be a bit similar to this post I did previously about the perfect manicure kit in the sense that I still store my nail polish in baskets. But I've stepped up my game a little bit & made it a bit fancy. Peek below to see!
If you don't like seeing bathrooms - avert your eyes, especially because there's a toilet brush in there! But I store my nail polish collection in the bottom of these three baskets in a skinny 3-section bookshelf. This little shelf is from Target, it's about $14 and you can find these all over the place especially around move in time for college. If you're curious - feminine products are in the middle shelf & extra TP is in the top shelf. Just keeping it real here. These baskets are from Target & currently on Clearance in the store as well - I can't find them online so I hope they are still in store! I bought the bottom two full price then found the 3rd one on clearance later.
I love these baskets because the style came in different sizes & this smaller tray. (This could totally be DIYed with a smaller tray/basket & two leather straps attached.) This tray stacks neatly on the top of the basket and it still fits in the shelf.
In the tray I keep all the things I would need to do a manicure so I can fill the tray & take it with me. It acts as a carry all & catch all and as a hard surface, if I need one, when I do my nails. I wish I could link for you this little pink tray (behind the pink & black heart pouch) that is awesome for setting between your legs & using as a little table to paint your nails on....but sadly it was a gift ages ago & I can't find one. It't pretty cool because it fans out & holds three polishes....just in case you're painting your nails on the couch or in bed. In the pink & black hear pouch is also something I can't link because Icing discontinued their Base & Top Coat that I looooove. I have like 5 back up bottles! In that pouch are some of those Icing top coats & various other drug store top coats. I like to keep those separate so I don't lose them in my polish collection. Then I have some of my favorite polishes, nail clippers, files, lotion, & my nail brush. I can pick all this up & take it to where I plan on doing my manicure then wrangle it all back together to put away.
Then in the big basket I store all my polishes, extra files, my nail file/drill thing (scary!), a tub to soak my hand, and nail polish remover. As you can see from the images at the top of the post I threw out a lot of my old polishes. I haven't bought a new one in a loooooong time! But most of my collection is from Claire's & Icing's because I love the formula. There's some Zoya & Nailtini from Ipsy bags, some Sally Hansen, Revlon, & L'Oreal.
It all fits so nicely in this little set up that I'm super satisfied! Hopefully you can find these at Target now but if not, the tray is very DIY-able.
How do you store your nail polish?
xoxo, Moe
It all fits so nicely in this little set up that I'm super satisfied! Hopefully you can find these at Target now but if not, the tray is very DIY-able.
How do you store your nail polish?
xoxo, Moe
Love your bathroom, Moe :) I tend to keep my nail varnishes in a make-up purse.
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