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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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Salon System supports Let’s Nail Breast Cancer campaign

By Sophie Nutt | 2 October 2020

Salon System is supporting the 2020 Let’s Nail Breast Cancer campaign in aid of the Future Dreams charity for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October, Salon System is donating 100% of profits from the Gellux In the Pink collection to the Future Dreams charity. The Gellux shades…

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CND™ creates statement nail looks for Gareth Pugh’s The Reconstruction

By Sophie Nutt | 17 September 2020

Gareth Pugh has presented his SS21 runway collection as a ‘visual concept album’ titled The Reconstruction; for which Lauren Michelle Pires used CND™ to create an array of statement nail designs. Featuring 13 looks inspired by 13 iconic songs, the collection has been captured in 13 stills and 13 explosive…

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Glamour Beauty Power List 2020 Nail Artist/Influencer winner revealed

By Sophie Nutt | 17 September 2020

Glamour magazine has revealed the winners of its Glamour Beauty Power List Awards 2020. The nominees were selected by the Glamour beauty team and a panel of experts that boast a wealth of experience and expertise within the beauty industry, including Val Garland, Larry King, Patrick Wilson and Dija Ayodele.…

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The Great Scratch Shoot Out 2020: THE RESULTS

By Kat Hill | 14 September 2020

Ivana Prokic has scooped first place in Scratch’s annual photographic competition – for the second time. After 73 entries were received for The Great Scratch Shoot Out 2020, the top three and winner of the Voter’s Choice accolade were revealed via a livestream on social media. The top three sees: 1st –…

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Wizz Selvey launches Online Retailer Programme for beauty brands

By Sophie Nutt | 7 September 2020

Former beauty buyer, patron of the British Beauty Council and founder of WIZZ&CO, Wizz Selvey, is launching an Online Retailer Programme to help emerging brands develop their distribution strategy, improve their industry standing and better understand the process of pitching to retailers. Wizz Selvey has created a programme to educate…

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London creates alliance to wake up economy

By Alex Fox | 6 September 2020

We stayed at home. We stood still and took stock of the world around us. Then we stepped into action; wrote risk assessments, changed the way we clean, work, walk, shop and socialise. Salons, pubs, cafés and zoos opened in staggered series and at last schools are welcoming our young…

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