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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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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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Get ready to celebrate with Light Elegance’s 12-piece party collection

By Chloe Randall | 24 October 2022

Light Elegance has unveiled its dramatic and daring collection for the winter season, A Party to Remember, comprising 12 shades. Six of the shades are available in three formulations, LE ButterCream, LE Colour Gel and P+ Gel Polish, each designed to meet the everyday needs of nail pros and their…

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Nail Tech Talk: Chelsea Jephcote of Chelsea Nail Tech

By Callie Iley | 22 October 2022

Chelsea Jephcote of Chelsea Nail Tech is a nail artist specialising in hand painted designs, based at Nuneaton salon, Inspired Nails Beauty & Aesthetics. Sitting down with Scratch, she divulges the details of her career highlights and shares her top tips for aspiring techs.  “I would say my signature nail…

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Salon in the Spotlight: BW Beauty, Lincoln

By Callie Iley | 20 October 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: BW Beauty, Lincoln Laura Boucher-Walker trained in gel polish manicure in 2018, soon setting up her home salon. “After being open for a little while, I began having to turn clients away who wanted nail enhancements, so I decided to train in acrylic and acrygel to…

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Cut Costs & Conserve

How to reduce your beauty business costs & environmental impact

By Rebecca Hitchon | 19 October 2022

As the cost of living crisis forces many of us to reflect on how we can cut costs in our businesses, we’ve considered how to do so in a way that takes care of the environment, too. Here, we highlight simple ways to reduce waste as well as spend across…

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Colour clients crazy with Gellux’s 8-piece AW22 nail colour collection

By Chloe Randall | 19 October 2022

Salon System has unveiled its Gellux autumn/winter nail colour collection, Colour Me Crazy, comprising eight shades. The collection incorporates a warm, rich, earthy, and golden palette of shades, ideal for every client’s desire. The shades available: Bitten Berry- a plum berry So Much Drama- gold glitter All Fired Up- autumnal…

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Professional nailcare market in the UK grows by 3.4% in 12 months

By Chloe Randall | 18 October 2022

Kline Group has announced in a recent report that the UK’s professional nailcare market has reached £42 million, growing at 3.4% in 2021, compared to 2020. In the report, this growth was put down to the fact that most marketers restocked their inventory in 2021 as the salons reopened, which…

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