The big mistake nail students make on a training course

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Are you about to take the leap into the nail industry, or are you signing up to learn a new service? Hannah Garbett, educator at Staffordshire Nail Academy and distributor of Astonishing Nails products, warns of the key mistake students make on their journey… Signing up for your first nail course to begin your new…

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Ensure optimum hygiene in the salon with these tips

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Jenn Linton and Jaye Macdonald, co-directors of Aberdeen-based salon Linton & Mac, share their tips for ensuring a spick and span salon for clients and a safe place to work for you… “Maintaining a safe, secure and hygienic salon is super important, not only for your staff, but for any visitors or clients, too. Since salons use products and…

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Add strength to nails & extend with Halo’s brush-on Easi-Build

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Create natural-looking, strong enhancements with Easibuild by Halo – now available in 8ml sizes alongside the original 15ml sizes.  The brush-on builder gel boasts easy application without the need for primer. EasiBuild is UV and LED compatible, curing in just 60 seconds in a 36W LED lamp. Four nude and pink tones feature in the…

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Paris Fashion Week SS20: Pretty in Pink @ Ralph & Russo

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Nailist, Nickie Rhodes-Hill, who scooped the Scratch Star for Session Stylist of the Year in 2018 & 2019, headed to Paris Fashion Week with a team of techs to prepare models for the spring/summer 2020 Haute Couture Ralph & Russo showcase. Here, she reveals the backstage story… “My team and I jumped on the first…

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Expert advice: Nail salon risk assessments

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Use the post-Christmas lull to ensure your business is up-to-date with health & safety practises and procedures. Here, Beverly Coleman, nail tech and NEBOSH qualified health & safety advisor, offers her tip for ensure your risk assessments are tip top… “Helping to preventing accidents and ill-health in the salon setting needn’t be a difficult task,” states…

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3 things to consider if you want to ‘go mobile’

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Sharon Sandhu, category manager for nails at Salon Services UK & Ireland, serves up some top tips if you’re considering making the move to a mobile way of working… Have you been pondering or planning your next career move? Some of you may be thinking of ‘going mobile’ – and while the solo adventure isn’t…

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Indulge feet with Urea range from LCN

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Keep toes tip top during the colder months with LCN’s range of urea-infused foot care. The range sees a variety of products, all featuring urea to offer moisture and care for very dry feet. The Foot Balm sees a fast absorbing formula with seven wild herbs extract and 25% urea for velvety soft feet. The Urea…

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NHBF explores what the Queen’s Speech means for salons

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The Queen has outlined the government’s plans for future legislation with over 30 Bills to be introduced by this Parliament. Topics include Brexit, immigration, the environment, infrastructure, tips, education and training; as well as the government’s plans to increase the National Living Wage (NLW) and reform business rates. Here, the NHBF highlights how the plans…

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How to succeed in the run-up to Christmas

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Sharon Sandhu, Category Manager for Nails at Salon Services UK & Ireland, explores key pointers to ensure you stay on top of your game this festive season… With so many festive parties, meals and get-togethers happening over the Christmas period, nail salons are undoubtedly seeing a rise in bookings as people look to glam up…

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Furious Filer scoops top spot in OPI nail art competition

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Marta Nagorska of Furious Filer has been awarded the top spot in an OPI nail art competition. The competition, which was run in conjunction with the Wella Trend Vision Awards, invited nail artists to create a design that represented OPI’s 2019 colour palette and current trends. Designs were to be created using OPI nail products…

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BeautyLab ensures HDTV-ready skin for X Factor: Celebrity finalists

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Skincare brand, BeautyLab, returned to the set of the X Factor for another year to tend to the complexions of this year’s X Factor: Celebrity contestants. The brand, which has partnered with the show for a number of years, reveals the skincare journey of the celebs involved… So, another X Factor series is over. As the show’s…

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Dealing with staff absences

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As we head into one of the busiest times of the year, do you know how to deal with staff absences? Tina Beaumont-Goddard, National Hair & Beauty Federation‘s director, serves up some advice… Your employees may be off work for a wide range of reasons, and you’ll need to understand what the law says about their rights and…

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How to become a Crystal Nails UK educator

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Timea Berridge, nail technician and now Crystal Nails UK educator for Nottingham, shares her experience of the brand’s educator course… “Hi, my name is Timea and I have been working as a nail technician for a number of years. After seeing the opportunity to become a Crystal Nails UK educator, I decided to go on…

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