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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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Terri Eaton Nails

WHAT I’M WEARING: Terri Eaton

By Sophie Nutt | 4 February 2018

We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Terri Eaton wanted to party in style for her birthday so embraced a dashing of glitter and Swarovski crystals. “I needed some pretty nails for my 40th birthday weekend away and, after doing one set that I decided weren’t quite…

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Nail looks backstage at Dancing On Ice: Week 4

By Guest Writer | 3 February 2018

Follow Maddy Rooke, celebrity nail tech, Gellux fan and MD of Nails at Studio 4, as she tends to the talons of skaters and celebrities backstage at ITV’s Dancing On Ice… Hello Scratch readers! Although this week’s show didn’t have a theme, the costumes were incredible and I had a little more time with each celeb and…

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Nice Rhodes-Hill leads nail team at Paris Couture Fashion Week 2018

By Kat Hill | 3 February 2018

Nickie Rhodes-Hill lead the nail look with her team, Team Nailmania, for Ralph & Russo Spring Summer 2018 Couture Collection showcase in Paris. The showcase took place at the Grand Palais and saw 49 models walk the runway with 56 couture looks from the haute couture fashion house. Sponsored by CND™ and Sweet Squared, Nickie ensured…

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Enhance treatments with HIVE Paraffin Wax

By Sophie Nutt | 2 February 2018

Designed to soften and nourish by locking in moisture and conditioning the skin, nails and cuticles, HIVE Paraffin Wax can be added to treatments as an indulging extra for clients. Also acting as a heat therapy, Paraffin Wax can be used as an add-on to many hand and foot treatments, offering the…

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CND™ unveils Chic Shock collection

By Kat Hill | 2 February 2018

Embrace super-sweet nail tones for spring with CND™’s latest collection – Chic Shock. Ready to shop from February 24, the four new shades will be available in both Shellac™ and newly-reformulated Vinylux™. The line up sees: pastel pink, Candied; baby blue, Taffy; delicate yellow, Jellied; and chalky lilac, Gummi. The…

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Salon raises hundreds of pounds in aid of children’s transplant team

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Natalie Wilson, owner of the Beauty Box salon in Castleford, has raised an impressive £782 for the Leeds Children’s Transplant Team. Her daughter, Holly, was born with a rare genetic kidney disease called Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome, which has seen her undergo treatments three to four times each week. Just days…

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