Comments on: How to prolong the shelf life of nail polishes

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:18:57 +0000

Daphne, some people recommend to store polishes in the fridge, while other think it’s a bad idea. I’m not sure who’s right but in the meantime I’m storing my polishes in a drawer in my bedroom. They haven’t gone bad or anything yet.

By: daphne

daphne — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:35:08 +0000

i’m not so sure abt placing polishes in the fridge. i’d think the polish would go lumpy and thick because it’s cold. think jelly.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:42:48 +0000

That’s too bad But at least now you have new ones to play with

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:31:57 +0000

They’ve just gone all pale… >.>;

I got 10 new China Glaze and 2 OPI polishes in a sale though, so it’s good ^_^
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By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:28:50 +0000

That’s a shame Ana, I’m sorry If the pigments have separated maybe a nail polish thinner can help?

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:05:14 +0000

=[ I only had 4. I left them on the windowsill and now they're all pale and weird looking. ;_; .-= Anastasia´s last blog ..Did I Mention? =-.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:57:27 +0000

Dao: I heard lots of people use a nail polish thinner but I have never tried it. My bottles are in pretty good condition as I store them properly but I may try that if they start to clump.

Citrine: I should have explained better, sorry. Sooner or later the solvents will evaporate and the pigments will separate. But storing the polishes in an upright position will prevent that from happening sooner rather than later and, once they are separated, it is easier to mix them together. Most people store them upright anyway, but that’s not always the case. My mum used to just throw her bottles in a drawer and let them lie there and they would separate pretty soon. I don’t remember which brand she was using as I was just a little kid then so maybe they just weren’t that good and that’s why the separated so soon. But personally, I’ve found that storing them upright helps.

By: Citrine

Citrine — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:44:30 +0000

I have read from a magazine about storing nail polishes in the fridge so they don’t get gooey because of the heat. (I just put them in a case and store/hide them under my bed.)

You kind of confused me about storing stuff upright will “prevent them from separating”. I mean, most people who “store” nail polish would leave if upright instead of having them lying around flat anyway because the bottle are designed to stand upright (not that it prevent the pigment from settling in different height…)

I mean, as long as there is a mass (or density if it makes more sense) difference between the pigment and the base in the polish, there will be separation of the color (after you have the polish for a while, there is a metal ball inside the bottle to mix it back together anyway) and wouldn’t the separation be/look more obvious when it’s upright as there is more of a height difference from the surface of the liquid and the bottom?
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