Polish or Perish

SALE! 2 Mystery Grab-Boxes

2012-10-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

...or, as I like to call them, Insta-Stash. Or maybe Stash-in-a-Box?

Either way, they are medium USPS Priority Mail flat rate boxes filled with at least 50 nail polishes each. The polishes are from a variety of brands, finishes, and shades. For instance, neither box has all the high-end polishes or all the glitters! The polishes cost me between $0.50 to $14, with a mean price of about $4.00 per polish. Almost all of them have only been used once or twice; a couple may have been used more or have undergone evaporation (since some of them were from old, old beauty supply places).

I'm selling each box for $75 (which already includes the $11.35 for shipping). Those who are interested, please fill out our blog's Contact Us form and select "flinty". First come, first served. :)

Some pics of the polishes that went into the boxes...

Some of the brands represented are:

Barry M
BB Couture
Bug Me Not
Cetuem
China Glaze
Claire's
Confetti
Cover Girl
Diamond
Duri
ELF
Elianto
Elizabeth Arden
Essie
Eyeko
Hot Topic
Huemorista
Integrate
KleanColor
L'Oreal
LA Colors
La Femme
LA Girl
Misa
Missha
Nicole
NYX
OCC
OPI
Orly
Oscar
Pa
Palladium
Pop Beauty
RBL
Rimmel
Risk
Sally Hansen
The Face Shop
Wet n Wild
Zoya

(The boxes were packed earlier this summer before I moved so I really have NO idea which boxes contain what polishes...)

I prefer to sell in lots like this because I just don't have the time to sell 100 polishes piecemeal anymore. :( Boo. I remember when I was a selling, swapping fiend. Those were the good old days.

small blog sale :)

2012-06-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hello :)

I'm holding a small blog sale in order to help me keep up with all these indie brand lemmings!

Shipping within the US only for this time, $2.50 for first item, $.50 for each additional.
Please contact me at minluvsnp @ gmail.com if interested!

Pictures can be provided upon request.

~~Clarins 230 - BNIB~~
~~OPI La Boheme - used, little bit above the OPI~~
~~Nfu-Oh Aqua Base - used once~~
Layla Flash Black - BN - $13 *pend*

~~Dollish Polish Drop. Your. Sword. - HTF (discontinued) MINI~~

Zoya Kissy - swatched - $4
Zoya Rina - swatched - $4
Zoya Twila - swatched - $4

Sally Hansen White Veil - BN - $6 *pend*
Claire's Dreamcatcher - BN *pend*
~~Covergirl Amethyst Mist - BN~~

More polishes for sale!

2011-07-26T13:59:00.000-07:00

Now that the mystery boxes are all sold -- much quicker than anticipated, yikes y'all are fast! -- I'm now putting up my higher-end and harder-to-find polishes up for sale.

Shipping is $2.50 for the first polish, $0.50 for each additional polish. If you get 6 or more polishes, shipping is a flat rate of $5 (and this will automatically receive Delivery Confirmation). If you get fewer than 6 polishes and want to be able to track your package, it will cost $0.80 extra. Payment will be through PayPal. I am happy to ship internationally but the shipping cost will have to be calculated.

Contact me using the link to the "Contact Us" form above if you want to purchase. If you are confused about how to do that, please comment below with your contact information. Please do not try to reserve polishes through the comments; please only request polishes through email. Thanks! :D

All used 1x unless otherwise indicated. Grey ones are pending/sold and will be made black again if they become available.

Anna Sui - $11 each

606 (orange with gold glitter)

504 (brown jelly with gold microglitter, green glitter and iridescent flakes)

906 (holo square glitter and blue circle glitter)

BB Couture

Hound Dog (80% full) - $4

Kokomo - $7

Moon Over Manhattan (75% full) - $4

Peacock - $7

Tropical Sunset (80% full) - $4

Chanel - $18 each

Particuliere

Miami Peach (w/box)

Ciate - $9 each

Ladylike Luxe

Lemon Sherbert

Mojito

Deborah Lippmann

Happy Birthday - $12

Some Enchanted Evening - $10

Dior Vernis - $15 each

Gris Montaigne (707)

Bleu Poison (900, Poison Blue, w/box)

L'Oreal (Essie North Fork dupes) - $3 each

High Tide

Ocean Breeze

Waters Edge

Nfu.Oh

38 (flakey, 60% full) - $5

50 (flakey, 75% full) - $6

54 (flakey, 75% full) - $6

59 (flakey, 75% full) - $6

555 (creme/jelly, used 1x) - $8

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - $5 each

A.V.

