Saturday 16 January 2016

Project: Pan those Nail Polishes III

A year has gone by since I first started my project polish and I cannot believe the process I have made and the things I learned along the way. But before sharing with you my experiences let me start by giving you a quick and final update on my numbers. 

Over the last 4 months I specifically picked up some polishes out of my collection that I wanted to work on and I was able to finish up 3 of them. I kind of wish that it would be more but the way I see every empty bottle counts, so I am happy.

All in all I was able to finish a yearly total of 21 bottles, which is 3 more nail polishes than in 2014. Yeay!



I can´t help but to feel a little bit proud of myself. I don’t think I have ever used up that many nail polishes in year yet along in my life. While I have to admit that I also bought some as well, especially at the beginning of the year, I am quite happy to see where my collection is at the moment. There is still a long way to go until I reach my ideal number but I have learned some valuable lessons such as: how long it takes me to finish up a nail polish bottle, what colors I like to wear and which ones I don’t and most importantly that I do not need 30 variations of literally the same shade. Even though it might be tempting, I feel that I know make more conscious purchases and I find it easier to say “no” and don´t pick up a nail polish.  Well at least try to not do so ;-)

Having said that I also need to mention that my love for nail polishes remains to same. I know that I own more than an average person probably should and I can say with certainty that I will always have more as well. But that’s ok, the purpose of my project polish was  to narrow my collection down to shades, textures and effects I know that I enjoy using and have fun with the polishes I already own. At some point last year I was feeling a bit overwhelmed because I was buying so many bottles but wasn’t really using them and that is something I wanted to change. It was not necessarily done only to reduce the size but to actually find out what I liked and I didn’t and become more aware of my buying habits.
 
I will definitely be doing another project polish this year. This year I will select a couple nail polishes and share with you my progress, but more on that on my next “Confessions of a Nail Polish Addict” post.

Until then,
Good luck on your project polish!
 
Old total: 236
Used up: 3
Decluttered: 4
New total: 229

xoxo, 
Christina

Sunday 10 January 2016

Favorite Blog Post 2015

Last post I shared with you your favorite nail polish design of 2015. Today, as I am
reminiscing last year, I would like to share with you your favorite* blog post of 2015.

*measured by the number of clicks
*drum roll please*


MAC "Silver Fog" Pigment



Find the blogpost here

What can I say? I love pigments and apparently so do you. I am thinking of doing a pigment swatch marathon as I still have a couple of shades that I have not shared with you.
In the meantime, why not check out some other pigment swatches. I listed all of them below in cronologial order form left to right and included some links as well.


My top 5 MAC Pigments: here

MAC "Antique Green": here

MAC "Museum Bronze": here

MAC "Grape": here

MAC "Rushmetal": here

MAC "Fuschia": here

MAC "Blue Brown": here

MAC "Silver Fog": here

MAC "Copper": here

Do you have a favorite pigment?

xoxo, 
Christina

Monday 4 January 2016

Favorite Nail Polish Design 2015

Today I would like to share with you your favorite* nail polish design of 2015.
*measured by the number of clicks

*drum roll please*

Essence "Frosted Champaign"


I would honestly find it impossible to choose my favorite of 2015.
What can I say, I just love them all.

Same as last year I did a collage with all of my designs of 2015, maybe you can find some inspiration. I certainly could stare at it for hours.


PS: I linked all of the posts in chronological (from left to right), the links to the inidvidual blog posts are below.

NotW: My french manicure secret here

NotW: Essie "Find me an oasis" here

NotW: Essie "Spagetthi Strap" here

NotW: Essie “Beyond Cozy” here

NotW: Deborah Lipmann "Today was a Fairytale" here

NotW: Essie "Cocktails & Coconuts" here

NotW: Essence "Frosted Champaign" here

NotW: Essence "Party in a bottle" here

NotW: Essence "Thats my Pop Cake" here


Want to check out last year’s collage?
Then click here

xoxo, 
Christina