6 nail polish storage ideas to copy

Raise your hand if you’re a nail polish hoarder!
When it comes to nail polish it can be so easy for our collections to get out of hand. We need to be prepared with a colour to match each season, every occasion, and any mood! But while we love having an overflowing nail polish collection, we hate how annoying they can be to store.
From shelving units to zip up totes, we’ve tried it all when it come to nail polish storage!
Here are our top six nail polish storage options to help you organise your favourite shades.
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Spice rack
Image: Pinterest Gayle Lalala
Spice rack or nail polish holder? It’s up to you! Look for a spice rack with a gap in the design so you can see the colours of your polish bottles. Or simply swatch a bit of polish on a removable sticker and pop it above each bottle to make your decision quicker and easier.
Magnetic whiteboard
This one requires a little bit of craft, but the results are worth it. All you need is a whiteboard and some small magnets. Glue the magnets on the back of each bottle and you’re done! The result? Every shade is easy to see and it’s just a matter of plucking your polish of choice from the board!
Suitcase
Image: Pinterest leaklausen
Some of us have enough polishes to fill a suitcase, so why not do just that? Suitcases come in all different sizes and you can use dividers to keep your nail colours upright. Simply pop a dot of polish on the top of each lid so you can pick a shade without having to lift a dozen of them out. For black lids, place a white sticker on top before swatching the colour. This is the perfect option for those who prefer to keep their polish collection tucked away in storage.
Shelving
Image: Pinterest Mindy Cantu
Alternatively, if you want to put your impressive collection on display, try using a few shelves. Stack the shelves close together so there's just enough room for the height of each bottle. And if you want to make it more visually appealing, organise your collection by colour and add a pretty border to make it look like a piece of art!
Candle jars
Image: Pinterest Kayla Stewart
Don’t let your pretty candle holders go to waste once the wax runs out. Clean them out and use them to house your nail polish! For extra organisation points, group similar shades together and keep each ‘family’ in separate jars for easy sorting.
Tier cake stand
Image: Pinterest Alix Thierry
Do you like the idea of a storage solution that doubles up as a decorative piece? Placing your polish bottles onto a tiered cake stand is the answer. If you have a sideboard or bathroom bench in need of some colour, this stand is a practical and colourful way to fill the space.
How do you store your nail polish? Which of the above solutions do you like the most?
314 Member Comments
I love these ideas. The spice rack is my favourite but I may need 2.
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I love the wall shelf, I'd want something like that in my bathroom. Looks gorgeous when you colour co-ordinate and have the same bottles. That being said I have so many polishes but technically they're just three colours; Red, White & Pink.
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The spice rack! hah! Good idea!
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Golly there is a lot here in these pic's I only have 4 & they are all different colour's that's enough for me I have my neatly in a cupboard. I like this with the shelving idea that looks nice.
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I have no time for being petite with my makeup so nail polish lives in the drawer
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Oof! Love the idea of that shelving. But the cake stand is the cutest!
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The white framed shelving and the spice rack ideas are so cute!!! The shelving one looks especially good with all of the same brand polish. I should utilise some of these ideas, maybe the candle one as I don't have many nail polishes.
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I like the frame shelf one its a cute idea.
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I keep mine stashed away in a shoe box stored in the cupboard so that the product is away from direct light and in a cool dry place
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I have about 9 nail polishes. They are at the back of a drawer because I seldom use them these days
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The magnetic one is awesome! I think even little round bottles could work with it too. It would free up a couple of drawers and I love how it would be really easy to pick a colour. Now where to get a whiteboard from....Officeworks perhaps?!
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My nail polishes are looking pretty sad split between two shoe boxes under by bed. I've swatched the colour on a sticker on the caps to help me find them but they don't look nearly as nice as the cake stand or shelves!
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I like the cake stand and suitcase, they both look so cute.
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They look cute! I have mind in ear bud containers the swisspers rectangle boxes are a good size and fit in my cabinet easily. Only problem is there are a few of them not just one! LOL
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I used to have drawers full of nail polish, but gave most of them away and I haven't had a chance to wear what's left in years!
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Is this an updated article? I remember seeing this post already from BH. It's a good article though.
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The suitcase idea is sooo cute!
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These are all so cute. I keep mine in a plain box
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Love the cake stand idea or the spice rack idea! If You got a spinning spice rack you could see all you're colours! At the moment I have mine too stored in a big make up bag case but hard to rumble though and see all my colours that I have
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I have a plastic box, I cant remember what came in it, and Its just the right size and i am able to stand my nail polish in it.
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The tier cake stand is a great idea!
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I used to have a little case to store them but these days, I just keep a few In the drawer. I don't seem to paint my nails too much in winter.
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I have a hat box full of my polishes and nail stuff. I don't know what Indie would do with her sizeable collection?!!!!
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All great ideas in this article!
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Some clever ideas, mine are just shoved in a messy drawer.
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