Yellow nail polises: downsizing + comparisons - Smalti gialli: downsizing + confronti

The downsizing continues!
This time the target are yellow nail polishes: I don't have a ton, but I figured I can get rid of a few that I'm not totally in love with.

Il downsizing continua!
Stavolta tocca agli smalti gialli: non ne ho tantissimi, ma posso ancora ridurne il numero mettendone da parte quelli che non amo particolarmente.

Pointer - Indice: CND Vynilux Sun Bleached
Middle - Medio: Models Own Banana Split
Ring - Anulare: Anny Lucky Surfer Girl
Pinky - Mignolo: China Glaze Lemon Fizz

Flash

Downsizing green nail polishes stash + comparisons - Downsizing + verdi a confronto

Green swatchsticks after the destashing - Swatch dei verdi rimasti

After I finished taking pictures for my last post ( Illamasqua Rampage) I ended up doing a swatching session of some of my green nail polishes, with a subsequent selection of the ones I want to keep in my collection and the ones that need to go.
I tried to be as honest and relentless as possible with myself and purged the polishes that are really not working for me. It's not that they are bad or ugly, some of the colours I mean to part from are truly beautiful (Emerald Fitzgerald, I'm looking at you, amongst others). They just didn't make it for me or I have dupes for them.
Anyway, I think that in the future I will eventually manage to downsize my collection even more, but... we're taking one baby step at a time here.
Oh, and if you want a reference, here is the nail polish inventory (Flickr) I did last year in February as well. On the same occasion I did a first serious decluttering (Spring cleaning mood I guess?).
I want to make a series of Downsizing Project posts, though I'm still not sure with what frequency.
Keep an eye on my Flickr photostream as well as I might upload pics sooner on there.

Dopo aver scattato le foto per il mio ultimo post (Illamasqua Rampage) ho swatchato alcuni smalti verdi e ho selezionato quelli che voglio tenere e quelli che invece non fanno per me.
Ho cercato di essere il più inflessibile e drastica possibile. Non si tratta di smalti di cattiva qualità o brutti, alcuni sono davvero molto belli (Emerald Fitzgerald sto guardando te!). Purtroppo non mi stanno bene oppure sono dupe di altri colori che ho.
Magari in futuro riuscirò a ridurre ulteriormente, ma... ci sto provando piano piano.
Se volete vedere l' "inventario smaltaro" dell'anno scorso è in questo album su Flickr. Avevo già colto quell'occasione per fare un po' di pulizie di primavera.
Voglio iniziare una serie chiamate Downsizing Project, anche se non so ancora con quale frequenza.
Se volete potete tenere d'occhio sul mio phostream di Flickr, potrei caricare alcune foto prima che sul blog.

Here are some comparison swatches: names of the polish from thumb to pinky.
Click on pics to enlarge and get a better vision of the colours.

Ecco alcuni verdi a confronto: i nomi degli smalti sono scritti nell'ordine dal pollice al mignolo. Vi consiglio di aprire le foto per vedere meglio i colori.

OPI Jade is The New Black, butter LONDON British Racing Green, Illamasqua Rampage, Essie Going Incognito, Orly Wandering Vine flash

Essie Navigate Her, China Glaze Def Defying, Barry M Gelly Key Lime, Orly Green Apple, Ciatè Mojito       Indirect natural light (indoor) - Luce naturale indiretta (interno)

Makeup clear out, downsizing project and blog sale

My vanity

I've been meaning to write this post for a while now, but I never felt confident enough to share it with you all.

Since I was 8 or 9, I got my mum's magazines and go straight to beauty and fashion pages and in the years of course I started buying my own copies and cherish the beauty section in each of them.
So clearly I've always been drawn to that "perfect" world and I fell even more deeply in love around the time I started uni, when I met a girl that was interested in beauty like me.
We talked about makeup launches, interesting youtubers, fantastic blogs, nail polish colours so it was at that time that I discovered the giant virtual beauty community.
And through the years I've become more involved with that community, not much as a writer or a contributor, but mostly as an avid reader / watcher.
I've scrolled pages and pages of beauty blogs, seen so many pics and watched so many videos, I've become sort of addicted.
And as a natural and obvious consequence, I started craving for the same products I saw on all those platforms and got on a buying frenzy, which at one point became just a frustrating and draining rush for the latest nail polish or that unmissable item from a limited edition collection.

Yeah, I think I can finally admit that I've been addicted for shopping in the last 4 years or so. Especially beauty shopping.
Now, I'm not trying to defend myself, but I think that, apart from the influence of youtubers, bloggers, magazines, etc, and me not being so mature and critical, there are also some unconscious reasons behind my (mis)behaviour. But that is a whole different story.

Inspiration
I've been feeling quite guilty about this unhealthy habit, therefore I used to (and still do) hide my new purchases from anyone and prefer to do shopping on my own.
So I think it's finally time to change things a little bit, even though I know it's going to be a long, humungous work.
Of course, I didn't wake up one day and had all the determination to do it but I was inspired by a few lovely ladies (a bit of "blog-watching" in here too):

On Youtube: Christine of Pinksofoxy and Tati
Blog posts: ViviannaDoesMakeup's tips on clear out organisation and downsizing
Jennypurr
The everyday beauty
What she does now  
And for some nail polish purging inspiration:
Spaz and Squee