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Interested in entering Nailympia Competitions? Webinar dives into its 2025 direction

By Scratch Staff | 8 February 2025

Are you keen to learn more about Nailympia Competitions? Buddy Sims, learning experience (LX) specialist for hair & beauty education platform, Pivot Point International, hosted a webinar with Alex Fox, global director of Nailympia Competitions, and seasoned judge & nail expert, Vitaly Solomonoff, which is available to watch back here.…

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Nail techs, salons, educators & teams invited to ‘show off their sparkle’ in UK&I industry awards

By Helena Biggs | 1 February 2025

Nail pros & business owners: it’s time to show off your sparkle and celebrate your strengths in the sector’s most prestigious awards event! It’s the ultimate celebration of creativity, passion and dedication to client care: the nail sector’s equivalent to the Oscars has returned for a 13th year – and…

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Nail art museum to open in Shanghai, China

By Helena Biggs | 26 January 2025

The first museum in China dedicated to nail art is to open in the Jiading District, Shanghai, in May 2025. Established by industry veteran, Ms. Kimi Zhang Tao, and powered by nail brand, Muzer, The China Nail Art Museum will not only be a space for showcasing nail art, but…

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The GelBottle Inc hosts awards for nail pros

By Chloe Randall | 29 December 2020

The GelBottle Inc. celebrate all nail pros and techs’ excellence by hosting their first ever award ceremony. The virtual awards ceremony took place on Monday 21st December 2020 and was divided into six categories covering everything from technique & design to interiors and displays. Finalists were chosen by #TeamTGB with judging for selected categories done…

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Nailympia Online Festive Discount for Artists

By Alex Fox | 8 December 2020

It’s hotting up and the race is on…it’s halfway to the closing date for the first Nailympia Online edition and techs are now beginning to complete their nail styles and designs and submitting them via the website portal. Meanwhile, others are braving the registration process and signing up, so it’s…

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Top Tech Presents 5-Classes for Animal Charity

By Alex Fox | 3 December 2020

Top champion tech, international educator & judge Olena Oezman will present five days of classes for just €20 to raise money for an animal shelter in Ukraine. Animal lover & supporter, Olena, who’s based in Germany, is keen to raise funds for food, medicines and surgery needed by the shelter…

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Sign Up to Join the Second Nail Safari 2021

By Alex Fox | 30 November 2020

The second Nail Safari event has been scheduled for Monday 15 – Friday 19 November 2021 and is open for bookings. With such positive feedback from delegates who attended the original event hosted back in November 2019, it was decided a second event should take place, however the pandemic put…

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Fingernail Fashion: Create a Utensil to eat Caviar

By Alex Fox | 25 November 2020

Calling all nail stylists that fancy a fun challenge! Pearl Street Caviar is inviting techs to create a ‘utensil’ on the end of the finger with which to eat caviar. For far too long, etiquette has ruled supreme, stifling how and when people enjoy caviar. The truth is, there is…

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2020 Gothic World Nail Champions Revealed

By Alex Fox | 5 November 2020

The Gothic World Nails 2020 Championship has announced its winners for its month-long online contest. The international nail championship, Gothic World was created and hosted from Russia by Elena Shanskaya and Oksana Shwander in association with the Golden Nail Group. With a mission to invite techs to expand the boundaries…

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