I started really collecting polish last year and have amassed a significant amount. I used to get so excited when new polishes would come in and I swatched them. Lately, something has changed. I have about 20 that need swatching but I have no desire to do it. Has this happened to anyone else? Should I just start destashing?
3 coats Clionadh Storm Wielder
1 coat SH QDTC red bottle
by ColorfulClaws
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I stopped for almost 5 years (multiple deaths in family and a chronic illness). The great thing is polish doesn’t really expire (except thermals stop working sometimes, I don’t know about magnetics).
I’d say prepare your polish for a little time off. Clean bottle necks and make sure lids are tight. Store them in a cool, dry place. Get some thinner just in case some of them dry out during their vacation – you can revive even dried out polish with a little thinner and time.
I like the suggestion of prepping them for storage. How are you otherwise? For me, loss of interest in a hobby is the first symptom of a mental health problem. If you’re ok otherwise I’m sure it’s fine, but could be worth thinking about if it worries you enough to post on reddit about.
yep. i was on a nail polish craze for 3-4 years, with easily over 1000 bottles of nail polish collected.
I also had an unhealthy obsession with painting my nails, painted them every single day for 2 years and last year I got a WFH job and started painting them 2-4 times a day…. This was because I was never satisfied with the color
Whenever I would get new polishes before I would be SO EXCITED to try all of them and swatch them. But eventually even buying new polishes I wasn’t excited for it anymore and I could never find a color I was happy with.
So now I’ve moved to builder gel so I can have my nails done at anytime and haven’t painted my nails with regular lacquer in like 6 months
I do still have them because I never know if I’ll want to start painting them again, but I do have a big destash pile as well
I was laid off in October and have barely felt like I even deserved to wear polish lately. Still jobless and still not wearing anything. Even my husband noticed, but yeah, definitely feel like it’s got to do with mental health for me
I’m a serial hobbyist. I’ll become obsessed with a thing for several months until I inevitably start losing interest and move on to the next thing. Prior to polish it was tinned fish. Before that it was cake decorating. Polish is starting to lose its luster for me. Its almost like the idea of acquiring is more exciting than owning and wearing. I do daily manis now and havent been impressed by any of them in weeks. I recently started clothing rentals and can feel myself becomijg obsessed with choosing and wearing unique and eccentric pieces. I think this is going to be my new thing. 😬
I have adhd so it’s definitely partially because of that. But I go into “slumps” with a lot of my hobbies, including polish. Usually only lasts a month or so though and then I’m obsessed again lol
OP, try to give yourself a bit of grace and know you aren’t alone.
I’ve gone down to only switching out my mani once a week instead of the multiple times a week I did when I was on the lacquer high. Combine that with way too many purchases and I feel like I’ve hit a wall. I do have a few new ones coming because the kids I work with get a kick out of color-change polish (we have a part of our lunch room that is either super-cold or super-hot at any given time so I get my money’s worth with thermals right now!) but other than that, I’ve definitely pulled back on the reins quite a bit. Some is because of the world at large, some is a general blah feeling and some is just because certain physical changes suck for keeping any motivation going.
The world is hitting hard in so many ways now and we all deal with it differently, even just with blah moods. Sending love, light & hugs your way. You’ve got this! ❤️💜🩵