It’s Memorial Day and that means you can start trying to wrap your head around the fact that summer is almost here. While you’re doing that, your next logical thought should be: “What nail polish should I be wearing now?” We already told you about some spring nail polish collections (here and here) but sort Read more →
When it starts to get really cold, the only thing we can think about is warmth. And the sun. And color. While we can’t have the first two quite yet, cosmetics companies are meeting our need for the third: The spring nail polish collections are here! (Or will be very soon.) While there were a lot of neutral nails on spring runways, it seems like color for real-life nails is going nowhere. From bright pastels to shocking neon, we’re happy that nails aren’t going to be so serious this season.
Click through to see our ten favorite shades from the collections.
It’s officially chilly out, so that means it’s time to start thinking about your holiday nail wardrobe (yes, you need a holiday nail wardrobe). While red is obviously a classic (and look how amazing it is on Karlie Kloss in Dior’s beauty holiday campaign), and we’ve been wearing a lot of it this fall, there are tons of other offerings out there. From pearly neutrals to metallics to the highest concentration of glitter you’ve ever seen, you are a complete Grinch if you can’t find something suitable.
Click through to see all the little bottles we hope to find in our stockings this year.
What we actually want to wear on our nails and what we just like to look at on other people’s nails are two very different things sometimes. The nail artistry at this week’s New York fashion week actually veered both ways for us this season.
While nudes are still a thing, and orangey poppy reds (see Jason Wu) had a strong showing, there were a few surprises, too. Manicurist Jin Soon Choi told us backstage at Alexander Wang to watch for super dark colors (not very spring-like) mixed with brights–for example a mixed mani/pedi. She also said that bright colors with a 70s feeling like purple and turquoise would be big come spring.
The established designers went fairly minimal with makeup and nails this season, but we love that indie designers (and Betsey Johnson, of course!) are still taking nail risks.
Butter London is a high-end range of nail colors; the company works closely with designers and stylists to formulate new colors every season for runways and editorials. Some of these then get produced for us mortals to wear. And who can forget “No More Waity, Katie,” the color released to celebrate Kate Middleton’s exciting engagement Read more →
Brits are really good at coming up with snarky nicknames. “Waity Katie” was the moniker bestowed on Kate Middleton by the British press because this royal proposal was eight years in the making.
While everything from condoms to dish towels have been made to commemorate the royal nuptials, none are as fun as a good nail polish. Butter London has just released a nail lacquer in Kate’s honor, called “No More Waity, Katie.” It’s a greige base sprinkled liberally with lilac glitter. While we’re not sure that Kate herself will be rocking this glittery confection, it’s a really fun and spring-y color, well-suited to a pedicure.
In addition to courting future royalty, Butter–whose nail lacquer formulas are all formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP free–has had quite a presence on catwalks lately, having done custom nails for the girls at Vena Cava, Alexander Wang, Calvin Klein, Betsey Johnson, Yigal Azrouel, and Christian Cota.
