Etude House Play Nails Masterpost (WARNING: Photo Heavy!)

Hello again everyone! Today I'll be talking about the Korean brand Etude House's nail polishes; which are called Play Nails.

*DISCLAIMER*: Please do not use my photos without giving credit or without my permission.

All my babies lined up and neat... I didn't have the heart to throw them back in my drawers :(

All the swatch will be applied live on this video below:

One of the problem that I found is that Etude House uses a different name for different types of nail polishes compared to the regular brands. To help you, I have a list of the 'dictionary':

• P 페랑트 = Paint

Paint means that the color is opaque in just one coat. But in my experience, even the nail polishes labeled as P can definitely use a second coat to even out the nail polishes.

• J 젤리 = Jelly

Jelly means that the polish needs 2-3 coats to reach opacity, and yes, their formula is actually creamy, not jelly.

• Y 요거트 = Yoghurt

Yoghurt nails means crelly glitter, like China Glaze It's A Trap-eze.

• G 글리터 = Glitter

Pretty self explanatory, right?

• S 쉬머링 = Shimmer

This is where it gets confusing, Etude House provides 2 types of nail polish with the 'S' code. One is a shimmer, and another one is Syrup.

• S 시럽  = Syrup

Syrup right here is what us normal people call 'Jelly', which means that it's sheer and squishy!

• PG 펄글리터  = Pearl Glitter

Pearl Glitter in this context means opaque creamy nail polish that has glitters/shimmers throughout.

• NG 네은글리터 = Neon Glitter

Neon Glitter. Pretty self explanatory.

• H 흘로그렘 = Hologram

Another self-explanatory code.

• L 레더 = Leather

Leather = texture. 

• PS 펄시럽 = Pearl Syrup

Jelly polish with shimmers.

• N 네은  =  Neon

Obviously, neon means neon.

See the swatches of my Etude Play Nail collection after the jump!

*Note: all the swatches are done with 2 coats of the nail polish over bare nails unless stated otherwise.

Starting from the Play Nail Daily Color (Their core collection, that consist of 130 nail polishes...) :

#44, Jelly.

#50, Syrup.

#60, Neon

#63, Pearl Syrup

#64, Paint

#68, Paint

#69, Paint

#84, Jelly

#85, Paint

#95, Jelly

#102, Glitter

#107, Shimmer

#122, Glitter

#128, Pearl Glitter

#129, Yoghurt

#130, Yoghurt

 Limited Edition Nail Glitter Collection (I forgot the official name, damn you Etude for creating too many collections!)

#147, Glitter

#150, Yoghurt

#151, Glitter

#155, Glitter

 Sweet Sweater Limited Edition (Winter 2013 collection, read more here.):

#177, Glitter

#179, Glitter

#181. It dries to a texture so it kinda looks gritty, Pearl Glitter

 I have a review for this one right here.

#182. Same texture as #181, Glitter

 Campus Runway (Summer Neon 2014 Collection):

#209, Glitter

Melting Summer Nails (Summer 2014 Collection, read more here.):

#230, Glitter


Zoom in The Zoo (Fall 2014 Collection, read more here.) :

#279, Pearl Glitter

#280, Paint

#297, Leather

#297, with 1 coat of Seche Vite topcoat

Arctic Aurora Colors Collection (Winter 2014):

#300, Hologram

#301, Shimmer

#302, Hologram

Extra 2 nail polishes that has no numbers because they were packaged as a set of 2 with a bonus of sticker/water decals:

Princess Happy Ending Belle #01

Princess Happy Ending Belle #2