DIY : My First Nail Art With Etude House
I documented my first ever attempt to do a nail art using Etude House Ice Cream Nail Polish. I am very late on trying out this brand. It has been around for months, and as my punishment for being late, I only had very few colors to choose from. Most of them are sold out, and now I’m sad because I don’t know where to find the other colors. I really really want to buy them all.
I learned this trick from Pinterest. It is very basic. Even the clumsiest girl can do it, with of course the help of adhesive tape. I used Etudes House’s Ice Cream Nail Polish in purple as my color base. I used their Sweet Dot Stick to draw the artsy details on my nails with my old metallic nail polish that i reviewed here.
Just follow the guide shown above. After you apply your base color, make sure that it is dry before doing anything else with it. Cut two pieces of invisible adhesive tape. Use them to form an inverted ” V ” / triangle shape on your nails. It is very important that they are sealed so lock it down tightly. This will serve as your guide in painting the triangle. Cover the area with the silver metallic nail polish. Let it dry and carefully remove the adhesive tape. This was the part where I felt like a kindargareten in art school. It was like a huge accomplishment haha.
Glide the tip of your sweet dot stick over the silver metallic nail polish brush to get a nice amount of color. Use the tip to draw a nice dot at the end of the triangle. I realized that the last picture above doesn’t really show the dot, but you can see it clearly on the pictures below. I only did the artsy details on my thumb and ring finger because I didn’t want the design to be too overwhelming, and partially because I was lazy to do it on all my nails, hope you like it though :)
My first impression on Etude House Ice Cream Nail Polish
This is the most adorable nail polish I have ever seen. It’s a beautiful pale purple / lavender color, which actually resembles the color of my bedroom wall, like it was painted with it. The consistency of the product is very nice. You get a nice amount of color with each stroke. Two coats were enough to produce an even color on my nails. I honestly cannot say anything about it’s durability and lasting power yet, because I just used it for the first time a few hours ago. But I’ll update this post when I find out.
Etude House Ice Cream Nail Polish ( Purple ) ★★★★★
Cost : PHP 128.00
The most adorable nail polish I have ever purchased. The packaging is enough reason for me to buy it. The nail polish itself is very rich in color and has a nice consistency. I love it so much, it made my first nail art memorable.
Etude House Sweet Dot Stick ★★★★★
Cost : PHP 128.00
I had a hard time finding a nail art tool like this at the malls. I searched for weeks and I was very happy to discover this sweet dot stick in Etude House. It does its job nicely, it’s easy to clean after each use, and it’s affordable.
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pictures by Shayne Naidas
80 Comments
That nail polish is so cute! I love what you have done with your nails here.
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cute nail art and ang nice nung pagka-lavender niya! I wish marunong akong gumawa niyan. hahaha!
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Wow, that is such a pretty shade of purple! Love it! I also think the ice creame cone bottle looks adorable :)
Great job on the nail art, Shayne!!
aww, so cute ^_~
Hi Shayne, thank you for sharing this tricks on doing the nail art, possible gawin ang two colors pala. Sayang, sana nakabili ako sa etude house nung nasa singapore ako. Ang galing,,, : )
I love the Etude House Ice Cream nail polishes. I reviewed the Sweet Recipe range a few months back. The 'cones' are just to-die for. xD The colour you've got there is beautiful and props on the simple but cute design.
That's the cutest nail polish bottle I have ever seen! You did an excellent job with your nail art! So cool that you can buy the little tool for the dot! Love it!
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Love this kind of nail arts!! That polish is too cute!!
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Oooh nice. Simple but it makes a statement. And the pink polish looks so neat, I've seen only messy swatches of EH so far.. huh.
Wow! Such a beautiful colour. I love pastels.
I also really like the bottle and how it's like a little icecream.
Great job need to try this method
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This is so cute! Love the shade of purple!
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Cutie color! I've been wanting to buy those nail polishes, too. :)
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very elegant nails Shayne! and wow, that's the cutest nail polish bottle I've ever seen! Etude House make the most adorable stuff :)
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love the color very pretty!
Thank u for adding me on Google! Love your blog, looks great! And what a sweet mani! The bottle is so cute.
What a sweet lavender shade, and that bottle is so cute! And thanks for the tips girlie, I never would have thought of using adhesive tapes!!
I love this color!! And the packaging of the nail polish is super cute :)
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I totally love the shape of this nailpolish <3 ;)
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Ohh I have this colour too!! I love the colour! So pretty and the formula is fantastic! Love the nail art btw! Eh? Is this really your frst nail art? It's so cute! You're off with a great start! ♥
I like the color and it looks pretty good product. From the brand name itself, you'll already know :))
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That's really cute :) The nail polish has an amazing color.
