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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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The Scottish government’s Business Ventilation Fund has opened for applications. The fund will help small and medium-sized businesses improve ventilation and air quality on their premises to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, by allowing them to claim back costs to improve ventilation of up to £2,500. To be eligible…
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Scratch chats to Aubrey Cycenas of The Glossy Spot about challenging herself to create unique nail designs and the most exciting aspects of the industry… I’m a fully licensed cosmetologist, but I met my former mentor in hair school. She personally taught me the basics of nails, and I quickly…
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The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has scooped the gold award for Best Communication(s) During Covid-19 at the Covid Response Awards. The awards pay tribute to the resilience, resourcefulness and tenacity shown by corporate and non-commercial organisations’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the efforts put in by…
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Negotiating prices. We’ve all been there – using vouchers at a restaurant, making use of Groupon deals, entering codes at checkout for online shopping – but asking for a discount at a nail salon can have a serious impact on business and should not be encouraged. Here Scratch chats to…
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Berlin based nail artist, Lisa Mård, has been announced as one of the British Fashion Council‘s 2021 New Wave: Creatives, a list of the 50 most innovative and inspiring young creative talents from around the world. Voted for by the 2020 New Wave: Creatives lineup, the list features trailblazers from…
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Sarah Brenton-Sara, lecturer in Level 2 & 3 Nail Services, Make-up & Beauty Therapy at Truro & Penwith College, reveals what her students achieved at their annual 3D nail art competition… The level 3 advanced nail art students have excelled once again. It is great that the students are back in the swing…
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