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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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Nsi Polydip

NSI releases new Simplicité PolyDip Shades

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Ten shades have been added to the Simplicité PolyDip range by NSI. The highly pigmented powders cover the nail in two dipping applications and the new hues feature glitters and crèmes. Ranging from lime green to glittering burnt orange, the new shades include Peaches & Cream, Sunset, Crem Brûlée, Starlet,…

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Opi Lisbon

Jet off to Lisbon with OPI’s spring collection

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Travel to Lisbon with the colourful spring collection from OPI. Taking inspiration from Portugal’s capital, the collection features fashion-forward shades that reflect the city’s blend of heritage and modernism. “Lisbon is both quaint and trendy at the same time. The city has become the quintessential European destination, thanks to its…

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Roses Are Red Halo Gel Polish

Get red-dy for Valentine’s with Halo Gel Polish

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Give clients nails that they can fall in love with this Valentine’s Day with lust-worthy shades from the Roses Are Red Halo Gel Polish collection. Ranging from a sparkly rich ruby red shade to a seductive deep red, the collection sees six new shades including Apple Red, Flame, Red, Lust,…

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Asp Power Set Acrylic

ASP releases Power Set Acrylic Training Kit

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Get to grips with the ASP Power Set Acrylic System with this training kit, which includes everything you need to get started and get familiar with the system. The Power Set Acrylic System from ASP offers strong, durable, clear and bright finished nails and is engineered with advanced molecular technology…

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Jenny Harris

#TRENDINGTUESDAY Jenny Harris, Jenny Harris Nail Artist and Educator

By Sophie Nutt | 30 January 2018

We want to see the designs trending at your nail desk! Jenny Harris, nail artist and educator, revealed that foils with a matte topcoat have been extremely popular with her clients recently. “Foils and a matte top coat gives an eye popping design which is striking and fresh, so my…

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Nail looks backstage at Dancing On Ice: Week 3

By Guest Writer | 26 January 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! I could not wait for week three of Dancing On Ice as disco week had finally arrived! I’m from Essex, so you can imagine that the ‘glitz…

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