Showing posts with label storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storage. Show all posts

20 April 2016

Travelling Storage Solutions for Nail Polish Addicts

As some of you know, I travel quite a bit. Whenever I go on my journeys be it a long weekend or a month I always pack some nail polishes. Because of this, having proper storage for my stampers, stamping plates, and polishes is really important.

This post will not be about how I store everything at home in my Nail Cave, that will be covered in another post, another time, but this post is about some of the storage solutions I have come across that also doubles up and works great for travelling.  Be it across town for a girls night, or on holiday.

Below you can find a Youtube video that I recently made talking mostly about Jumbo Stamper Storage, but I am also showing a box that I think is great for storing polishes in when heading for a girls night, or when going on a holiday.




The first box that I mention is from  Really Useful Box and is the second smallest box that I have seen. the label says "0.55 litre". I think they come in clear, pink and blue box option with clear lids.

This box is perfect for holding polishes and little bits and bobs for nail art, like dotting tools and cleanup brush. Whenever I am visiting GuestNails to do her nails, this is the box I bring with me.

The second box that I use is for my stampers. It has the perfect height to store the stampers standing in the holder, and they don't move around and touch the other stamper heads so they are sitting safely in there. It is also from Really Useful Box and has the label "0.3 Assorted" and is 0.3litre.

I purchased my boxes from Eason here in the UK, but the boxes are also available many other places, including in the US. Check out reallyusefulproducts.com for more information .

The last containers and the smallest ones are from Superdrugs Travel section. They are called Cream Jar 25ml, and are the perfect size for spare/replacement stamper heads for your jumbo stampers.
There is room enough for them to be easily taken out of the container, and the lid does not close over them, so there is space for them to breath and contain that oily surface that they often have.


Storage Solutions: Containers and boxes for nail polish addicts.

I hope this post was helpful for some of you. If you, like me, have been searching for a better way to store your supplies for travelling and at home, these products might be something to look into.





11 March 2014

My Nail Storage and Nailstation/space

Like all stories, this one starts with a table, some nail polish, and the question
"How can I utilize my nail area the best?"


It's great having a flat, and one of the things I HAD to have was a Helmer drawer unit from IKEA. I started with just getting one, but by the look of things I will be needing another unit very very urgently, and that SOON!





I was surprised how easy it was to assemble. I did try to push the flips with my fingers at first, but found out fast why you should not do that, as I broke a nail. 

The polishes are organised by color, and type, but as you can see, I need more drawers to do it properly. 
So for now, pinks, reds and purples goes together, and white, black, grey, yellow and orange in one drawer. I have kept all the glitters, and effect polishes in one drawer. Not sure if I will keep it like this, or organize it differently later. Will see.








I am trying to find out how to decorate it. The room leads to the garden so I want to capture some of the garden into the room. I bought a green couch, and it made the room soooo much better, so I kinda wanna go in the same direction of home improvement.

Nail Station with clutter

I am also planning on building a wall unit to add some shelf-space for my stripers and tools, as well as giving room for my books and movies. As you can  see there is still loads more stuff to go in boxes, and drawers here.


Nail Station!

30 June 2013

Update: Stash list

Since I moved to England last year in November I have been storing my polishes in boxes. This to make it easier to pick them up and move again. This was never suppose to be forever. It's been a great experience, trying to live in another country. It's time for me to move back. Back to Norway. 
I will still visit England as often as possible. I love the shops here; the factory stores, the local markets, towns, and the hills. I have had so much fun. Shopping for nail polishes for friends back in Norway, running around shops with three and four lists with names. I have truly enjoyed it. 

8 months ago, it has been like a very very long vacation. It's time to get back in the saddle, and get back to office-work. Once a Secretary, always a Secretary. 

Before I moved I had barely broken the 150 mark. Now? I counted 279 just before the weekend, and I have picked up 3 polishes since then. 

And I will use this opportunity to show them all to you.  

I recently bought two new boxes for storage. These are double the size of the ones I have been using up until now. I had 8 small boxes.

SmartStore Classic, bought at Clas Ohlson. Very sturdy, and kept my nail polish safe when I flew over to England last year. 

A mountain of polishes.


Sorting polishes after colours is tiring work, Chance is taking a nap after all that work.

All dusted and placed in their new homes. Top right you can see my foils and some leftover greens since their box was full. Might need to get another large box for the greens. 

Blues!
Lilac and Purple!
Brown, Nudes, Greens, Pinks, Black and Greys!

Reds, White, Topcoat and Basecoats, Orange, Yellows, Glitters and other toppers.

Foils, Beads, and four greens that didn't fit in the Green box.

Wondering what colors I got?

18 July 2012

New Storage for my Collection

So I haven't blogged in a few days. My boyfriend and I, are building a better workspace / room for all my polishes. YaY. I love him for embracing my love for polishes, and for suggesting we did this together.

And may I say.. my YSL -Bleu Majorelle -mani held during all the building. Not a single chip. Proving that it might actually be worth the hefty pricetag.

We bought Ikea Billy shelves, and altered them a bit to fit over a Läck table, with extra Vika Adil legs on one side, and Vika shelves in the other, and Vika Alex drawer in the middle, to support the table.

So, I know you must be dying to see.
From simply storing everything in shoeboxes, to this.



Yeah, thats my FB-page you see on my screen there.

So organized, and neat.

Box with foils, and foil-glue.

Topcoats, and basecoats, and some white polish in the back.

My stripers, they kinds tipped when I dragged the box out, so I`ll see if I can find something better to do there.

My box of lotions. 

My drawer. Love the 8 bit-hearts, so retro.

My nail sticker album.