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Vegan gel polish collection & kit up for grabs in spring nail art competition

By Rebecca Hitchon | 17 April 2025

The April Scratch Snap competition is open! Scratch Snap is a monthly, online nail art challenge that invites nail pros to create a salon-style nail design in line with a theme. Simply snap a pic of the design on yourself, nail tips or a client – and you could be…

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Get Lippy: Beauty brands unite to raise awareness of gynaecological cancers

By Lilly Delmage | 3 April 2025

Gynae cancer charity, The Eve Appeal, has announced its Get Lippy campaign to raise awareness of gynaecological cancers. The Get Lippy campaign will be rolled out during the month of May, encouraging everyone to ‘Get Lippy’ by raising awareness of the five gynaecological cancers: womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal.…

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British Beauty Council invites students to shape future of industry via mentorship & grant opportunity

By Rebecca Hitchon | 2 April 2025

The British Beauty Council has launched The Student Shadow Board, alongside UNiDAYS and Sephora UK. Via the initiative, young people across the UK can apply to receive mentorship and grant support, by pitching their future-facing beauty solutions across topics like innovation and technology, sustainability, creativity, marketing and science. They can…

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Sweet Squared kicks off e-file education with exciting product launch

By Helena Biggs | 22 June 2021

To coincide with the launch of the Light Elegance Zippy Gen2 e-file, Sweet Squared has launched online e-file education and will be hosting e-file education at its multiple training centres later this year. “E-filing is an amazing skill to speed up your services and enhance your business,” says Sweet Squared…

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Can you help? 9-year-old launches nail painting fundraiser

By Chloe Randall | 18 June 2021

A nine-year-old girl called Esme, who is fighting acute myeloid leukaemia, and her dad, Richard have launched ‘Esme’s Man-icure Challenge’ to help raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer. After being diagnosed with cancer in March 2021, Esme’s dad, Richard let her paint his nails in bold and bright colours…

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A Bournemouth nail artist will attempt to paint over 4000 nails over 3-days for a Guinness World Record in support of charity, CRY

By Alex Fox | 15 June 2021

On the 6 August 2021, Bournemouth-based nail professional Lauren McBride of Get Nailed, will attempt to set the record for the Longest Artificial Nail Painting Marathon for The Guinness Book of Records. An exciting proposition, Lauren reveals just what she’s trying to achieve during the event. “My aim is to…

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Welcome to Nailympia Live with Nailympia Estonia 2021

By Alex Fox | 3 June 2021

“The Online competition Nailympia Live is a way to save the beauty industry in the current global pandemic,” cites organiser Viktoria Prihodko. “The global nail service market is adapting and the last six months have been a severe test for the entire beauty industry. The beauty industry is one of…

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Brush with the brave: Nailympia Estonia is now open for registrations for its live streamed & online submission categories

By Alex Fox | 13 May 2021

Organiser, Viktoria Prihodko, has announced that Nailympia Estonia 2021 registration is open. This edition of Nailympia is the largest held to date and with therefore present the largest and most sensational judging panel ever seen bridging 50 nail experts & artists from 22 countries. Presenting nine live streamed competitions alongside…

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Announcing Season 8: Nails Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA): Taking applications now & open to all nail artists

By Alex Fox | 8 May 2021

NTNA Season 8 is an online nail art and design competition that puts the world’s most talented nail professionals in the spotlight. After seven exciting seasons, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) has returned. With the aim to elevate the next generation of nail professionals, the competition is presented by…

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