I am finding that one of the reasons I am not being so productive is because of the sort of organized mess I have. See polish keeps coming in but nothing goes out. So, I am reaching out to you on even one thing that might help me 1) decide which polishes to sell and 2) what do you do to make sure that you swatch and post your polishes? I know I don’t have to swatch every polish but it would be nice to be able to show most of them. Ok, and maybe it is not that bad but I think my biggest problem is what to sell. Do I go by brand or color. I have a few items on my blog sale but I could have a lot more. I know I need to sit and update price that means lower but maybe I need to make a promise that for every polish I buy I sell one. Like today I bought 8 beautiful Juleps they are having a warehouse sale and they were $3.00 and $4.00. I can’t pass that up. So, suggestions are greatly appreciated. Ok, I am ready to show you my embarrassing secret.
All OPI’s holds 96 polishes
These shelves were to hold untried but it hasn’t turned out that way. I have Essie’s, Hard Candies, Nubars, Pretty Serious OPI’s, Periperas,Juleps, and China Glazes. I got these shelves at Ikea and they hold one polish in front and one behind and since they have a flat surface at the back I can put more polish there as you can see on the lower left side.
This shelf has indies, butter Londons's, and the top shelve is China Glaze.
If you order the whole collection from Transdesign sometimes they sell the display with the collection.
This is a Zoya stand I picked up on eBay for about $4.00
I was at Ulta one day and they were going to through this display out so I asked if I could purchase it, they gave it to me.
On the left is the whole OPI James Bond Collection. On the right display is the Dutch one.
These are random indies I have ordered.
This is another group of shelves with Essie's, China Glaze, OPI, Nubar, Orly and Color Club.
These are my Jades and Ludrana's they are too small and fall off the shelves. Gotta figure something out for these ones.
Oh, yes just when I thought I was done I remembered my Essence's and Klean Kolors that I use for stamping or for top coats. There is about 30 of those.
And this is my messy work area. Not at all me. I have always had a desk job and had the neatest desk in the office. This is really where I am going to start.
And of course we can't forget the rings. There are some in a box under the desk. Plus, Charming Charlies had a BOGO sale on clearance items and I found 6, I just had to have.
So, I love my polishes but some have to find a new home where they will be loved. So, my question is do I sort them by color or brand? What would you do? And do you think that for every polish you buy you should get rid of one? Hard thinking.
Ciao bellas,
Patty
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5 comments:
I don't think it is necessary to throw a lot of polishes out to be honest. Maybe if the formula is really bad or if you have two (or more dupes) pick the one you reach for the most. Or maybe first get rid of all the polishes that are not 3-free (or 4-free if you are brave). Good luck...it's tough deciding what to throw out!!!
Obviously you want to cut back, but still be able to keep shopping. I would start by identifying brands that are OK, but you never wear. Either you don't like the brush, formula or whatever. They are not your favorites. From those brands for every ONE you keep, put two in the give away/sell pile.
And, when you find the on sale polishes only buy what you really love. Not the other 3 because they are on serious clearance and only $3. Then you have to do the whole, for every polish that comes IN, one has to go out.
I don't think it's embarrassing, I think it's glorious and I want to go and have a good root around in it! I wouldn't be too hasty with regard to giving stuff away. I've given ones away or sold them on a whim only for them to be discontinued and then kick myself. If you really want to downsize, weed out very obvious dupes. Get rid of anything that's gloopy or drying up. With regard to your desk, get some shoeboxes, tin cans, etc and decorate them with paper (I use wallpaper samples). You can store nail art brushes in cans, stickers/stones/gems in boxes, nail art pens in baggies and then boxes, and label them. Also do a polish wishlist - up to 20 polishes that you'd love to own. Only buy polishes from that wishlist, or if you see a polish you HAVE to have, check your stash for dupes first. Then wait a week and if you still want it, then get it. If you're just completely sick of them all just pack them up and fly them all to Ireland, I'll mind 'em for ya ;-)
I did mystery bags blogsale on my blog. It was easy to choose which ones should go. The ones I didn't reach for in over 6 months were the first ones to go. The ones that are not my favorite color were the 2nd ones. The ones that were my favorite colors but are not unique enough for me were the third ones. And so on. The not buying part is the hardest, especially when you are a blogger.
I wouldn't worry about having too many. Do what you want, have as many as you want. Those mystery grab bags seem like a good way to sell polishes though if you really think you need to get rid of some.
I organize by brand and then by color within each brand.
Have fun!
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