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Go nuts for 60 pistachio green nail art designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge
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
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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Help kick a client’s nail biting habit by kicking off your service with a consultation perfectly tailored to their nail needs. Rachel Gribble, Salon System expert shares, her tips… As with all nail services, the most important part is the client consultation. You need to establish how badly bitten the client’s nails are and…
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Metta Francis, winner of Scratch Stars Mobile Nailist of the Year 2015 & 2017, reveals her top tips for fellow techs working on-the-move… It’s so important to be organised as a mobile nail technician, as there is not the luxury of being able to pop to the nail cupboard to…
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We want to see the designs trending at your nail desk! Diana Pajeva, of Diana’s Nail Art, revealed that her clients are switching from geometric nail art designs to those including floral artistry made up of pastel cremes. “It’s the time of year when we usually see the first blooms…
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The rise of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage rates on April 1 2018 will impact hair, beauty and barber businesses up and down the country. The NHF, a salon trade association that supports the industry, is urging employers to check staff are being paid at the…
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Sculpt and style with the new Xtreme Fusion Gel range from Crystal Nails UK. Offering the technician great product control, the dense builder product can be easily shaped during application with the brand’s cleanser. The result sees a strong yet flexible enhancement, the brand claims. The new 30g tube packaging aims to…
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THE SCRATCH STARS AWARDS 2018: MEET THE FINALISTS The results are in! See which techs, salon, teams and influencers have made the grade in the Scratch Stars Awards 2018 and count down to Scratch’s hotly anticipated Summer Party – at which the winners will be announced… L&P Tech of…
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