Is there anything more comforting than a slice of hot toast with lashings of butter? Butter is not only joy on a plate … we want butter soft skin, it’s on our lips and has smoothly claimed a spot in fashion and decor this season.
Optimistic. Uplifting. Radiant.
Butter and Sky is one of the four inspiring worlds in the Plascon Colour Forecast 2026. It’s a palette that invites serenity while inspiring optimism … airy, joyful and grounded in simple beauty. Blazing Sun brings the brightness of midday to interiors, infusing warmth and vitality, while Julia softens that energy with a buttery glow, perfect for creating inviting spaces that feel both comforting and contemporary. Get the look by pairing with Sapphire and Athena’s Dream, which evoke open skies and fresh air … crisp blues that lend depth and clarity to a scheme. Details: plasconcolour.co.za
Laguiole butter knife, R149 from @home 
Croissant butter dish, R159.99 from Mr Price Home
Sh’Zen Natural Tissue Oil Body Butter is a deeply nourishing, extra rich body butter created for the relief of taut and extremely dry skin. R329 from shzen.co.za
Kylie Skin Lip Butter is an ultra-hydrating, skincare-rich balm that instantly quenches dry, chapped lips in silky moisture, keeping them hydrated all day. R450 from superbalist.com • Palest butter yellow soft rib knit. R429 from H&M at superbalist.com
All the smoothness of butter … but 100 per cent cashew nuts. ButtaNutt Cashew Nut Butter is sweet and unbelievably creamy … use in smoothie bowls or with exotic curries. R89.95 from buttanutt.co.za
MaMere Salted Butter Caramel Spread is rich, sweet and salty. Use on cakes, dollop it on ice cream or simply dig in with a teaspoon and enjoy straight out of the bottle. R110 from mamere.co.za
Anna Stockwell says her book is her way of celebrating all the ways that butter makes life better, from enriching your hot morning toast to flavour-boosting a simple steak to ensuring your snack spread at the next cocktails party is a hit (everyone, she says, loves a butter board, and she tells you exactly how to make one). The Butter Book, designed to look like a block of butter, right down to the cloudy, wax paper book jacket, is full of buttery facts, collectible accessories, buying better butter, as well as instructions on how to make clarified and flavoured compound butters, and 10 of Anna’s favourite recipes that rely on and shine with the flavour of butter. Chronicle Books R410 from Takealot.
