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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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Gelcare gel polish continues collaboration with photographer Gab Bois for SS22

By Callie Iley | 15 May 2022

Established in 2019, Canadian nail brand, Gelcare, was created by Emlie Sanscartier, founder of the popular Le Manoir  nail salon. Emilie’s time in the salon allowed her to bring her expertise as a nail artist and salon owner to her brand, which has announced a second collaboration with fellow Montreal artist,…

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Nail Tech Talk: Lucy Ames of By Lucy Alana

By Callie Iley | 14 May 2022

Scratch chats to Lucy Ames of By Lucy Alana about balancing a full-time job with tekking, and the sense of community that the nail industry offers… “My favourite products to use has got to be The GelBottle’s Builder in a Bottle or Glossify’s Naturabuild,” Lucy enthuses. “They’re both absolute game…

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Extreme French nails

By Guest Writer | 13 May 2022

Multi award-winning nail tech & educator, Andreea Simona Ignat, shares the process behind creating this extreme French style in this step-by-step.

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How to file an extreme nail

By Guest Writer | 13 May 2022

Create and file an extreme nail shape with the help of Kostka Bojana by following the step-by-step below! www.kostkanailsystem.com

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Nailchemy Summer 2022

Nailchemy serves up holiday vibes with 3 vibrant nail colour collections

By Rebecca Hitchon | 12 May 2022

Whether clients are beginning to jet off on holiday or just want to dream of summer days through their nails, it’s time to ensure you can create the perfect mojito-sipping mani and poolside-ready pedi. Get prepped for summer 2022 with Nailchemy‘s three nail collections, in gel polish, glitter and acrylic…

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Salon in the Spotlight: T’studio, South Ham, Basingstoke

By Callie Iley | 12 May 2022

Gemini Lad has been in the beauty industry since 2006, setting up her first beauty salon in Bath in her early 20s before moving salons to work as a beauty salon manager in the north of England. “I ended up moving back down south, so on 1 April 2022, I…

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