Perpetual

Beta (NOT $5, posted about this recently, if you want it as a free throw-in, just ask)

Pop Beauty - $5 each

Grass

Mandarin

O'Boy

Yellow

Rescue Beauty Lounge (all w/box)

$14 each

Anne

Catherine

$12 each

Ani

Square Pants

$8 each

Sheer Pink

Sheer Natural

Sally Hansen (Tracey Reese, all 75-80% full) - $3 each

Beet Stain

Fast Forward

Forsythia

Valentino

Other Brands

Cetuem 163 (purple duochrome, used only 1x but the bottle didn't come completely full) - $8

Chinoiserie Plexi (85% full) - $5

Glitter Gal White $5

Inglot XL7, 80% full - $5

Lancome Le 54 - $10

Ozotic Pro 526 (black holo!) - $12

RGB White - $11

Sally Hansen Commander in Chic - $4

TiNS The Happy Milk, 90% full - $15

5 StrangeBeautiful polishes plus the plexiglass case - $20 (without case, $18)

Polishes, get your polishes! So many polishes for sale...

2011-07-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

POTENTIALLY SOLD OUT!

I'm awaiting payment from people for all the boxes but if you want to put yourself on a waitlist (it's much longer for the small boxes than for the big ones), please feel free to email me using the link to the form above! :)

...but today, all of them are in mystery grab-boxes!

(I will have a sale for the ones that I want to sell individually -- most of which are from current collections or high-end or kinda-HTF lines -- but that will come later in the week.)

I didn't realize how many polishes would fit into a medium USPS Priority Mail flat rate box: 75! With cushioning, bubblewrap and everything. So I have for sale TWO medium flat rate boxes that have about 75 polishes each (give or take 3) as well as TWO small flat rate boxes that have 10-13 each. (...man, it takes a long time to pack 170+ nail polishes.)

Brands that are contained in the mystery boxes (though not all boxes contain all brands): OPI, China Glaze, Orly, SpaRitual, Essie, Cover Girl Nail Slicks, LA Colors, KleanColor, QRS, Nubar, Duri, Diamond, Eyeko, Zoya, Misa, Maybelline Colorama, Color Club, Anna Sui, Wet n Wild, Tony & Tina, Milani, LA Girl, Hard Candy, No Miss, Sally Hansen, Nicole, Maybelline, Barielle, NYC, Kanebo, Revlon Street Wear and MORE! A few polishes are down to 50%, about 30-40 of them are down to 70-80%, but the rest of the polishes in these boxes have only been used once or twice. ALL were purchased by me or received in a swap (i.e. none were PR samples). Most of these were purchased at etailer or retail price; some I came across in dollar stores. I tried to make sure that no boxes got all half-used nail polishes, or all drugstore polishes: there is a variety in each box. :)

All the mystery polishes were taken from the pile of nail polishes pictured below. (Oddly, I didn't get any photos of the 2 Nicole, 4 KleanColor, 2 Anna Sui and 3 Sally Hansen polishes... but they are there, I promise!) The photos have been cropped but not reduced in size so they should be clickable if you want to try to make out exactly which polishes I have listed!

Details for the two Medium Mystery Grab-Boxes:

These are going for $101 each (the price includes the $10.95 shipping fee). There are approximately 75 nail polishes in each (give or take a couple).

I do regret not putting a lower price on these but honestly, they're 75 polishes from brands that I generally bought at etailer ($3-4) or retail (up to $8) prices. The cheapest polishes were purchased for $1 (NYC, Wet n Wild, LA Colors, Cover Girl Nail Slicks) and 4 for $1 (Revlon Street Wear, Maybelline Colorama). The majority of them have only been used once. And, as I've said, I've tried to make sure there's a good variety in each box. Minus the shipping, it comes out to around $1.20 a polish. If you are looking to build your stash, this is a great way to go from a modest stash to a stash that makes your friends and family wonder why you need so many nail polishes. ;)

Details for the two Small Mystery Grab-Boxes:

These are going for $16 each (the price includes the $4.95 shipping fee). There are 10-13 polishes per box.

