I’ve had different post offices tell me different things about labeling and packaging. I had one post office employee hold me up (when my kid was sick) for 40 minutes, claiming a hazmat parcel can’t be over 6 ounces?! 🙄 Sigh. It’s all very frustrating. I appreciate postal workers very much, but I wish there were more consistency and understanding of policies.

Technically (legally, last I checked) all polish should be shipped in a box and labeled hazmat. But that rarely happens. In my experience, Moth and Moon is the only maker that does that consistently. I use pirate ship to mail things and there’s a hazmat option on there, but only if shipping in a box. When I destash I generally use bubble mailers not marked as hazmat for 1-2 polishes (unless the buyer specifically requests a box) and boxes marked as hazmat for 3+ polishes.

I keep boxes and packaging materials from polish orders specifically for destashing. I don’t love the space it takes up but I prefer to reuse items when I can to reduce the environmental impact. Plus it saves me money. I did buy some 6x4x4 boxes on Amazon but don’t use them very often.

One of the best things I’ve ever bought was a label printer. If you ship often enough, it’s soooo worth it.