DIY Weekend: Nail Polish Shelves

I'm so excited to pop in today and show you my two custom nail polish shelves I made this weekend.  I got this tutorial from a you tuber named ngeurriero19, she has an excellent step by step on her channel.  I followed her basic instructions, but customized each to my liking and this is the result.  I am really pleased with how these turned out.  I am not sure how long it will last but they are sturdy.  Now I did learn a lesson for future purposes.  I bought my first set of foam boards from OfficeMax, they were a three pack for $16.00.  Now I thought that was a little steep cause I'm seeing people all over you tube saying they paid like $2.00 for their boards, however I purchased them anyway.  I then stopped at General Dollar store to get a couple of items on my way home and they had the black boards, which I originally wanted that color any way for $1.25 each.  I thought what a deal and bought three of those and some extra duct tape.  Well I can testify that you truly get what you pay for because the OfficeMax boards are so much more sturdy and just a better quality than the General Dollar store ones are.  So if you are going to follow this tutorial, go ahead and pay the extra for better quality foam boards, it is worth it in the end.

Collection/Storage

This is just a look at my collection/storage in my home. It is not organized at all and I don't have all the polish that some of the other ladies have yet it suits me okay for now. This is kinda ghetto so y'all don't laugh, but I bought this cabinet at a yard sale for $5.00. It is glass and metal and very well put together. It is actually a bathroom medicine cabinet (ghetto I know) but works good as nail polish storage. It is about full though, so I will have to look at other options soon. I would love to get the helmers that everyone talks about but we don't have a Ikea here and the shipping price is ridiculous to order online.

My Very First Post

Wow I can't believe it, after stalking so many nail blogs I finally decided to make my own. Well I have been interested in doing nails for a long time and have always did home manicures and pedicures. I have a special preference for natural nails, but nothing against the acrylics. I just prefer natural for me. I will have to admit, I have not updated my collection in quite some time and a lot of my polishes are very old, yet still serve their purpose. However I am ready to step into the present and get some new stuff and some new looks.

For now I will show you my current OOOLLLDDD collection and you will see me update weekly and give you my weekly looks, tips, info, whatever. Without further ado, my collection:

The blues, not many but still I use them, mostly on toes though.

This is the clears, base and top coats, and mostly french manicure sets, at some point I must have been really into those!

Greens - aahh love these, one of the colors I must stock up on!

Pink, what can I say I am female!

Reds, burgandy, thought I had more!

Yellow!!

After assessing my collection, I know I need much more high quality polishes, holographics, chromes, shimmers, metallics whew I better get to work. Tata for now.