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Feb 15, 2011 in Hair & Beauty

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Shown above: Butter London nail polish: Tramp Stamp, Floral Orange, and Royal Navy

Day one of New York Fashion Week for Fall 2011, and I'm chasing down live streams of as many fashion shows as I can [see Twitter for live tweets].

While I was waiting patiently for the Vena Cava fashion show somehow I clicked around and found that the Beauty Counter blog at style.com had already posted the Vena Cava backstage 411 for Fall 2011 Nail Trends fresh from Butter London's founder Nonie Creme.

When I first looked at the picture I thought, "Oh, rubber bands? 90's grunge, that's sorta cool." Then as I read on it gets even better - it's nail polish "finger bands"! Genius. Now I love this.

As many good nail polish brands are, Butter is 3-Free. Which means no nasty stuff - aka no formaldehyde, toluene, and phthalates go into the formula or on your nails/skin; making is totally safe to slather your self in Butter.

So how do you get the DIY look from the tents, while the look may only last about 24 hours according to Nonie, follow her simple advice for easy application:

"The trick to proper application is keeping minimal product on your brush and swiping acetone across desired areas before decorating."

source: Beauty Counter, style.com

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So that is nail polish painted on the finger, right? Report Spam Posted by x0xsharicex0x at 3:32 PM on 02/15/11
interesting Report Spam Posted by sweeetkristen at 3:36 PM on 02/15/11
Heh. Looks like a temporary tattoo. Kind of a fun look. Report Spam Posted by cristina at 3:55 PM on 02/15/11
I love that that 3-free nail polishes are more available than ever (the sad thing is that most people have no idea what that means or just don't care)-- thanks for mentioning it! I'm not sure I would wear nail polish on my skin, but thanks for sharing anyway! :) Report Spam Posted by bellitude at 4:49 PM on 02/15/11
I sort of want to try this! Fun! Report Spam Posted by triplyksis at 5:11 PM on 02/15/11
interesting... Report Spam Posted by low_profile at 5:17 PM on 02/15/11
Well pass the butter please! Sorry, just had to say that. Sounds much cool that it's safer polish, and looks like fun. Report Spam Posted by markblemish at 5:48 PM on 02/15/11
Hmmm, interesting. I would try it :) Report Spam Posted by soofaye at 6:49 PM on 02/15/11
Hum, isn't that interesting! I hope somebody tries it am curious to see how it goes, thanks for passing along! Report Spam Posted by kshoffman at 7:37 PM on 02/15/11
glad it is safe,but not impressed....sorry,but thanks for sharing Report Spam Posted by artisangoods at 8:17 PM on 02/15/11
To echo everyone else... interesting. You're right, they do look like rubber hair ties.... not really seeing the whole nail polish aspect of this trend. Report Spam Posted by londonrain at 5:49 AM on 02/16/11
kind cool. reminds me of michael jackson's tape fingers. Report Spam Posted by hollywallygator at 11:42 AM on 02/16/11
haha I feel like people create the most random ideas. This is pretty random but I can see it getting really big. And tons of celebs will start doing it. I'll remember I saw it here first! Report Spam Posted by stelllar at 12:29 PM on 02/16/11
this is really cool - super unique Report Spam Posted by sweetshorty at 11:35 AM on 02/17/11
That looks pretty cool. I like to use nail polish remover with acetone in it but I think it's pretty funny that it's recommended that you coat it on your skin before applying the safe polish. Report Spam Posted by alicatstrut at 7:16 AM on 02/20/11
This is one of the best things I've seen. I WILL be DIYing. Report Spam Posted by miss_daphne at 2:28 AM on 02/22/11
@cristina , it does look like temporary tattoos, maybe that was the whole inspiration. hm@alicatstrust , you're right ha!@miss_daphne , I'm going to DIY it too. I'll let you know how it goes! Report Spam Posted by sacconway at 10:07 AM on 02/22/11
Might try this one!!! : } Report Spam Posted by kelsjax at 9:02 PM on 02/22/11