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Go nuts for 60 pistachio green nail art designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Lilly Delmage | 27 February 2025

Check out entries to the 26 February 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: pistachio green nails. Each nail style was submitted via Instagram or Facebook using #ShowScratch #CreativeChallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.

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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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Achieve bronzed skin for summer with the Cappuccino bronzer from Soleo

By Sophie Nutt | 16 May 2018

A natural medium bronzer, the Cappuccino cream from Soleo aims to reinforce, intensify and deepen the natural skin colour. Based on natural bronzers with walnut extracts, the cream builds the colour of the skin while hemp oils provide a healing treatment. Caffeine extract offers a slimming, firming and detoxifying effect…

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Nail enhancements: How to check angles to ensure perfect results

By Katie Barnes | 16 May 2018

Educator and award-winning nail technician, Katie Barnes, offers tips on looking at angles to ensure a great nail enhancement result Do you ever spend a long time creating a beautiful set of nails, only to realise that they don’t look quite right once you’ve finished, but you can’t work out…

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Scratch Stars finalists battle for coveted titles in London

By Helena Biggs | 16 May 2018

Earlier this week, talented techs amassed at The LCBT to battle it out across eight categories in the Scratch Stars Awards 2018 in front of an esteemed panel of industry judges. Techs competed in the likes of Nail Stylist of the Year and Gel Tech of the Year, while a second…

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A royal Gellux manicure

By Scratch Staff | 16 May 2018

Ahead of the Royal Wedding, Salon System nail expert Karen Louise has created this step-by-step design using Gellux products… The Gellux range is available from wholesalers nationwide.

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Salon in the Spotlight: Lily’s Taylormade Beauty, King’s Lynn, Norfolk

By Kat Hill | 16 May 2018

Scarlett Senter and Lilijana Taylor make so a powerful pair. With their new set-up in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, the duo has combined their skills with the salon, Lily’s Taylormade Beauty – proving lash and nail treatments are a match made in heaven. “The salon is brand new and was owned…

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Importance of appearance at work evaluated by uniform expert

By Scratch Staff | 15 May 2018

Lana Gormley of Buttercups Uniforms, workwear supplied for the beauty and health industries, explains the importance of a professional appearance at work – and top tips on choosing a uniform… “When you work in a professional beauty and aesthetic industry, your appearance, and that of your staff, is of vital…

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