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How to nail a January blues nail art look
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
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
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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Check out all the snaps from the biggest night in the UK nail industry calendar; The Scratch Stars Party 2022! Hosted by TV and radio legend, Scott Mills, alongside Scratch‘s managing editor, Helena Biggs, at London nightspot, The Steelyard, the party revealed the winners of the 18 Scratch Stars Awards…
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Green Salon Collective (GSC) was founded in 2020 by environmental experts, campaigners and beauty professionals, with an aim to help member salons in the UK and Ireland to responsibly dispose of their waste. In this blog, Stephanie Hodgson, head of research and development at GSC, reveals the Collective’s top tips…
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In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for July & created some nail designs inspired by ‘Out of Space’ in the bid to win a prize. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features writer, Chloe Randall and Jaz Moger, Salon System nail expert. The winner, Brigitta Fajt,…
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The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Brigitta Fajt. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for July & created nail designs inspired by ‘Out of Space’ in the bid to win a prize from Salon System. Judged by Scratch‘s news &…
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Ten years ago, Scratch magazine launched the Scratch Stars Awards to recognise the incredible skill, business acumen and client care shown by members of the UK nail industry. Since the first awards ceremony at London’s iconic Café de Paris in 2012, we have crowned 181 Scratch Stars, with 18 names…
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Scratch chats to Sophie Day of Glam Nails about changing trends and pushing outside of your comfort zone… “I began training as a nail tech August 2019,” Sophie shares. “I am trained to work with natural nails, of which I find seems to be popular at the moment. “I was…
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