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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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#ShowScratch Creative Challenge: Remembrance Day

By Rebecca Hitchon | 10 November 2022

Check out entries to the 9 November nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs to mark Remembrance Day (11 November). 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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OPI appoints Harriet Westmoreland as global brand ambassador

By Helena Biggs | 9 November 2022

Internationally renowned nail professional, Harriet Westmoreland, has been appointed as global brand ambassador for OPI. The talented tech, who boasts over 272,000 followers on Instagram and counts celebrities such as TV’s Rochelle Humes as a regular client, is known for her meticulous and minimal nail styles and is ‘thrilled’ with…

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Dublin Nail Championships 2022: The results

By Helena Biggs | 8 November 2022

The Federation of Nail Professionals administered the Dublin Nail Championships at the Professional Beauty & Hair expo in Dublin, 6-7 November. Nail pros battled it out cross categories including UV Gel Polish Professional and Instagram Photographic, with acclaimed judges scoring on a variety of criteria. UV Gel Polish Professional 1st…

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How to manage quiet spells in the salon

By Katie Barnes | 8 November 2022

Every beauty business will come across quiet periods of footfall and a common time for this can be right before the busy festive season. As savvy business owners, you must think of ideas that boost profits and productivity in such times, whenever your business may experience this. Boosting profits During…

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Shine bright this autumn with Jessica’s Stargaze nail colour collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 8 November 2022

Jessica Cosmetics has introduced its autumn 2022 nail colour collection, Stargaze. Featuring six on-trend statement shades to take wearers throughout the colder months, the hues are suited to both traditional autumnal nail looks and glitzy party styles. The Stargaze nail colours, which are available in Jessica’s Custom Colour nail polish…

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Pop art nails tutorial

By Guest Writer | 8 November 2022

Kelly Scothorn, Magpie Beauty brand partner, showcases how to easily create the trending pop art nail style, sometimes referred to as cartoon or comic nails. She uses Magpie Beauty products throughout.

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