collection!! and storage!!

Because I am on a no-buy for the next 40 days, I figured it would be a good time to do a collection and storage post.
Also I decided not to go to school today, so I figured it would be fun to take on this project!
The picture taking was fast, the posting? Not so much.

At the very end of the post, I'm going to post an old picture of my collection that was taken around this time last year... big changes.

Here is a preview of what's to come...

I've decided to name the polishes in the caption of the pictures to make it a little neater.
Also I'm going to start with basecoat/topcoat, then crappy ones and work my way into better polishes, and end with Sally Hansen, OPI, and China Glaze.
Here we go!!

Seche Retain basecoat, Seche Vite topcoat x2
(I need to throw the mostly used one out soon)

Lip Smackers Cosmic Nails
These were my first ever polishes! They are no good anymore but I can't part with them.
Kiwi Kosmos, Raspberry Rainbow, Galactic Grape

No-name set, Mood Changing Pink (apparently I was on trend at 10 years old)

Random No-names

More random things that have names but aren't recognizable

The Color Institute (no-name set)

CR (dollar store no-names), GOSH - Black Passion, L'Oreal Jet-set - Zippy,
Avon - Spring Fling, Rimmel Lycra - Black Satin, Rimmel 60 Seconds - Night Before

Ardene - Matte About Blue, Pink, Royal Blue, Neon Green, Grapevine (x2)
N.Y.C. - 108A, Times Square Tangerine, 114A, East Village

Wet N Wild - Impudique, 416A, 454C
Wild Shine - Tickled Pink, Dreamy Poppy, Kaleidoscope, Black Creme (x2)

Runts Scented set, "LCN" set

L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black, Silver Glitter, Revlon - Violet, Peach Smoothie,
Milani Nail Art - Purple Outline, Finger Paints - Carnation Creation, Sketchy Character

Claires - Pillow Fight, Tahiti Purple, Pink Slime Machine,
Mood Color Changing - Peaceful/Confident

Joe Fresh - Powder Blue, Butter, Faded Violet,
Steel, Imperial, Beet

Icing - Matte About You Topcoat, Marine Blue, Purple Pj's,
Mint 2 Be, Blackout

L.A. Colors Color Craze - Static Electricity, Nuclear Energy, Sea Siren,
Atomic, Hot Blooded

L.A. Girl Rockstar - Overdose, Nude Nail Lacquer - Secret,
Color Addict - Obsess, Disco Brites - Hustle

Wet N Wild Fast Dry - Teal of Fortune, Hannah Pinktana, Fushiarama,
Party of Five Glitters
Sinful Colors - San Francisco, Purple Diamond, What's Your Name

Nicole By OPI - You're An Angel, Positive Energy (matte), One Less Lonely Glitter
Orly - Candy Cane Lane, Blushing Bud, Bailamos, Royal Velvet

Color Club - Untamed Luxury: Every Shade of Indulgence
Poptastic

Color Club - Catwalk Queen (missing polish is on the way along with another single)
Wild At Heart, Single polish - Uptown Girl

eBay 2-way Nail Art Pens, set of 60

Phew! That was a LOT already.
Count so far: 150, including the 2 on the way, not including the 60 pens.
On 2 the last 3 brands!

Sally Hansen:

Complete Salon Manicure - Calypso Blue, Trouble Maker, Hidden Treasure
Nail Growth Miracle - Practical Plum, Advanced Hard As Nails - Myth
Nail Prisms - Lapis Amythyst (of course 10-year-old me didn't buy a holo one!!)

Insta-Dri - Lickety-split Lime, Brisk Blue, Presto Pink
HD - Spectrum, DVD, Laser

Xtreme Wear - White On, Disco Ball, Mystic Lilac, Gunmetal,
Rockstar Pink, Shooting Star, Power Pink (x3)

Green With Envy, Going Green, Turquoise, Emerald City, Marine Scene,
Pacific Blue, Blue Me Away!, Ocean View

Deep Purple, Psychedelic Purple, Virtual Violet, Red Carpet,
Caribbean Coral, Sun Kissed, Mellow Yellow

OPI:

DS Coronation, Dim Sum Plum, Jade Is The New Black,
Ski Teal We Drop (not color accurate), You Don't Know Jacques,
Do You Think I'm Tex-y, Ink, Nevermore mini

Mad As A Hatter, Absolutely Alice, Last Friday Night,
Teenage Dream, Black Shatter (x2)

Extra-va-va-ganza, Bring On The Bling, Glow Up Already,
Simmer and Shimmer, Show It and Glow It, Sparkle-icious

China Glaze:

(for some reason I love this picture)
Electra Magenta, Gamer Glam, Below Deck, Recycle (x2),
Awakening, Millennium, 2030

(this photo is mostly over-exposed and inaccurate)
Atlantis, Four Leaf Clover, Shower Together, For Audrey,
Frostbite, Turned Up Turquoise, Purple Panic

Broken Hearted Crackle, Crushed Candy Crackle,
Strawberry Fields, Flying Dragon, Spontaneous

Rainbow, It's Poppin', Entourage, Sky-High Tops, Rich and Famous

There you have it! All my nail polish.
Total: 231.
Or 291 if you include the 60 pens.

I also decided to snap a pic of my plates and rhinestones/etc!

(click to enlarge. i left this picture huge to see all the goodies)
(the bullion bead wheel is broken/spilling, i have a replacement coming)

eBay 30 set, Bundle Monster set,
eBay 12 set, Konad m3, m24, m57, m60, m63, m71

Okay, now that you've seen basically everything I own, here is how I store it all!

4 drawer tower! The blue case on top is the 60 pens.
Clear case is China Glaze.

Top drawer: All Sally Hansen + 2 Color Club sets

Second drawer: Everything except CG, OPI, Orly, Color Club, Sally Hansen.
This drawer is overflowing, the messy part is like 3 layers.
(The messy ones are too tall to stand up.)

Third drawer: Case with OPI, Nicole by OPI, and Orly, 2 Color Club sets,
brushes, Runts set, rhinestones etc, Seche products, scissors, tape.

Remover, false nail sets, rhinestone kits, OPI Girls Love Gold bag (loove this),
nail dryer, swatch wheels, leopard case full of plates, plus other random stuff.

I keep my OPI glitters on display because I love them so much.

On my bookshelf next to a painting I did!

artsy shot!

Okay.
Holy crap that was time consuming.
I hope you guys enjoy this so it wasn't a waste of time!!

As promised, here is my collection almost exactly one year ago:

I had about sixty, and nothing besides drugstore stuff.
The case that now holds just China Glaze used to hold everything.
A few months before this was taken the case actually closed, too.

I can't believe how long this was.
I had fun! I hope you guys had fun reading too!