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Pistaschio Creative Challenge

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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Michaela Phillips Halo Vip January Blues Step 6

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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Scratch Stars Awards 2018 closes with record number of entries

By Helena Biggs | 1 March 2018

Entry to the Scratch Stars Awards closed at midnight, with over 500 entries received across 16 categories; the highest number of entries to date. Techs, salon owners and nail aficionados were invited to put themselves forward for an award from 1-28 February, in a bid to be crowned a Scratch…

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Chicybee Display Frame

Chicybee reveals personalised nail polish display frame

By Sophie Nutt | 1 March 2018

Show off your extensive colour menu while advertising your business with the new personalised nail polish display frame from Chicybee. The frame includes a nail polish bottle display for salons to show off their lengthy colour range while enticing clients. However, the frame can also be fully personalised to fit individual salons.…

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Top tips for the perfect bridal tan

By Guest Writer | 1 March 2018

Kissed by Mii tanning expert Shelley Henderson reveals how to entice the entire bridal party to tan. Now that bridal season is officially here (thanks Pippa Middleton!), salons, spas and mobile therapists should now turn their attention to bridal specific-tanning. After all, tanning is the perfect addition to beauty treatment…

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Magpie Rainbow

Magpie Beauty dazzles with Rainbow Collection

By Kat Hill | 28 February 2018

Create dazzling nail designs with the latest release from Magpie Beauty. The Rainbow Collection inlcudes four new glitter mixes available. The nail art glitters see a medium size cut in rainbow mix of colours to create multi-dimensional manicures. The new glitters include:  Sophie Alison Laura Georgie The Rainbow Collection is now…

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Edge Dip Jar

Perfect smile lines with The Edge Nails & Beauty French Dip Jar

By Sophie Nutt | 28 February 2018

Create crisp smile lines with the French Dip Jar from The Edge Nails & Beauty. The jar features a dual-ended shallow compartment for a round smile line design and a deeper compartment for an oval smile line when using the dip system. Available from www.edgenails.co.uk.

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Naba Nude Lac Gel Kit

Nail nude with NABA Lac Gel Kit

By Sophie Nutt | 28 February 2018

Offer clients a sophisticated nude manicure with the new nude NABA Lac Gel Kit. Containing six 4ml NABA Lac Gels, shades included range from a peach-based pink to a coffee-toned nude meaning there is a hue to suit each individual skin tone. Get your hands on the kit at www.susansnailstore.co.uk

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