tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post5583846928797636295..comments2023-07-05T11:18:53.489-04:00Comments on Imperfectly Painted: Talk it Out Tuesday: The never-ending Swatch-a-thonStephanie Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04600557762841800023noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-29393027671825024022012-08-01T19:30:30.618-04:002012-08-01T19:30:30.618-04:00Forty plus polishes swatched? OH MY GOODNESS! That...Forty plus polishes swatched? OH MY GOODNESS! That speaks volumes about your commitment and passion. Good for you! :D That's very impressive!Maryhttp://twitter.com/SwatchAndLearnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-70106385631931573842012-08-01T19:27:59.855-04:002012-08-01T19:27:59.855-04:00Holy smokes, Steph! That's a lot of work swatc...Holy smokes, Steph! That's a lot of work swatching for so long - you are such a hard worker and as readers, we really appreciate it. Your nails always look stellar!<br /><br />I actually can't swatch nail polish bottle after bottle. I just try to photograph my manicure in the day(s) that I'm wearing a colour or design. Kudos to you, though! (That pile of polish in your photo is awesome, by the way!)Maryhttp://twitter.com/SwatchAndLearnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-25002401470757275222012-07-21T11:49:11.900-04:002012-07-21T11:49:11.900-04:00Oh man... I'm forever behind on swatching. I&#...Oh man... I'm forever behind on swatching. I've actually imposed a "limited buy" on myself so I can swatch and enjoy the polish I have now-- more than enough to fill my blog by all reasonable limits! Basically, I swatch a bunch of polishes (on the weekends) so I have content to put on my blog and then change my polish several times during the week to I can enjoy them full force. Sometimes if I choose a random polish I haven't swatched yet, I will take photos so I can put it on my blog.Cat Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-41748790702454255642012-07-19T09:35:38.012-04:002012-07-19T09:35:38.012-04:00I really don't "swatch" often at all...I really don't "swatch" often at all. If I do, it's for a review of an entire collection. I'm usually wearing what I post or I just took it off. I don't know how you all do it. I'm usually wiped out by about the 3rd polish when trying to swatch. I also feel like I'm disrespecting the polish when I don't actually wear it...at least for a day. LOL! It would be helpful to have a vault of photos though for blogging purposes.KayJay at Refined & Polishedhttp://www.refinedandpolished.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-6004117531677031322012-07-19T05:58:25.090-04:002012-07-19T05:58:25.090-04:00Wow. I'm clearly very lazy! But my whole point...Wow. I'm clearly very lazy! But my whole point with starting a blog was to record my actual manicures so what I post does tend to be what I'm actually wearing, or was wearing. Blogging for me is just a bit of fun. I can't imagine swatching 30 polishes in one day. It'd kill me :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00210789111054960452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-82605721585282252332012-07-19T05:23:22.026-04:002012-07-19T05:23:22.026-04:00I'm always trying to swatch when I change my p...I'm always trying to swatch when I change my polish but I end up doing them the way you do it. It's daunting but I love swatching days and well, I've swatched 40+ in a go before and I was exhausted after!nat_elocinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-29332766010721519812012-07-18T15:03:20.442-04:002012-07-18T15:03:20.442-04:00I actually never do swatches besides polish I rece...I actually never do swatches besides polish I receive for review, and almost every blogpost is a manicure I have worn recently! The downside to it is I do not have a "vault" like most bloggers do and can't post ahead that far :(.Deborahhttp://www.lovevarnish.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-88552705062819315082012-07-18T14:55:46.208-04:002012-07-18T14:55:46.208-04:00Personally, I do not do swatch-fests. I like to ju...Personally, I do not do swatch-fests. I like to just wear it. I tried doing swatching, and it just did not work for me. But to each their own, of course! :) If I want to test out layering, etc, I do it on a nail wheel. <br /><br />I paint my nails every day. However, I do NOT post them in order. Most of my stuff is at least a week "behind", and not in the order I wore it. I paint my nails at night before bed, take indoor flash + non-flash pics, then in the morning before I leave for work I snap a sun pic. A nice little routine that works well for me, but obviously may not work for everyone. <br /><br />I have started getting quite a bit of PR stuff and I am feeling the pressure to get those done! But, as I tell them straight up, I wear the polishes not swatch (I thought I would try the idea of swatching then wearing later; it doesn't work for me personally), and I will post my reviews one at a time, not all at once. Most have had positive reaction to it, whew! <br /><br />I keep my untrieds in a big drawer of my Alex unit (and now in a box, as the drawer is full - eeeeek!) so I choose from those before anything else. I think it is great when an individual can find something that works for them! :)Tara @ Polishy of Truthhttp://polishyoftruth.