EDUCATION
Master ‘nailfies’ as a nail tech with these expert photography tips
The ultimate guide to everything you need to know as a nail tech who wants to capture high-quality nail photos… First impressions matter. Blurry, dark or low-resolution photos can make it difficult for social media users to properly appreciate your nail creations, which could impact whether they decide to book…
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NO MORE Week: How nail & beauty pros can support clients experiencing domestic abuse
NO MORE Week is an annual, international campaign to raise awareness about and take a stand against domestic abuse and sexual violence. It provides resources for individuals and organisations to take action and make a difference, and you can too as a nail/beauty pro. The focus for 2025 is ‘NO…
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Scottish training centre launches spa traineeship programme to help combat employment crisis
BABTAC & CIBTAC Training Centre of the Year 2022, 2023 and 2024, The Academy, Glasgow, has launched Scotland’s first spa traineeship programme, in partnership with the Crerar Hotel Group. The traineeship delivers CIBTAC Level 2 Facial Skincare and Level 3 Body Massage qualifications. “The traineeship combines immersive on-site training at…
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Salon System waxing expert & owner of Waxing Specialist Salon and Academy, Marta Zaczkowska, shares her advice on waxing pregnant clients… Pregnancy is an exciting time. Women are going through lots of changes, both physically and emotionally. Over nine months, their hormone levels are constantly changing, which can cause some…
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In-person nail & beauty training in England can resume from 8 March as part of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit strategy. The British Beauty Council & Marian Newman, of The Federation of Nail Professionals (FNP) have confirmed via Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy that ‘independent/private training providers’…
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Scratch chats to award-winning nail artist and brand ambassador for Georgie Smedley Group, Diana Pajeva, about the pros and cons of online learning in the nail industry. “When looking for the right online course, nail professionals should, first of all, check the the quality of the course and ask themselves…
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Scratch editor-in-chief, Alex Fox, was invited to join the judging panel for the Momo Make-Up Competition, hosted by Stephy Pang of the Momo Make-Up Academy in Malaysia. A make-up academy with a wide portfolio of courses for nails and make-up, Momo embraces and inspires creativity, innovative international techniques and professionalism…
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Award-winning nail artist and founder of HD Nail Artist Academy, Hazel Dixon, shares her thoughts on why online education isn’t suitable for every nail tech and what she predicts for the future of learning. Why isn’t online learning appropriate for all techniques/nail learning needs? Online learning is a great platform…
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Tracey Lee of Beauty2trs highlights her own course, which focus’ on the creation of the perfect smileline. If you’re looking to learn more about the tips & tricks to make beautiful sharp smilelines in gel, acrylic, acrygel or all three, check out the lessons ‘Create Your Perfect Smileline’. https://beauty2trs.com/classes/?product_cat=&author_id=&class-category=&lang=English&q=smileline How…
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