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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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Nail Bar Boys TV series nominated for award

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 October 2022

BBC Three documentary, Nail Bar Boys, which follows the lives of six nail techs in Liverpool, has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The Royal Television Society North West Awards 2022 will take place on 26 November in Manchester, and sees Nail Bar Boys up for the title…

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Home Of Nail Art: How to excel with HONA’s nail education programme

By Callie Iley | 28 October 2022

Home Of Nail Art, known as HONA, was founded in May 2020 by husband and wife duo, Michael Henson and Charlotte Henson, a nail technician herself. In their mission statement, the pair share their goals to educate, inspire and empower the nail community. Home Of Nail Art has expanded to…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Nail Envy Stanley, Perthshire

By Callie Iley | 27 October 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Nail Envy Stanley, Perthshire When Sarah Smith reached the age of 52, she decided to take the plunge and retrain as a nail technician, having always had a passion for nails. She qualified in February 2022, taking on her first clients in March in the spare…

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#ShowScratch Creative Challenge: Ghoulish glow in the dark

By Rebecca Hitchon | 27 October 2022

Check out entries to the 26 October nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs with the theme, ghoulish glow in the dark. 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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What to look for when renting a nail space

By Scratch Staff | 26 October 2022

With over 60% of people working in the hair and beauty industry reported to be freelance – and this figure increasing every year, the ways that techs and salon owners can manage their work pattern is changing. Renting a desk or space in a salon is switching up the sector.…

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4 in 5 consumers struggle to trust beauty brand transparency, according to Provenance report

By Chloe Randall | 25 October 2022

Beauty brands are facing more challenges than just creating the best product in their relevant field. Now, when consumers buy beauty products, they are wanting more than the benefits to their body, they are also wanting to know that the product is sustainable and the brand who produce it has…

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