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thanks jac, it pretty simple but i like it a lot too :)
i agree! it's the exact color of my room haha. madali lang sya jenn try mo with adhesive tape, and if you do let me know how it goes :)
thank you duni! ^^ that's also my fave thing about this nail polish :)
thanks janet! ^^
haha yup. thanks giday, pwede ka kumuha ng silver nail polish din and pair it with the one you just bought na blue, i think bagay :)
thanks bethany :) i didn't want to overwhelm it esp since it was my first time. if i put too much color or design it will be very very visible haha. this was its easy to hide imperfections ^^ you prolly have most of their colors, im jelly :D
thank you karen :)i wanted to collect them all and just display it in my room. i hope etude house will release more colors of these soon :)
thanks :) will check out your blog in awhile. welcome to my blog alicia and sofia :)
tellie is a bit colorblind today :) its purple <3 thanks for noticing, i was going for simple and elegant look ^^
hi abigail! me too :) for nail polishes i find myself always grabbing pastel and neutral colors :)
thanks jackie :)
me too, it's one of my fave colors, also the color of my bedroom wall :)
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i agree! it's becoming dangerous for me to get inside their stores because i want to buy everything ^^
im glad you like it andy :)
thank you, i appreciate your kind words :)
you're welcome blair :) i learned those online as well, most of the tips & tricks on my blog i originally saw in pinterest. thanks for dropping by :)
me too! icecream cones <3 welcome to my blog :)
me too :) i wish they had more colors. i saw some colors with tiny little pieces of other colors in it but i prefer the plain ones :)
haha thank youuu :) it is my first time. it's very simple with adhesive tapes. someday i hope i can make nail arts like yours :)
hi em :) it is, also i didn't expect that it would be this good, since i'm new at trying out etude house. but so far i like it a lot. thanks for inviting me will check it out in awhile :)
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Very simple and elegant nail art. It fits your blog :)
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Haha that is one of the funniest nail polish bottles I've ever seen. I'm assuming it's an asian brand.
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I'm in love with your nail color right now. I've only been eyeing this color. I just knew it will be really pretty. You've applied it pretty well too. I've read some reviews on how messy this polish can get.
That nail polish bottle is too cute!
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This is adorable! I should find one of those dot making tools.
P.S. Your pictures are so pretty!
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thats gellie :D i think my blog is finally starting to have it's personal style. at first i had no idea what kind of things i want to write so it's a progress :)
hahaha yup your guess is correct :) welcome to my blog hannah
thanks Ile :) I didn't have a problem with application, the brush and consistency of this nail polish is quite good :D i hope you get a nail polish of this color soon :)
i agree ^^ welcome to my blog T!
thanks nikki :) the dotting tool is very useful. I actually look forward to doing a lot more designs with it. I hope you wont have a hard time finding it like I did :)
thanks thi lan, im glad you like it :) welcome to my blog!
The purple nail polish is adorable and so so pretty! I've had to restart my blog so would really appreciate it if you could check it out? Thank you so much if you do!
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I love that pretty nail color! It's such a sweet color for the summer!
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Your blog is so cute! And I love this tutorial.
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oh what happened? sure ill check out your blog in a short while. thanks chloe :)
i agree :) its not longer summer where i am but i still love wearing this color.
thanks angela, glad you find it useful :) will check out yours in a bit :)
OMG you have a blog pala! I love what you did here, it's so dainty and princessy. What is the brand of that tape you used? I've been trying to do tape manicures but it always gets messed up! (ie tumatagos yung polish sa ilalim ng tape)
Also, I didn't know EH had ice cream nail polishes outside of sweet recipe. MUST GET SOME!!
so cute! we love DIY nail art :)
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im glad you girls like it :) welcome to my blog :)
^^ welcome to my blog! Nakalimutan ko na ung brand but I bought it from Natl bookstore. That happened on my first try too. I had to press down the tape ng madiin talaga before applying tapos ok na :) I was also surprised to see plain colors, usually they have the ones with particles on it :)
So cute! ;)
hi isa, glad you like it :)
wow great tutorial
im generally not that creative with my nail polish but thanks for the inspiration ;)
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thanks lin and monica :) glad you like it!
Thanks for your comment on my blog :) :). Love this post, that nail polish is so cute, never seen one designed like that before and the shade looks great! Have given you a follow xx
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thank you louise <3 i really appreciate it :)
Great tutorial. Hadn't heard of it before. Looks great!
It's really cute and easy to do. The etude house nail polish is so cute <3
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yup they are the most adorable nail polish i have ever seen haha. thanks misa and welcome to my blog :)
This is so cute!
I love your blog. I'm a new follower anyway ;)
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