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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: Eurovision 2022

By Rebecca Hitchon | 12 May 2022

Check out entries to the 11 May nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. Each design was submitted via Facebook or Instagram using #showscratch #creativechallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launched every Wednesday.

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CND™ unveils 7-piece Pro Skincare range for hand & foot treatments

By Helena Biggs | 11 May 2022

CND™ has unveiled Pro Skincare, a professional range of skincare-inspired spa products to elevate hand and foot treatments. The vegan, eco-friendly range will launch in the UK on 31 May 2022 and has been co-developed with skincare experts and nail professionals. All seven products are housed in 100% recycled packaging.…

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Nailympia Germany 2022: WINNERS ANNOUNCED

By Chloe Randall | 11 May 2022

Nailympia Competitions, in association with Scratch magazine, has announced the winners of Nailympia Germany 2022, the first live Nailympia competition in two years.  The international nail competition welcomed 49 competitors from 13 countries and took place at Beauty Düsseldorf, Germany. The event will combine scores held from Nailympia Canada 2019 and Nailympia London 2022 to announce the champion of…

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Nail Nerds competition launches to ignite creativity amongst nail community

By Helena Biggs | 10 May 2022

‘Nail Nerds’, a community group on Facebook, has launched a nail art competition running online from 7 May until 19 June 2022. “We want to bring to nail community together, and rekindle a passion for nails.” comments Nail Nerds admin, Lauren Nicholson. “Lockdown hit us all hard, and we want…

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Mental health awareness: How the nail sector has saved me from my struggles

By Rebecca Hitchon | 9 May 2022

Sheryl Cooper, owner of nail art supplier, Enchanted Essence, and home salon, Nails By Sheryl, opens up about how getting involved in the nail industry boosted her mental health and how she champions mental wellbeing in her businesses. In 2016 I had my daughter, Isla, and within six months I…

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Sculpt & shape nails with NSI’s 8 Balance Elite Hard Gels

By Helena Biggs | 6 May 2022

NSI has unveiled the Balance Elite system; eight HEMA-free hard gels designed for all levels of nail technician. Researched, developed and manufactured by NSI in the USA, the gels have a self-levelling formula and will still in place while sculpting. Suitable to create any length of nail enhancement, the gels…

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