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BUTTERED UP

I just found out about a nail salon called Butter London. They make nail polish in fun shades and are known for having salons in airports and not using any toxins in their products. Lucky for me, they've just opened one up in Dulles Airport in D.C.

The website is gorgeous (love the crow in the crown!), but I can't figure out if they're actually a British company and have salons IN London. The founder is from Seattle and most of the salons are in Washington. In any case, this is the description of Butter London from the site:

butter LONDON is famous for two things: Our rapidly growing chain of airport nail salons, and our stunning, non-toxic product line. Our stores are like no nail salon you could ever imagine, with huge black chandeliers, nail stations hand-made by carpenters, and privately commissioned wallpaper from a famous British company. You might expect to pay a fortune for a treatment at one of our stores, but our manicures are $20, and pedicures only $40!

Trends

CHIPPED CHIC

Remember when ripped jeans and stockings were considered edgy? Now chipped nail polish is the latest low-maintenance fashion trend. The New York Times reports that the trend isn't just being embraced by the under 21 crowd.

According to Ji Baek, owner of The Rescue Beauty Lounge, a lot of high fashion women are “wearing perfectly-tailored clothes, they have $5,000 bags and equally fabulous shoes, but their nails are chipped and they’re saying, ‘I don’t care.’ They don’t want to be too perfect.” But, she noted, their polish “is so perfectly chipped.” This trend works in my favor since my nails are usually flecked with five-day-old polish.

THAT GIRL IS POISON

Dior has released a limited edition nail polish only available at Sephora. Dior Vernis Long-Wearing Nail Lacquer is now available in "poison blue," which was inspired by his fragrance, Midnight Poison. The color looks gorgeous and like it would work well with almost any skin tone. It's pricey, however, at $19 a bottle.