organize this: nail polish

i finally did the deed and transferred all of my nail polishes into a more helpful storage solution.  i had them in a rectangular wire basket in my linen closet - which it was helpful to corral them in one place, only took me 30 years - but it just wasn't working out anymore. any time i wanted to find a particular shade i'd have to take it out and set it on the floor because sucker was hea-vy.  and then i'd have to remove about half of the bottles just to get to the ones on the bottom and i knew there was a better way, i just had to woman up and do the damn thing already.

over the door shoe organizer!  duh.  i'm sure at this point even dogs know this tip. i've meant to do this thing for a long time. years, even. but i'm a lazy sloth, so... and i even had the thing, doing its actual job, in my bedroom closet.  i couldn't find a cheap plastic one in my recent shopping experiences, so i threw all my shoes out of the holder (and onto my bedroom floor, is where they belong, right?) and got to work.

i have so many more nail polishes than i realized!  took me about 20 minutes or so to decide what colors go best together and how to arrange them on the holder, but i'm so glad i finally did this thing.  some people - who have seen my bedroom - might be surprised to learn that i actually like being super organized, but my laziness and disdain for extraneous movement gets in the way.  my traits battle each other and the latters are all too strong.  (seriously, i can't count the number of times i've bruised an arm hitting myself on a wall corner whilst taking said corner a little too tight in an attempt to walk one less step. it's not a conscious thing, but at least i have identified the cause.)  the point is instead of cleaning up, i pile and shove. but, if i can get my hands on a cheap *and easy* storage option, i will use it. as long as it takes less than 3 seconds to put whatever it is back wherever it belongs.

and now... please to look at a digital recording of my new nail polish sanctuary.

this one's kind of a lie in that i had to move this to the back of the guest room door because
this door wouldn't accommodate the hangover part of the contraption.
it was super fun moving it all loaded up, i tell you.

yes, a crap ton of these do have discount stickers on them, say whaaaaat? *raise the roof*

i even had colors i had forgotten about. and duplicates!  and way more greens than i realized, and i honestly would have said i didn't have more than two yellows.  in case anyone is wondering, i went clear, gold metalic, silver metalic, blacks & whites, to creams and light pinks to peachy, yellows, oranges and hot pinks to purples, greens, and blues.  some of the colors didn't quite fit in their respective assigned slots, but i'm confident that they will all learn to live together in harmony as nature intended.

thesis statement on this one?  if you've thought about doing this, do it. do it now. this one's a no-brainer.. two thumbs up, i highly recommend it.

now i just have to find somewhere for those shoes i displaced...

so, i bought some stuff from pacifica

Tuscan Blood Orange Take Me There Set | 2. Hawaiian Ruby Guava Take Me There Set | 3. (clockwork from top left) Malibu Lemon Blossom Solid Perfume (sample), Indian Coconut Nectar Solid Perfume (sample), California Star Jasmine Solid Perfume (sample), Waikiki Pikake Solid Perfume (sample), Brazilian Mango Grapefruit Solid Perfume (sample) , Mediterranean Fig Solid Perfume (sample)  | 4. Color Quench Lip Tint in Sugared Fig | 5. Great Face Value Collection (Limited Edition) | 6. Alight Multi-Mineral BB Cream (sample)

what up, pacifica!  i have been loving on this brand since i finally picked up some of their lotion for discount at marshall's.  i started with tuscan blood orange, and this scent is so scrumptious.  i've been collecting the lotions slowly, and this spring i scored some solid perfumes for 40% off.  i've sort of been haunting the site since then and when several freebies and discounts and the stars aligned, i sent off for some goodies.  i had really wanted to try to coconut water face wipes, as well as the seafoam face wash, so when they came together with the moisturizer in a discounted package, i figured it was time to buy up.  i also had a 20% off code, a free BB cream sample code, and a free lip tint code.  i also got two free solid perfume samples, as well as free shipping, for spending $50.  i luvva me some deals!  (let's not address that i spent way too much money on goodies.  look away, look away!)  the only thing i sooort of if you can even call it regret is the free bb cream sample code, since i just got a revlon bb cream and don't really need it.  i did want to try it though, but i wouldn't have minded if the sample were something else. 

it's always so exciting to come home to a package.  i must have checked the tracking 5 times today.  ooh, and my spacehog tshirt i bought from etsy came too (will post on that later).  (in an aside, joe on "wings" just ordered a blt sandwich and that ish sounds good!  i am voracious this week!  and yes, i am watching "wings.")  i haven't used most of the products yet, but i will say the seafoam face wash smells amaaaaazing!  so coconuty, like being on a tropical beach (i imagine). i only used a pea-sized amount and that was plenty.  the moisturizer doesn't smell nearly as nice, but i needed less than a pea-size to cover my face parts.  the lip tint is a nice faintly berry color that gave my lips a healthy darkened flush. and it smelled pretty good.  if i'm a good girl i will let you know what the other products are like.  

time for mark to come home and another "wings" episode, then i hit the sack.  i'm loving that tomorrow is friday, not thursday, and we have a potluck for a co-worker's going away.  cross your fingers i don't eat my weight in hash brown casserole.