Kendall Jenner's Short Butter Yellow Nails are Deliciously Dainty
Butter yellow was the reigning color trend of 2024, but it's been holding strong in 2025 for a reason. There's something so sweet and summery about the pastel yellow shade, especially as a manicure color of choice. It's light enough to feel like a neutral, but has an unexpected whimsy that makes it stand out on tips and toes. Case in point: Kendall Jenner's new butter yellow nails, which are equal parts delicious and dainty.
There's been some shall-we-say “discussion” around nail length on TikTok, with Gen-Zers saying that long nails are “millennial coded” and short, square nails are more Gen Z. Jenner has worn both styles, but is currently embracing a shorter length. Manicurist Zola Ganzorigt, who also sculpts the nails of Jenner's sisters Kylie and Khloé and bestie Hailey Bieber, filed Jenner's nails into a short, soft rounded square shape, then applied the prettiest pale butter color to each finger. It's so simple, but so pretty—just like a stick of butter, but the super-fancy kind that they serve with a dusting of sea salt at expensive restaurants.
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Jenner isn't the only Kardashian-Jenner sister who has embraced butter yellow as of late. Earlier this summer, eldest sis Kourtney Kardashian found the cutest way to wear the shade, swapping the traditional white French tip for a creamy pastel yellow instead. Like her little sister, Kardashian opted for a shorter length.
Despite what the marketing calendar may tell you, there's still plenty of summertime left, which means there's plenty of time for a butter yellow mani of your own! If the pastel hue isn't your thing, try a vivid limoncello instead; it's like the outgoing older sibling of butter yellow, and one of our top summer color trends. Or pair butter yellow with the equally adorable polka dot nail trend for a manicure that feels like pure golden sunshine.
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