My nail polish stash, storage and work space - a guided tour

Welcome to a picture heavy guided tour in my polish drawers and workspace...!
I feel like a child waiting for Christmas LOL - I have looked SO much forward to showing you this post and I put in at least 8 hours of work in it trying to remember everything and to make all photos and text as perfect and as easy to understand as possible!
I have become one more chest of drawers for my nail polishes - and it's two and a half years ago since I last showed you my nail polish workspace - click HERE - and a lot have happened since then!

First two overview photos showing the storage and the workspace before we dive into the drawers...!
Remember you can click on the photos to enlarge them!

The cushion on top of the smallest of the chest of drawers is mainly used by Ivan, the youngest of our 4 cats.

As you can see I often sit with my laptop right behind the "half-wall", so it's quite cozy. And if the "cozy-level" isn't high enough, Ivan jumps on the table and demands to be cuddled <3

Everything in my workspace is within reach and I even have a sink, very practical both when swatching and painting nail art with acrylic craft colors!
And in case you wonder, this is NOT our kitchen, it's my workspace and noting else, but it is a separate part of your long L-shaped kitchen....

My photo set-up is only a few steps away (if I don't stumble over any cat toys) and I can open doors to get in fresh air if I want to.
Another favorite cat cushion is found on the top of our extra refrigerator.

Ok, enough small talk - let's dive into the drawers. I took photos of all of them except two, that aren't (yet) used for nail polish/related stuff!

Do you remember my many, many untried polishes - click HERE?
Well I have been swatching a lot, so now the drawer looks like this, so that is quite an improvement:

BUT - there always seem to be a but somewhere, doesn't there..?

My drawer of untried Chanel's is way fuller now:

AND there is a new drawer of untried Indies & Co.

AND the acrylic shelves with the "next up" untrieds aren't exactly empty either, are they, tsk, tsk...

So let's move away from the untried polishes to all the swatched/tried ones, all the keepers - most are sorted by color, Chanel and Dance Legend are sorted by brand.

This drawer houses the already swatched Chanel polishes from 2007 and onwards. The empty spaces are for not yet swatched and missing polishes from the year in question.

And this drawer houses the already swatched Chanel polishes older than 2007.

A few swatched orange and yellow - a LOT of swatched pastel yellows - and my so far swatched Dance Legends...

My so far swatched pink and reds.

My swatched pink, red and purple holos.

My swatched holos in other colors.

My swatched greens going from dark til light mint.

My swatched blues going from dark til light pastel blue.

My so far swatched purples going from pastel to dark - I see the need for more room for the darker purples soon...

My glitters.

My so far swatched Diors - a few others and special finish polishes like glow in the dark, magnetics, crackle etc. - a drawer that that is open for other polishes, maybe the darker purples as before mentioned...

My refills, a few gifts and polishes looking for new homes...

- but what is this? MORE polishes looking for new homes + a shelf somewhere else in the house, tsk, tsk, tsk...

A drawer with a few extra acrylic craft colors, most stand ready in my workspace, a little glitters etc.

Extra nail wheels, swatch sticks and a lot of "this and that"...

Re-use of boxes, bubble wrap etc. for shipping polishes to friends...

And finally a closer look at my workspace:

I have all I need in one place - always ready to use.
Because of surgery in the neck and shoulders it's best for me to stand while polishing and painting, so one arm is supported by the clear acrylic box, the other by the metal suitcase.
On the clear acrylic box you see my old eyes secret weapon and helper: OptiVisor (5), that enlarges everything 2½ times (but gives a very short focal depth); I use it when I paint nail art and do a clean up.

The top drawer under the metal suitcase - messy and chaotic, but I can find most things in it without looking - and...

- I chose not to tidy up before the photos, so what might look chaotic to you is very practical for me ;)

Did you like the guided tour in my polish world?
Useful links to my: Indies & Co. -  Chanel polishes - Stash list - DIY Tips & Tricks - or use the menu at the top of the page to see even more pages.
Current giveaway - click HERE!

100 followers International giveaway + my very own nail workspace

DANSK, se længere nede.

If you want to see photos of where I do my nails, check them out farthest below...

I love each and every one of you that chooses to follow me, and the ones that truly amazes me and makes me happy at heart are those of you who chooses to follow me, not because of a giveaway, but because you most of the time like what you see!

To show my appreciation I came up with rules for the giveaway that secure that one of you is going to be the winner, and new members still have a very good chance!

To have a chance to win, you need to:

– follow me by Google Friend Connect (right side menu at the top)

AND

– if you have a blog (polish or nail art) with a visible blog list, my blog should be on it

AND

– your user name should be among the names on “My precious commentators” (right side menu mid side, and it counts each time you leave a comment in a post) – PLEASE NOTE: If I get the feeling you just copy & paste the same comment and randomly add it a lot within a short time span, your user name will be excluded, just like excluded my own!

OR

– your username should among the names in the “Top 10 members” (right side menu lower mid side) IMPORTANT: You need to be logged in via Google friend Connect to be counted!

If your name appears on both lists, it counts as two chances.

