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20 nail products you’ll love for Valentine’s Day 2025
‘Tis the season of love, so we’ve rounded up 20 love-ly nail products – from gel polishes to nail lacquers and glitter – that will set hearts aflutter this Valentine’s Day…
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Why Glasgow? Founder of nail company, House of NAF! shares heritage & success story
Glasgow-based House of NAF! is the umbrella company of the multi award-winning NAF! Salon, NAF! School, and hand & skincare product lines, NAF! Stuff and NAF! Professionals. Founded by manicurist, Tammy Koslowski, in 2015, NAF! has become a renowned destination for clients seek quality beauty services, products and education, and…
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How a Scottish inventor & son created a product nail enthusiasts can’t live without
Have you ever damaged a nail opening a can, prying open the clips of photo frames or opening keyrings? It’s these nuisances that led husband and son duo, Brian and Gregor Eadie, to create Keysie: a handy device to save nails from unnecessary damage. It was Gregor who approached his…
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Scratch chats to entrepreneurs Tianna, Taja, Ty, and Toi, the four sisters behind the Florida based nail brand IV KULTURE, about how they are making changes in the Black nail tech community and why they created The 2% Black Nail Tech Initiative… How did your business journey begin? We started…
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The best ideas can come in the unlikeliest of places. For Lisbet Sandland and Carli Woolley, founders of The Cuticle Oil Company, it was on a wet and windy day in 2019, while waiting for their children in front of the school gates, that the idea for their business venture…
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Working on tiny canvasses requires attention to detail & plenty of great lighting. But which lamp suits your nail tekking needs? Brighten your setup with a focus on the offerings from Daylight Company, founded in 1987 to help improve your work performance and efficiency… THE SLIMLINE Available as a table…
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Scratch’s Emma reminisces on the OPI Nail Lacquer shades that remind her of relationships, summer holidays and job interviews… The shade that reminds me of my relationship: Tickle My Francey This shade was gifted to me by my ex’s mum back in 2015, who absolutely loved doing her nails. She…
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Here at Scratch, we love a beautiful coffee table book, especially with the pandemic providing ample amounts of time to relax at home.. We’ve swotted up on the best beauty books that will not only look stunning on your coffee table or in your reception area, but will provide you…
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Nellie Rose is a hand, nail & foot brand founded by Rosie Knapper, a beauty professional from Cheshire who also runs a successful lash and brow ‘one stop shop’ and training school, Flutterby Beauty Training. The pandemic spurred Rosie on to develop her own product range, after Covid-19 restrictions forced…
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