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-47475155808461980432012-07-18T14:53:18.693-04:002012-07-18T14:53:18.693-04:00I have yet to figure out a system and my blog is s...I have yet to figure out a system and my blog is suffering for it. I'm going to do a 30 day challenge next month and since I have today off of work and it's semi-sunny outside, I'm hoping to do some of that to have done ahead of time. I'm tight for money right now so I rarely get anything new but since I have around 500 polishes I need to just start swatching things I already have. Otherwise, if I do a mani that I really like I will take pics of it and write a post about it at some point.Rebecca Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-23477604448115178142012-07-18T02:55:15.850-04:002012-07-18T02:55:15.850-04:00I just post whatever I am wearing that day.I just post whatever I am wearing that day.TikiBarbiehttp://tikibarbie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-48517608303660539752012-07-18T02:00:27.838-04:002012-07-18T02:00:27.838-04:00I think you need to be inspired to do swatches - s...I think you need to be inspired to do swatches - so when the weather is right and everything else falls in place, I often do (or used to) swatchatons - I would not be able to say you do 6 tomorrow, 6 the days after either.<br />But after I began to do new nail art basically every day swatches kind of lost their magic - not other bloggers, I do love those - but my own, so I rarely get around to do on nails swatches. I have a folder full of swatches to post, but they seem to come no further LOL Recently I started showing polishes on swatch sticks on the bottle, this way I can magnify and color correct so that the finished result is pretty color accurate on a calibrated screen...Marias Nail Arthttp://mariasnailpolishblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-89442317008330814362012-07-17T22:27:42.130-04:002012-07-17T22:27:42.130-04:00before i change my mani everyday. lol but when the...before i change my mani everyday. lol but when the time i became busy of school projects, i rarely blog and swatch polishes, so i have lots of untrieds polishes till now.. lol<br />by the way i am having a BLOG SALE now. You can check it sweetie :) aileenmecinahttp://twitter.com/aileenmecinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-48552153720682175532012-07-17T21:57:49.964-04:002012-07-17T21:57:49.964-04:00I am still at the point where I change my polish d...I am still at the point where I change my polish daily. So usually what is on my blog is the shade I am wearing. I have never done a swatch-a-thon like you do. But I remember you mentioning this before and thought it was really interesting and sounded tiring! I don't get any polishes for review, so what I am wearing each day is what I have in my collection. I don't really have a rhyme or reason to what I will wear except when I am doing a challenge or on Friday Favorites with a Flair post. I saw someone above mention putting a sticker on the top of the ones that were swatched....VERY good idea. I keep pulling out the same ones and thinking "oh shoot, I already did that one". I paint my nails at night when the kids go to bed and I am watching my favorite DVR'd shows. I LOVE that time of the day....I look forward to it every night. I think my eyes would go buggy if I swatched that many at a time! And trying to get the right picture of each one???? youch! Great job - you have an awesome blog!Essie Rae Iheartprettypolishhttp://www.facebook.com/iheartprettypoolish.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-90182919822405730552012-07-17T21:55:35.603-04:002012-07-17T21:55:35.603-04:00I have so many pictures of manis that I wore, but ...I have so many pictures of manis that I wore, but never post about. The only time I maybe have on the same color is if it's for a challenge, and even then I try to be ahead of schedule. I like to wear it first, then give my opinion later. Sometimes I take the pictures and I don't remember what color it was, so now I take pictures of the name so I know. I used to separate my polishes but I got them mixed up, so I'll have to go through them again :(Brianna Butlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-86825037573815394322012-07-17T21:21:26.586-04:002012-07-17T21:21:26.586-04:00that's what i do too! it makes it so much eas...that's what i do too! it makes it so much easier for me. i also have a certain color sticker for good stamping polishes and good water marbling polishes. i showed them in my stash post.Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-16093318156118386012012-07-17T21:06:25.956-04:002012-07-17T21:06:25.956-04:00That's a great idea! I need to do that. There ...That's a great idea! I need to do that. There are some polishes I need to re-swatch for my blog, because I swatched them way early on in my blogging and they were not the best photos. That's a whole other project I have to consider! imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-5128808617751741822012-07-17T21:05:36.635-04:002012-07-17T21:05:36.635-04:00I've done the opposite of you. I used to do my...I've done the opposite of you. I used to do my nails every day before nail blogging, and now I've switched to 2-3 times a week. It seems counter-productive huh? I just have less free time now than I used too, so I try to plan ahead! imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-44808742438907521172012-07-17T21:04:36.441-04:002012-07-17T21:04:36.441-04:00Well, lol the 7 hour shift happens maybe once ever...Well, lol the 7 hour shift happens maybe once every 3-4 months. When I don't procrastinate I can usually do them all in 3 hours, which I'm sure is crazy to some too! I think I have a fear of running out time and in turn not having stuff to post, so I just do it this way.imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-72527262702823839942012-07-17T21:03:14.038-04:002012-07-17T21:03:14.038-04:00The majority of the stuff I swatch isn't PR :-...The majority of the stuff I swatch isn't PR :-/. I think my use of the word swatch is probably not correct. I do a lot of swatches in one sitting, but the polishes I swatch do get worn later on. If I had more time I'd probably spread my manicures and swatches out more, but I like my set up for now. I really like to have posts daily, and I think my fear is I won't have anything to show at some point , so I like to plan ahead. imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-75810562635582023322012-07-17T21:00:08.606-04:002012-07-17T21:00:08.606-04:00Sounds good to me. The way you do makeup looks is ...Sounds good to me. The way you do makeup looks is how I do my nail polish. I like to have a stash of stuff to choose from later to post on!imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-20585918740955950972012-07-17T20:59:14.496-04:002012-07-17T20:59:14.496-04:00I would find it rare that a nail blogger would be ...I would find it rare that a nail blogger would be wearing the swatched polish the same day as it is posted. Same with FOTD and OOTD. I don't think there's any deception. <br /><br />I have two boxes, not counting one full of glitters, that are the to be swatched pile. It grows and I doubt I'll ever see them cleared out. Swatching PR stuff is my first priority too.Kimberlyhttp://libbyspinkvanity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-77596339548708416772012-07-17T20:55:29.188-04:002012-07-17T20:55:29.188-04:00Most of the stuff I swatch are not PR samples. Maj...Most of the stuff I swatch are not PR samples. Majority of stuff is purchased. I like to have a variety of options as far as blog posts go and I like to pre-plan to save time. I don't see it as wasteful because even if I'm just swatching the polish then, it does get worn at some as a full manicure later on. I certainly wouldn't be a nail blogger if I wasn't wearing and enjoying my polish too! imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-14790566844811236082012-07-17T20:49:57.425-04:002012-07-17T20:49:57.425-04:00That's a good idea to read during that. I woul...That's a good idea to read during that. I wouldn't of though of that. I definitely like the idea of having a lot of stuff I can choose from to post on. That's why I do these swatch-a-thons. imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-36558733167584309282012-07-17T20:47:54.346-04:002012-07-17T20:47:54.346-04:00I actually do get what you're saying. It is fu...I actually do get what you're saying. It is fun to have a whole stash of stuff you get to try at once, especially when you have variety of finishes and colors. It can be daunting too, but the process in the end is rewarding and relaxing. imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464987304149443821.post-28966677894976368742012-07-17T20:38:52.970-04:002012-07-17T20:38:52.970-04:00It really does take up a lot of time, but at least...It really does take up a lot of time, but at least it's spend doing something I like. imperfectpaintnoreply@blogger.com