May 15 during the day Danish time the time is up, and I’ll let a software (or maybe my husband) draw a lucky winner among these 30 names of either:

– a gift certificate in an onlinie/eshop of your choice (with a safe check out) with the value of 200 Danish Kroner – at the moment eual to 35-36 US Dollar, 26-27 Euro's or 22-23 Pound Sterling. If you have a PayPal account (or a Danish back account) I also can transfer the money, if you want to shop in a “real” shop close by, or simply prefer to have the money for a future buy

OR

– Glitter Gal Lizard Belly 15ml (the new big bottle) + a little “something” shipped from me to your address.

If the winner doesn’t want the prize, I’ll draw another winner.

So IF you know you are away/not checking email in the days after May 15, please send me an email telling me so!

Good luck!

DANSK:

Hvis du vil se billeder af, hvor jeg laver min nail art, så kig nederst i indlægget!

Jeg værdsætter hver enkelt af jer, der vælger at følge mig, højt! Og de af jer, der gør mig utroligt glad og overrasket, er de af jer, der følger mig, ikke på grund af en giveaway, men fordi i det meste af tiden kan li’ hvad jeg laver!

For at understrege, hvor meget det betyder, har jeg valgt regler for denne 100 læsere giveaway, der tilgodeser jer, men stadig gør det muligt for nye medlemmer at være med!

For at have en chance for at vinde, skal du:

– følge mig via Google Friend Connect (menuen til højre foroven)

OG

– hvis du har en blog vedr. neglelak eller nail art med en synlig blogliste, skal min blog være på den

OG

– dit brugernavn skal være blandt navnene på “My Precious Commentators” (menuen til højre, midt på, den tæller hver gang du skriver en kommentar til et af mine indlæg). BEMÆRK: Hvis jeg ser at du bare kopierer den samme kommentar og tæppebomber forskellige indlæg på kort tid, så bliver dit bruger navn ekskluderet, ligesom jeg har ekskluderet mit eget!

ELLER

– dit brugernavn skal være blandt ”top 10 members” (menuen til højre lidt under midten) VIGTIGT: du skal være logget på via Google Friend Connect, for at den tæller dit besøg.

Hvis dit navn forekommer på begge lister, tæller det med to gange!

Den 15. maj er det i løbet af dagen slut, og derefter vil jeg lade en software (eller min mand) trække lod blandt de 30 navne, og vinderen kan vælge mellem enten:

– et gavekort på 200 danske kroner (eller vekslet til den ønskede valuta) til den online shop du ønsker, hvor det er muligt at købe gavekort på en sikker måde, alternativt kan jeg overføre 200 til din danske bankkonto, hvis du vil handle lokalt eller vente med at bruge pengene til senere

ELLER

Glitter Gal Lizard Belly + en lille overraskelse sendt fra mig til dig.

Hvis vinderen ikke ønsker at modtage gaven, trækker jeg lod igen.

Derfor er det en god ide at orientere mig, hvis du ved du ikke er online/tjekker email i dagene efter den 15. maj.

Held og lykke!

This is one part (we do have another "normal" part with sink, spice, dishwasher and fridge, where we cook) of our kitchen and here I do my nails, and this is EXACTLY as messy as it looks on a typical day when I have done nails. I work standing, because that is easiest after the neck and shoulder surgeries. I'm a brushacohlic, (there are more in one of the tiny acryl drawers) and have bought way more than I need, but I like to have some to choose from and experiment with. As you can see everything is within reach, and even if it looks chaotic I know where to find what. I know you probably want to know that the thingy on top of my box with arylic colors is, it's my secret weapon helping my old eyes when I do fine details. It's an OptiVisor (5), that enlarges everything 2½ times (but gives a very short focal depth); jewelers use them. On top of the fridge one of the cats often sleep, that's why there is a pillow. Anything else you wonder about - ask...

Dette er en del af vores køkken, (lavet i forb. med ombygning, vi har også en "normal" del med vask, komfur, køleskab og opvaskemaskine, hvor vi laver mad) og her leger jeg med nail art, og det er PRÆCIS ligeså rodet som det typisk ser ud, når jeg har ordnet negle. Jeg arbejder stående, efter opreationer i nakke og skuldre er det det letteste for mig. Jeg er en penselnarkoman og har langt flere, end jeg har brug for (der er flere i en af de små acrylskuffer), men jeg elsker at have noget at vælge imellem og eksperimentere med. Som du kan se, er alt indenfor rækkevidde, og selvom det ser kaotisk ud, så ved jeg hvor jeg skal finde hvad. jeg gætter på, at du gerne vil vide hvad tingesten ovenpå boksen med akrylfarverne er, det er min hemmelige våben og hjælp til mine gamle øjne, når jeg maler fine detaljer. Det er en OptiVisor (5), der forstørrer 2½ gange (men det giver en meget begrænset dybdeskarphed), din guldsmed har måske en. øverst på køleskabet er der en pude, fordi vores katte elsker at sove deroppe. Hvis der er andet du undrer dig over, så spørg :)