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50 blue nail art designs that are blue-tifully chic

By Scratch Staff | 18 January 2025

Feeling the blues? You won’t be after checking out these 50 blue nail art ideas to inspire creative handiwork…

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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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Royston nail salon celebrates 10 years in business with fancy party

By Helena Biggs | 5 September 2023

Fancy Fingers, a nail salon in Royston, Hertfordshire, celebrated 10 years in business with a party for clients, featuring freebies and flowing prosecco. Founder, Katie Moulton, completed nail training with Gelish in July 2013, after seeking a career that would fit around her two young children. Her husband then converted…

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Hair & beauty training provider, Kleek Apprenticeships, expands to Colchester

By Chloe Randall | 4 September 2023

Hair and beauty industry’s training provider, Kleek Apprenticeships, has expanded by acquiring the Colchester-based Easi Hairdressing Academy. Kleek Apprenticeships currently have academy bases in the north east of England and the home counties and by expanding to Colchester, Kleek is making its mark in the south east. The training provider…

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Make nails dazzle with Artistic Nail Design’s 8 Flash Glitter Gel Polishes

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 September 2023

Glitter lovers, get ready for nail looks to shine bright with Artistic’s Flash Glitter Gel Polish range. With eight shades available, from classic gold and silver to pinks and blue, the formula utilises light-activated technology that causes glitter to flare when exposed to flash photography. Adding an eye-catching effect to social…

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Threads: Is it here to stay?

By Callie Iley | 3 September 2023

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, reported over five million sign-ups to Threads in the first four hours of its launch. Scratch explores whether the social media platform is here to stay & its benefits for nail pros…   On 5 July, microblogging platform, Threads, made its presence known in the social…

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Nail Tech Talk: Meet Joanna Tompkins, Scratch Stars’ Nail Business Mentor Award winner 2023

By Carter Rogers | 3 September 2023

Meet Scratch Stars’ winner of the Nail Business Mentor Award 2023, Joanna Tompkins of Nail Tech Tribe, as she shares insight to her career journey and reveals details from her competition process…  “10 years ago, I was an admin assistant wanting more than anything to escape being tied to an…

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Nail Tech Talk: Meet Sarah Rushworth of The Nail Shed, Scratch Stars Home Nail Salon of the Year 2023

By Callie Iley | 2 September 2023

Valuing offering clients a personalised, focused service due to her struggles with anxiety since the birth of her son, Sarah Rushworth of The Nail Shed, Bolton, details her nail journey & how it felt to win Home Nail Salon of the Year in the Scratch Stars Awards 2023… Working two…

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