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Green Nails

50+ green nail designs that are trending right now

By Scratch Staff | 8 January 2025

Green nails have been dominating our Instagram feeds, and show no signs of going anywhere anytime soon! Check out our roundup of trending designs below…

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40+ gorgeous gold manicures for an opulent nail look

By Scratch Staff | 7 December 2024

Embrace the gold rush in the nail world with glittering accents and metallic colour-block finishes, offering eye-catching, opulent effects. We’ve rounded up 40 glistening gold nail designs below…

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Burgundy Nails

Burgundy nails are trending: here’s 16 manicures for inspiration

By Lilly Delmage | 4 November 2024

‘Tis the season for burgundy manicures: the deep purple-red colour which returns as a seasonal staple. As leaves start to fall, coffee shops bring out their festive beverages and knitted jumpers dominate clothing choices, it’s clear the cozy season, along with its rich, deep hues, is well underway. The burgundy…

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Butter Nails

Don’t miss out on the butter nails trend: here’s 31 designs for inspiration

By Lilly Delmage | 22 September 2024

You may be thinking the pastel yellow hue often coined the ‘butter nails’ trend may be more of a spring manicure preference. However, celebrities, including A-list singe Rihanna, courtesy of trusted tech @jennynails, have been rocking the look this autumn, so why can’t we? Check out our roundup of 31…

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Brat Green Nails

‘Brat’ green is summer’s latest colour trend: get involved with nail inspiration & products

By Rebecca Hitchon | 30 July 2024

Take a look at social media and it won’t be long before you are told that it’s a ‘brat summer’. Move over Barbie pink, summer 2024’s colour of the moment is ‘brat green’: a hue inspired by the release of British pop star, Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, Brat. Its…

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15 alternative Valentine’s Day nail looks

By Callie Iley | 28 January 2024

Fancy a darker nail design for Valentine’s Day? Fall in love with the dark side of nail styling with our roundup of 15 black Valentine’s nail looks…

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Blue abstract French tips

By Guest Writer | 14 January 2024

Glitterbels ambassador, Aimee Link of AllNails shows off how to create this cool-toned, trendy French design.   Products used: Brush On Builder in Cookie Cream Hema Free Gel Polish in Gentle White Hema Free Gel Polish in With A Bang Hema Free Gel Polish in White Hema Free Gel Polish…

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2024 trend: 65 blue nail design ideas to inspire manicures

By Scratch Staff | 13 January 2024

In the Pinterest Predicts report 2024, the image sharing platform notes that ‘fun blue nails’ searches have risen by 260% in recent months, and forecasts that blue beauty and nail looks will make a statement on all skin tones in 2024, causing beauty enthusiasts to be anything but blue! Let…

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NAIL EVENT: Nailympia London seminar, 28 July

By Helena Biggs | 25 July 2017

Are you thinking about stretching your nail skills and competing at Nailympia London 2017? Get your questions answered by a panel of experts, this Friday 28 July from 11-4pm. The panel includes Nailympia judges, Jacqui O’Sullivan, Alisha Rimando and Marian Newman, as well as organiser, Alex Fox of Scratch magazine.…

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SHOW OFF SHELLAC on new, stylish salon racks

By Helena Biggs | 25 July 2017

Show off your CND SHELLAC™ shades on a chic, eye-catching new rack. The branded displays offer an ideal storage solution for your power polish collectionand have been designed by US design expert, Tony Valentine. An add-on rack is available, holding up to 15 bottles, as well as a counter rack for…

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EASY REMOVAL with new Orly GelFx base coat

By Kat Hill | 25 July 2017

Cut the time of soak off romoval for Orly GelFx overlays with the brand’s Easy-Off Basecoat. Applied in place of primer and your usual base coat, the new formula sees a soak off in just five minutes. During the soaking process, the remover penetrates through the layers and starts to deteriorate the…

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The Scratch Magazine Summer Party 2017

By Helena Biggs | 24 July 2017

Featuring the Scratch Stars Awards 2017

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The Scratch Summer Party & Scratch Stars Awards 2017

By Kat Hill | 24 July 2017

Wow… what a night! Here, at HQ we’re still on a high from last night’s Scratch’s Summer Party and Scratch Stars Awards! With 18 categories to award over the evening, London’s Tropicana Beach Club was buzzing with nerves and anticipation as the finalists, sponsors and guests arrived. While eagerly awaiting for the awards to start,…

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SCRATCH STARS OF 2017 REVEALED!

By Helena Biggs | 23 July 2017

Scratch magazine has revealed the winners of its 2017 nail industry awards; the Scratch Stars, at a fun-filled party at London’s Tropicana Beach Club. Scratch’s Summer Party, hosted by Blue singer and Hollyoaks actor, Duncan James, was attended by over 350 people from across the nail industry with their partners…

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