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Green Nails

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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40+ gorgeous gold manicures for an opulent nail look

By Scratch Staff | 7 December 2024

Embrace the gold rush in the nail world with glittering accents and metallic colour-block finishes, offering eye-catching, opulent effects. We’ve rounded up 40 glistening gold nail designs below…

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Burgundy Nails

Burgundy nails are trending: here’s 16 manicures for inspiration

By Lilly Delmage | 4 November 2024

‘Tis the season for burgundy manicures: the deep purple-red colour which returns as a seasonal staple. As leaves start to fall, coffee shops bring out their festive beverages and knitted jumpers dominate clothing choices, it’s clear the cozy season, along with its rich, deep hues, is well underway. The burgundy…

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Butter Nails

Don’t miss out on the butter nails trend: here’s 31 designs for inspiration

By Lilly Delmage | 22 September 2024

You may be thinking the pastel yellow hue often coined the ‘butter nails’ trend may be more of a spring manicure preference. However, celebrities, including A-list singe Rihanna, courtesy of trusted tech @jennynails, have been rocking the look this autumn, so why can’t we? Check out our roundup of 31…

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Brat Green Nails

‘Brat’ green is summer’s latest colour trend: get involved with nail inspiration & products

By Rebecca Hitchon | 30 July 2024

Take a look at social media and it won’t be long before you are told that it’s a ‘brat summer’. Move over Barbie pink, summer 2024’s colour of the moment is ‘brat green’: a hue inspired by the release of British pop star, Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, Brat. Its…

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15 alternative Valentine’s Day nail looks

By Callie Iley | 28 January 2024

Fancy a darker nail design for Valentine’s Day? Fall in love with the dark side of nail styling with our roundup of 15 black Valentine’s nail looks…

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Blue abstract French tips

By Guest Writer | 14 January 2024

Glitterbels ambassador, Aimee Link of AllNails shows off how to create this cool-toned, trendy French design.   Products used: Brush On Builder in Cookie Cream Hema Free Gel Polish in Gentle White Hema Free Gel Polish in With A Bang Hema Free Gel Polish in White Hema Free Gel Polish…

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2024 trend: 65 blue nail design ideas to inspire manicures

By Scratch Staff | 13 January 2024

In the Pinterest Predicts report 2024, the image sharing platform notes that ‘fun blue nails’ searches have risen by 260% in recent months, and forecasts that blue beauty and nail looks will make a statement on all skin tones in 2024, causing beauty enthusiasts to be anything but blue! Let…

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Glitterbels Getaway

Get summer ready with Glitterbels’ 6 holiday-inspired gel polishes

By Lilly Delmage | 6 July 2024

The Glitterbels Getaway collection brings holiday bliss to fingertips with 6 beach-inspired gel polish shades. The six-piece Hema Free Gel Polish collection is reminiscent of crashing ocean waves, swaying palm trees and warm, golden beaches, offering clients their summer holiday fix. Reduce appointment times with these highly pigmented products; requiring just…

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Beauty Therapist

What Labour’s election win means for the UK beauty industry

By Rebecca Hitchon | 5 July 2024

After Labour’s landslide victory in 4 July’s general election, beauty industry bodies have commented on what it may mean for the sector… Labour has committed to introduce legislation for its ‘New Deal for Working People’ within the first 100 days of being in government, writing on its website that it…

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How to create a festival-ready nail look

By Guest Writer | 5 July 2024

Halo VIP, Hari Hatfield, channels retro styling with a bold, bright nail style for festival season. All shades used are from the Halo Summer Throwback gel polish collection, available via www.purenails.co.uk

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How to create a beautiful nail extension using fast forms

By Guest Writer | 5 July 2024

Multi award-winning nail tech & educator, Andreea Simona Ignat, shares a step-by-step using her Fast Forms in Slim Russian Almond, which she created in collaboration with UK nail brand, Lecenté. Read about the collaboration here.

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Hr Beauty Salon In The Spotlight

Salon in the Spotlight: Hr Beauty, Morton, Lincolnshire

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 July 2024

Halo VIP, Holly Rodgers, shares how she transformed her garage into sophisticated salon space, Hr Beauty, and the ways she creates a positive client experience… Holly Rodgers tells Scratch that she has always had a passion for the beauty industry, so upon qualifying in 2020 and converting her garage to…

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Want a self-levelling, vegan-friendly gel polish formula? Discover OPI GelColor’s Intelli-Gel

By Lilly Delmage | 4 July 2024

OPI has revamped its GelColor formula: now featuring Intelli-Gel technology. The formula uses a responsive gel molecule network to self-correct and self-level, offering nail professionals a helping hand in creating a flawless finish, so streaky brushstrokes can be a thing of the past. “It’s a really clever formula that is…

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