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Milky white nails

40 milky white nail ideas for an on-trend & elegant manicure

By Scratch Staff | 4 April 2025

This softer alternative to bright white nails uses sheer, creamy hues to create the ultimate milky mani. Check out our roundup of milky white designs from nail pros on Instagram…

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Don’t miss out on the butter nails trend: here’s 35 designs for inspiration

By Lilly Delmage | 20 March 2025

Butter nails are all over our socials, serving as the perfect hue for the transition into the warmer months. With pastels booming in popularity this spring, we’ve rounded up 35 manicures boasting the muted yellow shade for your spring manicure inspo…

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60 green nail designs that are trending right now

By Scratch Staff | 14 March 2025

Green nails have been dominating our social media feeds, and show no signs of going anywhere anytime soon! Check out our roundup of trending designs below…

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Cynthia Erivo Opi Global Ambassador

Wicked actress, Cynthia Erivo, named OPI global brand ambassador

By Rebecca Hitchon | 10 September 2024

Award-winning actress & musician, Cynthia Erivo, is set to ‘showcase nails as a vehicle for aesthetic expression’ in her role as OPI global brand ambassador. The Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, singer, songwriter & producer stars as leading part, Elphaba, in Universal Pictures’ musical movie, Wicked. OPI…

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Sophia And Cinzia The Girls Bathroom Nails

‘I did Sophia and Cinzia’s nails’: Manchester nail tech shares her experience

By Lilly Delmage | 10 September 2024

Influencers and co-hosts of The Girls Bathroom podcast, Sophia and Cinzia, selected Lindsay Heigh as the nail tech for their tour manicures, sending an influx of followers to her social media accounts. Fashion and lifestyle influencers, Sophia Tuxford and Cinzia Baylis Zullo, well-known for their trendy manicures amongst their 420,000+ YouTube subscribers, sought a…

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Cnd Plexigel

Find clients’ perfect neutral nail shade with CND’s PLEXIGEL Colour Builder line

By Lilly Delmage | 9 September 2024

CND™ has introduced five additional shades to its PLEXIGEL Colour Builder line. The brush-on gel formula described to ‘provide strength, architecture and moderate to long length to the natural nail’, has unveiled five colours to cater to a wider clientele of varying skin tones. Browse the shades: Peach Moonstone: a bright and…

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Client consistency: how to keep your nail business busy all year long

By Guest Writer | 8 September 2024

OPI UK&I education manager, Belinda Price, shares ways to elevate your business and embrace new techniques to ensure your salon is busy with clients all year long. To my mind, the busy salon season runs from Easter to mid-September, with a peak in the October half term and slight dip…

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Hayley Bieber Maple Manicure

The internet is obsessing over Hailey Bieber’s autumn nail colour

By Rebecca Hitchon | 7 September 2024

Autumn’s next nail trend? The maple manicure it seems, thanks to American model & founder of the Rhode skincare brand, Hailey Bieber. The trendsetter, who is linked with the popularity of glazed donut nails, turns to nail stylist, Zola Ganzorigt of @nailsbyzola, for her chic designs. And this week, the…

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How to create colourful, floral airbrush nail art

By Guest Writer | 6 September 2024

Kim Jeong Hyeon, AIRGEL educator, shares how to recreate this captivating floral nail design… Products used: Nail file, AIRGEL Airbrush Compressor Air K, AIRGEL Evolution Solo Airgun, base gel, non-wipe top coat, AIRGEL Nail Color Liquid Type Gel (85, Virtual Beige), acrylic colours (aqua, green, pink, red, white, yellow), AIRGEL…

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