Hailey Bieber’s Baby Shower Take on the Butter Yellow Manicure Trend Will Make You Melt

Hailey Bieber wears a butter yellow naked dress to her baby shower

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published 30 July 2024

The butter yellow nail polish trend hit like a storm. One day, we were chatting about bubble bath nails and their subdued pink and white prettiness. The next, Kendall Jenner, Selena Gomez, and Kelsea Ballerini whipped out Kerrygold-colored manicures. I was skeptical of the unexpected hue's spike in popularity—until Hailey Bieber embraced the butter yellow summer nail trend in all its glory. If history tells us anything (remember glazed donut manicures?), Bieber’s stamp of approval means everything to nail aficionados.

On Tuesday, July 30, the Rhode founder shared scenes from her butter yellow explosion of a baby shower on Instagram. Bieber wore a butter yellow naked dress by Jacquemus, ate some butter yellow cake, and even sported a butter yellow vintage hair scarf. The softest detail, however, was her pale yellow manicure, which signaled that the food-inspired hue is a new neutral capable of defying seasonal constraints. In fact, I suspect we’ll see the butter yellow nail hype carry into fall manicure trends. (Apologies to her previous farmers market nails, which didn't last the season after all.)

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“It’s the new nude,” Priscilla Nguyen, an Apres Nail Educator and Manicurist, previously told Marie Claire. “It has a pop of color without being so vibrant.” Its versatility is precisely what made it popular in the fashion world, with Sandy Liang opting to paint models’ nails in the cheery shade for her Fall/Winter 2024 Ready-to-Wear runway show.

Executing the trend in the real world is actually very approachable. Yellow surprisingly works with all skin tones and beautifully accents most clothing colors. The key to choosing the right shade is seeking out a tone with a high opacity and a subtle shimmer.

If you need a little inspiration to get started, shop my favorite butter yellow nail polishes below. Hailey Bieber would definitely approve—at least until she and go-to nail artist Zola Ganzorigt decide to switch up her manicure yet again.

Essie Yellows + Browns Nail Polish

ORLY Nail Lacquer

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri X Ring Pop Nail Polish Collection

Zoya Beachy Brights Neon Nail Polish Collection

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Samantha Holender is the Beauty Editor at Marie Claire, where she reports on the best new launches, dives into the science behind skincare, and shares the breakdown on the latest and greatest trends in the beauty space. She's studied up on every ingredient you'll find on INCI list and is constantly in search of the world's glowiest makeup products. She's constantly tracking the biggest nail and hair trends to pop up in the beauty space, going backstage during fashion weeks, tracking celebrity looks, and constantly talking to celebrity hair stylists, nail artists, and makeup artists. Prior to joining the team, she worked as Us Weekly’s Beauty and Style Editor, where she stayed on the pulse of pop culture and broke down celebrity beauty routines, hair transformations, and red carpet looks. Her words have also appeared on Popsugar, Makeup.com, Skincare.com, Delish.com, and Philadelphia Wedding. Samantha also serves as a board member for the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). She first joined the organization in 2018, when she worked as an editorial intern at Food Network Magazine and Pioneer Woman Magazine. Samantha has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. While at GWU, she was a founding member of the school’s HerCampus chapter and served as its President for four years. When she’s not deep in the beauty closet or swatching eyeshadows, you can find her obsessing over Real Housewives and all things Bravo. Keep up with her on Instagram @samholender.

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