Kendall Jenner’s Butter Yellow Nails Are Serving “Expensive Stick of Butter” Energy

Kendall Jenner’s Butter Yellow Nails Are Serving “Expensive Stick of Butter” Energy

Kendall Jenner showing off short butter yellow nails in pastel manicure trend 2025

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Butter Yellow Nails 2025: Why This Sweet Shade Isn’t Going Anywhere

Butter yellow ruled 2024, but let’s be real—it’s not done with us yet. The pastel shade is still thriving in 2025, and Kendall Jenner just proved why. This dreamy manicure color feels like summer in a bottle—light enough to pass as a neutral but whimsical enough to make people say, “Wait… what shade is that?”

Her new nails? Pure sunshine, equal parts delicious and dainty, like a $20 artisanal butter dish at a Beverly Hills brunch spot.

The Great Nail Length Debate: Millennial vs. Gen Z Nails

TikTok, as always, is fighting. Apparently, long nails are “millennial coded” while short, square nails are very Gen Z. Kendall—ever the diplomatic middle child—has done both. But right now? She’s rocking a short, soft rounded square.

Her manicurist, Zola Ganzorigt (yes, the same hands behind Kylie, Khloé, and Hailey Bieber’s nails), shaped them to perfection before painting on that creamy pale butter shade. Simple. Chic. The manicure equivalent of quiet luxury.

The Exact Kendall Jenner Nail Color (So You Can Copy It)

In case you were wondering, Kendall’s buttery mani isn’t gatekept. The shade? OPI’s “Blinded by the Ring Light.” Translation: you can snag it for about $12 and join the butter brigade yourself.

“When she’s not working, Kendall loves to get fun colors, so we went with this soft butter yellow this time,” Ganzorigt told Allure. Consider this your permission slip to hit checkout.

The Kardashian Butter Nail Takeover

Of course, Kendall isn’t the only sister dipping her nails in butter. Kourtney Kardashian tried the pastel yellow twist on a French tip earlier this summer—and yes, it was chef’s kiss. Short nails, sunny shade, done.

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Butter Yellow Nails: The Trend That Won’t Melt Away

Here’s the tea: despite what the calendar says, summer isn’t over, babes. Butter yellow is still here, still thriving, and still waiting to be worn by you. If pastel feels too sweet, swap it for limoncello yellow (the sassy older sibling) or layer it with polka dots for a mani that literally screams “golden sunshine.”

Basically, butter yellow nails are like Kendall Jenner herself—effortless, chic, and never going out of style.

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