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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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Britney Spears credits nail art charms for helping to overcome social anxiety

By Helena Biggs | 8 March 2022

Britney Spears has taken to Instagram to share a snap of her nails, crediting nail art charms with helping her to explode ‘with conversation’ despite suffering with social anxiety. The singer posted a photo and video of ombré almond shaped enhancements, with her ring finger and pinky nails featuring a…

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Revealed: how to keep your feet soft & hydrated

By Guest Writer | 7 March 2022

The most common client foot complaint is dry skin and it is no wonder. The skin of the feet is unlike any other skin on the human body. The epidermis is not only thicker, but the soles of the feet have an extra skin layer called the stratum lucidum. This…

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NAIL TECH TALK: Kayleigh Bateman of The Gel Bar

By Callie Iley | 5 March 2022

Scratch chats to Kayleigh Bateman of The Gel Bar about building her nail cabin and charging your worth as a nail tech… I first trained as a nail tech in 2019. I have completed a few different nail courses during my time as a tech, and have taken part in…

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Check out the full body device lighting up beauty salons nationwide

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 March 2022

Offering a bundle of benefits in just one treatment, the Body Boost Bed from Beam Supreme Ltd. is a full body device utilising photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, a non-thermic light therapy that is making waves in the beauty sphere. EU medically certified and with thousands of studies and hundreds of trials…

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#ShowScratch Creative Challenge: Geode Greatness

By Rebecca Hitchon | 3 March 2022

Check out the entries to the 2 March nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs inspired by the increasingly popular geode nail art trend! 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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5 ways to support deaf clients in the nail space

By Chloe Randall | 3 March 2022

One in five adults in the UK has some form of hearing loss, highlighting the importance of making your nail space as comfortable and inclusive as possible for deaf people so they can enjoy the experience and benefit from your nail services. Here are some ways to make your business…

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