Wish List O' Polishes {Spring 2014}

If you saw my recent post on how I organized my nail polish HERE, then you already know I am slightly obsessed.  I'm not a YouTuber or a nail blogger, so my collection is pretty large for someone who just likes to paint her own nails.  But what can I say?  I love color and I like feeling girly...put those two together, and you get a slightly out of control amount of nail polish.

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What makes it worse?...when nail polish brands come out with new collections every season.  And when I say brands, I mean salon and drugstore brands.  Oh and then there are places like Sephora too. So, what I am trying to get at is, spring is upon us and that means all sorts of awesome colorful collections are coming out or releasing soon.

I've already grabbed several polishes I love from OPI's Gwen Stefani collection and just bought two from OPI's Brazil collection!  Zoya was having their special 3 sale a month or so ago and when I bought 2 polishes from their new Neutrals line, they gave me a coupon code to buy some from their upcoming spring Awaken (I even got one in my Ipsy bag this month) and Magical Pixie line.  Don't judge!...especially since I got the two Brazil polishes with a birthday gift card and used coupon codes.

Zoya Monet top coat and Zoya Brooklyn from the Awaken Collection

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Zoya Cosmo from Magical Pixie Collection and Zoya Dot from Awaken Collection

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Zoya Brigitte and Zoya Rue from the Naturals Collection

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OPI's Where Did Suzi's Man-Go and OPI's Don't Bossa Nova Me Around

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And of course, while looking at and trying to figure out if I wanted any of the Brazil collection polishes, I discovered some other lines coming out in March.  Darn you Internet!!

I am not a fan of China Glaze polishes because for some reason, they do not last on my nails for more than 1-2 days.  But I don't know if I can pass up these new polishes that remind me of Nail Inc.'s Sprinkles polishes from a couple years ago.  Frankly, I'm eyeballing only two of them...I'm a Go Glitter and Create a Spark.  Do you like any of them?

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Now on the other hand...I'm a HUGE fan of OPI.  And glitter.  Since OPI does glitter polishes so darn well, this new collection of theirs called Spotlight on Glitter, coming out in March, looks as if it could be a problem. Good thing! Bad thing?

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Totally digging the Rose of Light shade seeing as how I am a major fan of rose gold.  Plus?  It has a rainbow sparkle to it to boot!  The others looks similar to those I already have or don't need.  But I am definitely after Rose of Light.  Do you see any that stand out to you?

Sadly, none of the polishes from Essie's Resort Collection tickle my fancy...then again, this is most likely a good thing.  

Are there any collections that you are after?  

  

Let Me Explain...A Whole Lotta Polish!

Okay, let me preface this by saying.  Hi, my name is Carrie, and I am addicted to nail polish.

There...that's out now!  Not that you couldn't have figured that out by reading and looking at this blog post.  Prepare yourself for a picture-heavy post.  I can't help myself because it's all so very purty.  But my collection is nothing compared to so many others I've seen on YouTube and blogs.

See this polish here below...the one with the L on the finger?  

It is the reason why I realized I needed to get on top of things and organize my nail polishes and get them swatched!  You see, I had been lusting over the Zoya polish on that L finger, but kept bypassing it (multiple times).  One day, apparently, I finally realized I wasn't going to stop lusting over it...so I bought it!  The other week, I was at Ulta and saw it and almost bought it but didn't...thank goodness! Wouldn't you know it?  A couple days after that, I was beginning to dig through my polishes (to add some new ones to my boxes) and found it.  LOLOLOL.  I hate it when that happens.  You know what I mean? When you buy something only to realize you already have it and the reason you bought it is because you have too many of those shirts or shoes?  Sigh.

Just like I always do, I took to Pinterest to see if I could find some pins on ways to organize my polishes using nail wheels. Thank goodness I found this post HERE from someone who basically needed "polish rehab" the way I did. She even shows how she used a Google form to take inventory so she can glance at it when polish shopping to make sure she doesn't buy the same polish or a polish that is way too similar to something she already has.  Yes please!!!

So, I plopped down at my kitchen table with all my Glossyboxes full of polishes...formerly organized by brand.  With my blank nail wheels, which you can buy for about $5.99 for 10 at Sally's, and my laptop, I set to work.  And strangely?  I had a good time doing it.  Go ahead and laugh, my husband and a couple of my friends already have.

Since I'm a freak, I arranged them by color and then lined them up by tone and shade as best as I could, like so.

I kind of figured I would do a second post to follow this one up...for those who see a color they really like, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you what all the swatches are.  Just in case.  Wink wink. Without further ado, here are my new beloved nail wheels!

Purples

Do you like the way I didn't know what I was doing with the Sharpie marker?  I was a bit shocked to see I own this many purples actually.  

Blues

Greens/Yellows

Hmmmmm...it seems I have a slight aversion for minty shades.  

Oranges

Pinks

For someone who despises pink, I have an awful lot on this wheel.  But does it count that many of them are corals?  No?

One shouldn't pick up a polish to do a swatch if the lid is not screwed on...because this is what happens!  Then, you have to start all over and even run to Sally's to buy another pack of wheels because you don't have enough.  Le sigh.

Reds

I know, I know...these all look almost completely the same.  But would it help to tell you I bought something like 6 red polishes when I was trying to find the perfect red?  I finally found it and I just couldn't part with the others I bought.  Then of course, there are the warm reds, the darker reds, the textured reds, the shimmery reds...okay, you get the idea.  Red nail polish is my kryptonite!  It is my favorite color after all.

Neutrals/Whites

You can't see the whites very well at the top of the picture, but they are there.

Blacks/Greys

I love this wheel!  My gray polishes are amongst my favorite for sure.  

Neutral Glitters/Metallics

Aren't they pretty?!

Multicolored Glitters

One can't have too many glitter topcoats.  It is like having a great pair of pants and several awesome tops...put them together and you have a ton of different looks.  See?

Drumroll please!!...........

And now they are all back in the boxes organized by color!  

I had almost just as much fun entering them into my little spreadsheet as I did painting the nail wheels. It's so much easier to paint a plastic nail than my own!  Following what Craftyminx did with her collection I put together a Google Form...

And because Google Forms are so awesome, everything was put straight into a spreadsheet.  I can now access it via Drive on my phone if I'm out and about getting ready to load up on some nail polish.  It's a win-win situation!  You can click HERE to see it if you're weirdly interested.  

Do you have a nail polish addiction as well?  How do you organize yours?  Stay tuned for Part 2...where I attempt to name all my swatches for everyone else's gain.