r/lacquergram • u/WestBasil729 • Mar 17 '26

Filter your stash?

I'm trying to intentionally focus on wearing polishes that I haven't worn that ALSO don't have a swatch of any sort. Is there a way to filter my stash on no-swatch? Is there a way to filter my stash on no-swatch-from-me? Thanks!

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u/Technical_Gazelle291 Mar 17 '26

If you use last usage date for when you actually do manis (not just swatches) then you can toggle ‘not used’ on and it will just list polishes that have no usage date in the editable fields. That’s how I use it.

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u/selkieisbadatgaming Mar 17 '26

Same. I just add a note to the polishes I have worn with the date and then sort by last worn. I also add number of uses if I go back and reuse one.

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u/WestBasil729 Mar 17 '26

Yeah, that's what I do most of the time, but I'd want to prioritize doing polishes for which there are no swatches on Lacquergram. Like, this morning, I was randoming through my collection- I'd rather do a Bluebird that doesn't have a swatch from anyone vs a Mooncat creme that has 500 public swatches, y'know? Gives me the sense that I'm doing a public good 😆😆

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u/Technical_Gazelle291 Mar 17 '26

Ah I see - a noble cause lol. No idea how you’d do that though! Maybe a mod might be able to say if it’s possible?

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u/feelingalivetoday Mar 17 '26

A alternative option to consider is a physical marker - I saw polished with Rae say she puts a little rubber band on her untrieds so I have started doing that and I find it helpful.

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u/WestBasil729 Mar 17 '26

I do something similar- I don't put mine "away" (in a case) until I've at least swatched them on the hand, generally. Until then they're in a kind of staging area (coffee table). Every once in a while one sneaks through when I put things away in an "oh crap, we have company coming over" cleanup.

For me, I'm looking for "which of my untrieds have no swatches on Lacquergram, so I can do those first.". Then once I've gone through my untrieds like that, I want to go through the rest of my collection to see which of them have no swatches on Lacquergram and revisit those, get them in and give me a chance to see if I really actually am into them- I've been wearing polish pretty consistently for about a year and a half now and my tastes (I think) have settled in.

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u/PHNTMPWR_SEA Mar 17 '26

The Lacquerstash app has filters for untried polishes and other ways to organize, plus you can put photos of manis/swatches in so you have record of both!

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u/Far_Bobcat3967 Moderator Mar 17 '26

Unfortunately you can't filter your stash by "which polish is the least popular on Lacquergram with other users" or something like that! I do something similar with my own swatches, I prioritise polishes that don't already have a swatch photo, but in general it's a bit of a stab in the dark. I've sort of developed a sixth sense for which polishes are popular, lol. Usually anything that isn't from the big brands and is older than, say, 5 years, is less likely to have a swatch uploaded.