https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:46:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809222 Wed, 17 May 2017 19:41:11 +0000 Sal 1809222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have just pruned my collection to some tween neighbours. I have kept my best six colours and not planning to add. True red, dark oxblood, hot pink, pale pink, light blue, navy blue. I will get other colours in a manicure or pedicure though- mostly pinks and oranges.</p> <p>They are a small treat that always fit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809176 Wed, 17 May 2017 16:09:52 +0000 Peri 1809176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this too! In my case it's usually from looking for just the right shade of (fill in the blank). I like variety so my color range is broader than what you are describing, but I have probably 6 shades of grey from just thinking each new one would be the perfect grey of my dreams. Ditto purple, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>Part of my issue is because of allergies I'm restricted to the 7 or 9 free brands, my favorite of which is Zoya...which no one carries locally. So I wait for some fantastic online sale directly from Zoya (like last black Friday they had everything 70% off) and then buy every color that looks good. Seriously, I bought 20 something colors then. And of course, about 15 were great and 5 or more not so great, but I figured it wasn't worth returning...and so it goes.&nbsp;</p> <p>The other part is just what you say. Pretty colors, fun tiny splurge...yep, that's how a collection grows.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809147 Wed, 17 May 2017 14:06:06 +0000 Janet 1809147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm still looking for the perfect rose gold. And I'm surprisingly picky about "nude" shades (which I wear on my fingers sometimes). It figures, I got the perfect color on my last manicure, but didn't make a note of the name of the polish. Darn it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809045 Wed, 17 May 2017 02:14:52 +0000 Aziraphale 1809045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes me giggle that others are having this same polish-collecting problem. Maybe it's because nail colours are so pretty, and it feels like a minor splurge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809031 Wed, 17 May 2017 01:26:18 +0000 Bijou 1809031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! A definite culprit here. I am similar to Janet and KM - I will often think a colour is going to look different on and when I get home, find that I have very similar shades.... I definitely need to do some more mindful shopping when it comes to nail polish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809025 Wed, 17 May 2017 00:59:21 +0000 K.M. 1809025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do that, too! I had some so old, the polish separated. </p> <p>My issue is that I would buy something expecting the color to look a certain way on my nails, and that wouldn't be the case, so then I would buy something else that was similar till I got what I wanted (or, more often, till I gave up...)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809018 Wed, 17 May 2017 00:30:25 +0000 Janet 1809018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a bad habit of buying a new polish, only to get it home and realize I have a nearly-identical color already. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1809008 Tue, 16 May 2017 23:35:45 +0000 jill58 1809008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't do fingernails either but love polish on my toenails. I don't buy lots of polish but I do have a backup of my favorite dark red. Asides from that I have one bottle of a very light pink (that I'll never use) and several bottles of various shades of blue/green. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808961 Tue, 16 May 2017 20:18:04 +0000 LaPed 1808961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't do fingernails, either. It starts flaking off in a day. </p> <p>I have a habit of buying really weird polish colors, like asphalt grey and olive green. They make terrible toenail colors, because they just look, erm, fungal? But I wear them anyway. I probably shouldn't. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808958 Tue, 16 May 2017 19:55:50 +0000 Scarlet 1808958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoy having nice colors of nail polish knowing I <i>could</i> wear them, ha ha. I have a similar approach to lipstick. I like having it in my bag, but I never put it on.</p> <p>Your story made me smile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808947 Tue, 16 May 2017 19:17:20 +0000 Aziraphale 1808947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, looks like I'm not the only one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808944 Tue, 16 May 2017 18:58:16 +0000 JuniperGreen 1808944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy bottles so I can bring my own polish when I get a mani or pedi, with the idea that I can repair chips on my own later. I rarely get around to those repairs, but at least I've got the bottle as a backup if I get my act together!</p> <p>The checkout areas at TJ Maxx and Marshall's are dangerous to me because of my propensity to pick up a few of the discounted Essie colors. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808942 Tue, 16 May 2017 18:38:39 +0000 Diana 1808942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am totally guilty of this!&nbsp; I only polish my toenails, and only in the summer, and I'm too lazy to change the color more than once a week (if we're being honest, I usually leave it on 2 weeks).&nbsp; Yet I have LOADS of nail polish. I have colors I haven't used in years (but that are still perfectly good). But hey, most of it is relatively inexpensive and it doesn't take up a ton of room... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808928 Tue, 16 May 2017 18:23:37 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1808928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. I often fall for those seasonal packages of color, because I love variety! And then I wear maybe one of the colors. Once or twice. I'm terrible about buying polish and not wearing it. I just bought a bottle the other day and put it on my toenails. (Yay! One wear, so far.) My intention, of course, is to keep up the polishing habit over the summer. I also envisioned polishing my fingernails, but that hasn't happened yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808925 Tue, 16 May 2017 18:19:06 +0000 rachylou 1808925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah! Wanna see my bucket of polish? Lol. I have started limiting myself to mini bottles, like this helps. I love a nice dark green or blue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808903 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:24:21 +0000 Joha 1808903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! Guilty as charged I stopped polishing my nails two years ago. But until then I've amassed about 50 wonderful colours. All of them different but there never has been the slightest chance to empty any one of them.<br /> Sometimes I feel guilty for not using them more. And then I come into the bathroom and they look so colorful and that makes me happy. Which I think is a good thing. And maybe - just maybe - the next "I colour my nails every day" phase is just around the corner </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808901 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:19:52 +0000 Christina F. 1808901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to, but then I realized I would only ever get them done professionally and just choose colors in the salon. I'd never remember to bring my own colors with me. I've kept most of what I had already, but stopped buying more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808900 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:19:04 +0000 Sara L. 1808900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was younger all my nail polish was a wine red color. &nbsp;I would think I was buying a different color but I would get home and find out it was exactly the same shade as all my other bottles. &nbsp;</p> <p>Now I usually, but not always, wear lighter shades on my toes. &nbsp;Some of them are the same colors I wear on my fingernails - baby blue, white, seafoam green. &nbsp;But I also wear some really bright colors on my toes like bright pink and coral that I would never wear on my fingernails. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808899 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:15:39 +0000 Aziraphale 1808899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Cat -- great tip about using nail polish to "repair" stuff! I always use a sharpie, but it wears off. My grandma used to use red nail polish to write our names and the year on the Christmas tree ornaments she gave us every year. :-)</p> <p>minimalist, re. toes dark/hands light-- we are opposite! :-)</p> <p>torontogirl, lol "79 thousand shades of light pink/mauve/pinkish mauve" -- sounds like we've got the same problem!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808895 Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:10 +0000 Helena 1808895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I laughed as soon as I saw the thread title ... 79 thousand shades of light pink, light mauve, and pinkish mauve over here ... They match my 9000 lipsticks in the same color lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808890 Tue, 16 May 2017 15:50:24 +0000 minimalist 1808890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to. Every few months ended up donating a few bottles. Now have settled into one color for feet, one for hands and only keep those. Toes always dark, hands nearly always nude/buffed or natural (pink/beige) polish. </p> <p>A teenager in the house might shed a different light on the situation, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808885 Tue, 16 May 2017 15:35:28 +0000 The Cat 1808885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, I sometimes do, especially tempting colours in small, inexpensive bottles. I seldom wear colours on my finger nails. But some (not all) of the colours I buy will actually be used on my toe nails. </p> <p>However, here comes a practical tip: I use nail polish (in the correct colour, of course) to "repair" belts, shoes, etc. on small parts where the original colour is lacking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/buying-polish-you-dont-wear#post-1808881 Tue, 16 May 2017 15:25:46 +0000 Aziraphale 1808881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie's toenail polish post this morning reminded me of a funny story. A few years ago, my daughter was riffling through my bottles of nail polish and she asked if we could buy some more colours. I said, "Why? we have loads", and she replied that almost all of them were black. I must have looked confused, because she held some up and said, "See? You have purple that looks like black, and blue that looks like black, and red that looks like black, and green that looks like black, and I think this one might actually <i>be</i> black...". She was right! I hadn't realized that I gravitate towards super-dark colours. (In my defence, non of the colours looks like black once it's on your fingers -- they just look really dark in the bottle).&nbsp;</p> <p>Silly thing is, I almost never wear fingernail polish. It won't stay on my fingers. I'm much more likely to wear toenail polish, and if I do, I wear light pink -- <i>never</i> dark colours on my toes! So what's up with impulsively buying bottles of dark nail polish?</p> <p>Over to you. Does anyone else buy polish they don't wear? And are your fingernail polish colour preferences different from your toenail polish ones?</p>