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Michaela Phillips Halo Vip January Blues Step 6

How to nail a January blues nail art look

By Guest Writer | 23 January 2025

Nail art aficionado & Halo VIP, Michaela Phillips, shares how to beat the January blues with this striking nail design – created using Halo products.

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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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CEW UK partners with John Bell & Croyden to launch independent beauty brand award

By Helena Biggs | 28 November 2022

CEW UK partners with John Bell & Croyden to launch independent beauty brand award CEW UK, which serves to develop careers and knowledge of the beauty industry for its members, has teamed up with luxury London pharmacy, John Bell & Croyden, to launch a 225th Anniversary Award. This initiative is…

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Got football fever? Check out these World Cup nails

By Scratch Staff | 28 November 2022

Have you and your clients got football fever? Get ready to cheer for these World Cup-inspired nail designs…

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Nail Tech Talk: Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios

By Callie Iley | 26 November 2022

Nail Tech Talk: Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios sits down with Scratch to chat about her inclusive nail studio and her future career goals… “My signature style is something that is painterly and realistic looking, such as dreamy skies, portraits, foliage and fine line illustrations,”…

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Revealed: Young men spend more on beauty throughout 2022

By Rebecca Hitchon | 25 November 2022

Revealed: Young men spend more on beauty throughout 2022 Research by software company, Voyado, has analysed buying trends for 2022, finding that men aged 18-25 have increased spending for health and beauty. The Voyado Shopping Index, which collates over 164 million purchase occasions to provide shopping behaviour analysis and insight…

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#ShowScratch Creative Challenge: Male Manicure

By Rebecca Hitchon | 24 November 2022

Check out entries to the 23 November nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs with the theme ‘male manicure’. Each design was submitted via Facebook or Instagram using #showscratch #creativechallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.

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Salon in the Spotlight: Indigo Pearl Beauty, Southend-on-Sea

By Callie Iley | 24 November 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Indigo Pearl Beauty, Southend-on-Sea Having worked as a mobile beauty therapist for seven years, Victoria Marston dreamed of having her own home-based salon space. However, she was limited due to where she was living. “Business was put on hold when lockdown happened in 2020, which is…

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