It is a "better" deal in terms of cost per polish BUT it's taken from the remnants after I put together the medium-size mystery grab boxes. There were plenty of OPI, China Glaze, Color Club and drugstore brands left but a lot of the less common brands had already been packed into the bigger boxes. Hence, the lower price per polish for these boxes.

If you are interested in either medium or small size mystery grab-boxes, please contact me using the form at the top of the page. I will be taking PayPal. You can opt to pay me as a "personal gift" (no fees) or if you want to pay the fees, we can do it as a regular buyer-seller transaction (which gives you the option of filing a claim against me if I don't follow through).

The medium boxes are all taped and packed up, waiting for a mailing label and a new home. The small boxes are not yet packed but can be packed in a jiffy! I hope these polishes can find some great new owners.

Blog Sale! Nail Polish Grab Bags!

2010-09-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

****SOLD OUT (for now -- I'll let you all know if I have any leftover) ****

For those who aren't subscribed to nbmarketplace on LiveJournal, I recently offered up some nail polish grab bags (or rather, "grab boxes") for sale for $15 each.

Here's the text from nbmarketplace, edited slightly:

I spent all summer purging my collection and after selling over 100 polishes through my last grab bag opportunity, I STILL have a TON of polishes that I need off of my hands. I don't currently have time to list and sell all of them individually so I'm going to be selling a bunch by 10-14 polish lots for $15 per lot. They will be shipped in a small USPS priority flat rate box, which usually costs about $4.95 to ship -- this is included in the $15. :)

All the grab bags will contain at least 10 polishes and can contain up to 14; it all depends on the shape and size of the polish bottles, how they fit together in the box and how many I feel that I can safely stuff into one of the small flat rate boxes.

Please contact me (flinty) through MUA OR email flintymua@gmail.com. I take PayPal (marked as gift) only.

I only have enough for several grab bags. First come, first served!

The polishes have generally only been used 1-2x times though some may have only 70% left. No box will contain more than one or two polishes that are under 90% full. Most (if not all) of the polishes you receive will have only been used for swatching once. There will be some minis in there but those who get minis in their boxes will likely be getting closer to 14 polishes than 10.

The polishes I'm including in these boxes were all purchased for between $1 and $5. No box will contain only $1 polishes. There will be some drugstore polishes (including some DC'ed drugstore polishes) but there are polishes from all over the place represented in these grab bags.

I will try to ensure a variety of colors and finishes. No box will only contain pinks or reds or sheers or greens or blues.

Some of the polish brands that will show up in the grab bags:

Hot Topic

Maybelline (including DC'ed Maybelline)

Revlon (including some Street Wear)

Sally Hansen (including some Nail Prisms)

ELF

Naturistics

Nina Ultra Pro

Wet n Wild

Avon

Jessica

Sation

KleanColor

Amour

NY Summer

Snail Slicks

QRS

Diamond

Brucci

Mattese

Blush

Ulta

Duri

Missha

Jordana

...and more...!

Kittytokaren's Polish Sale!

2010-05-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

I am kittytokaren, one of the ladies of Polish or Perish! These wonderful polishes aren't getting nearly enough love from me and they are looking for a new home!

All of the polishes listed are new or swatched one time, unless otherwise noted. They are all as-is, no returns. All of the polishes I show in the photo are the exact bottle you will be receiving. If a name is in red, then that polish is sold. Any questions about an item?? See something you like?? Contact me! :)

CONTACT:
kittyje11 on MUA (preferred)
fingernailsthatshine@gmail.com

SHIPPING:
US ladies only. (International girls - the shipping just gets too expensive - however you if are really hankering for something and want to make an offer when it comes to shipping, please contact me.) Shipping is $2.00 for the first bottle and $0.50 extra for each additional bottle until you get over $5, then I'll be shipping by priority flat rate. I can stuff 10 bottles into the small priority box.

I will be using delivery confirmation on all shipments.

To the polishes!!!

OPI Mamma Mia $8

OPI Thoroughly Modern Millie $8

OPI Thoroughly Modern Millie (used 2x) $8

Color Club Hot Couture (?) $2

FingerPaints Yellow Bikini $1

Sinful Colors Glass Pink (65% remaining) $0.50

Orly Won't Chip $4

Orly mini (silver with silver glitter) $1