The awesome awesome Stef recently flew to Korea to interview a pop star and she came back with a lot of goodies for me.
A lot.
It was her pasalubong slash Valentine’s gift.
Yes, Stef is crazy sweet.
She put together the perfect goodie bag – I loved every single thing in it.
She got me this chicken letter set. Yes, because I am turbochicken.
And rubber duck paper clips. Yes, I have a thing for rubber ducks too.
And chicken puffy stickers. Because I am obsessed with puffy stickers.
Baking and cooking-themed stickers. Yes, because I love baking and cooking.
And nail polish. Oh you know about that obsession.
These are awesome matte Etude House polishes. I didn’t even know Etude House made matte polish!
Here are three of the five shades in the Petite Darling Nails Matte Collection.
Stef chose the ones I loved – yes yes, she is amazing.
This is Cookies & Cream Gray.
This was two coats.
Tatin was right, it is the color of concrete.
This is Milky Way Purple.
It’s a cool taupe-y purple.
Sometimes it looks brown.
I love Cookies & Cream and Milky Way Purple but my favorite of the three is Java Blue.
It’s a deep deep blue.
What’s crazy about it is that in the bottle, it has a gorgeous blue shimmer.
The shimmer is so spectacular that you expect the polish to dry suede and not matte.
But no, it’s super matte and super pretty.
To show you the crazy shimmer, I put a top coat over Java Blue.
That’s two coats of Java Blue with one coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
How pretty is that?
The thing with matte polish is you have to be super fast when you paint your nails because it dries almost instantly. Clearly, I need more practice.
I’m not sure if these matte polishes are already available in Etude House branches in Manila. I hope they are – I know a lot of polish fans here have been wanting to get their hands on matte polish. I will find out later and post an update.
Thanks, Stefy. You are awesome.
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oh j’adore! (java blue!)
LOVE with top coat over. BLING!
Crazy right?
Love all those matte colors! I wish Etude House here will bring them in.
Waiting for Etude House to reply. I’m sure they will bring it in
They have to!
Pammy! Is Etude available locally?
Yes! Just waiting for confirmation if the matte shades are already available
They have a ton of other colors though! And super affordable!
Here are the list of branches: SM Megamall, Festival Mall, SM Makati Department Store, SM Manila, SM Pampanga, SM Fairview Department Store, Iloilo Mall, SM Cebu
Which reminds me, I should add this to my “where to buy” section
Hey Pam! Since you love matte nail polish, would you know where to buy the Orly matte top coat? My friend got hers at cosmetologie, and it turns almost any kind of glossy nail polish matte! I really want one (I have a feling you’d love it too!) but I have no idea where to get it! (cosmetologie finished yesterday!) Any suggestions?
Hey Audrey! I just checked with the Orly distributor – the matte top coat is available at Landmark Trinoma and in Makati. It will also be available at PCX branches soon! I hope you find a bottle!
I have a couple of matte top coats too – I have Claire’s Matte Top Coat (a gift from Sheila, a fellow polish addict) and Essie Matte About You (a gift from my brother! seriously! haha)
Why don’t you try Elianto? It’s also a Korean brand. It’s available in different SM dept stores.
I love this brand, plus TheFaceShop, and Etude House. 
I actually had a ton of Elianto colors before but they disappeared. I had a nail polish thief in the house. I still don’t know who took them. I think I have just a couple of bottles left na lang..
I should swatch Elianto soon. I wish the bottles were prettier lang..
Hi Pammy!:D I think these will be available by May but not quite sure though, let’s see
By the way, my fave among the three is Java Blue too 
Hey Golda!! I hope these become available soon! I want to complete my set!
And yes, Java Blue rocks!