PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To not only form a coating film capable of maintaining adhesiveness without simply being peeled off in daily life but also to easily remove the coating film with a finger tip or the like without using an organic solvent when desired.SOLUTION: There is a provided a method for using a cosmetic which forms a coating film on nails with a cosmetic to decorate the nails, which comprises: a coating step of applying the cosmetic containing at least water, an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and a (meth)acrylate copolymer on the nails to form the coating film and a removing step of physically peeling off the coating film from the nails without using an organic solvent when removing the coating film.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】日常生活において簡単に剥離することなく接着性を維持できる塗膜をなすだけでなく、所望の際には有機溶剤を用いずに指先等で塗膜を簡単に取り外せるようにする。【解決手段】本願発明は、爪に化粧料で塗膜を形成し装飾する化粧料の使用方法であって、少なくとも水とエチレンビニルアセテートコポリマーと(メタ)アクリレートコポリマーとを含む前記化粧料を前記爪に塗布して前記塗膜を形成する被覆工程と、前記塗膜を除去する際に有機溶剤を用いることなく前記爪から前記塗膜を物理的に剥がす除去工程と、を備える。【選択図】図2