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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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5 minutes with Lauren Holmes

By Kat Hill | 5 May 2018

Tell us about your training… When I originally trained I did a course that covered all aspects of nails through Salon Services to get me started. Since then I’ve retrained with Rachel Lunn from Nail Harmony. I also won Gelish Gives Back in 2016 and got the opportunity to take…

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Get the Look: Bridal couture

By Kat Hill | 4 May 2018

Seeking inspo for the upcoming wedding season? Nailist, Sarah Richardson, created this chic bridal look with Light Elegance UK products. Combining baby pink, lace effect and peachy pink hues, the design sees Sarah use the shades Sweet Lace and Show Me The Honey to create a pretty pastel look. Adding a chic metallic edge,…

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Go mad for metallic metals this spring with INK London Coloured Acrylink

By Sophie Nutt | 4 May 2018

INK London has revealed a Soft Metal Coloured Acrylink collection just in time for spring/summer. Featuring five shades of metallic silver, green, blue, red and purple, the collection can be used with INK London’s Miss Monomer, Mrs Monomer and Mr Monomer and are also designed for use with the Acrylink…

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Lash Perfect unveils new-look London Beauty Bar

By Helena Biggs | 3 May 2018

Slick, stylish and super eye-catching, the new-look Lash Perfect Beauty Bar offers lash, brow and now nail treatments to Londoners. Based in Warwick Street, near the busy Soho area (and just a stone’s throw from Leicester Square), the Beauty Bar boasts a pretty mint and silver interior, with beauty beds…

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Your gel polish questions: answered!

By Sophie Nutt | 3 May 2018

Hone your gel polish technique with advice from industry experts about the popular system, as they answer your pressing questions. “How can you tell when a polish is cured correctly and what does over curing mean for the service?” Charlotte Lowe, Jessica educator, says, “Over curing can occur more with…

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London salon gives complimentary manicures at Cosmopolitan Self Made Summit

By Sophie Nutt | 3 May 2018

The team from London-based salon, Jade Angel, were on-hand at Cosmopolitan magazine’s Self Made Summit to give guests complimentary nail art and express manicures. A two day event that ran across the 14-15 April, the Cosmopolitan Self Made Summit is a gathering of leading business brains, inspirational founders and both established and…

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