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Great British Beauty Clean Up 2026 drives shift towards reusable product packaging
March will see the return of The Great British Beauty Clean Up (GBBCU): a nationwide collaboration between retailers, brands and professionals created by the British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition, with the aim of reducing waste. Around 120 billion units of packaging are produced each year, and The GBBU is…
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14 Hanukkah-inspired nail designs to help light up the holiday
Hanukkah is the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, which commemorates the rededication of a Jewish temple after it was taken back from oppressors. It celebrates a miracle which occurred over 2,000 years ago, when a small amount of oil for a lamp lasted for eight days. The holiday is celebrated…
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Pantone unveils white hue, Cloud Dancer, as Color of the Year 2026
Image credit: The Development PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is Pantone’s Color of the Year 2026. The global colour authority selects a shade each year that it sees to be influencing all areas of design, and that resonates with consumers and their attitudes. Pantone describes Cloud Dancer as a ‘lofty white…
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The team at The Creative Beauty Group, the company behind Lipnv No Needle Filler, is heading to two locations in January to teach more about the treatment and its two new courses; skill building and conversion. The treatment uses a pressurised pen to deliver hyaluronic acid into the lips and…
Read MoreNail artist and Scratch Stars Awards 2019 finalist, Delia Turville, joined forces with beauty therapist, Vanessa John-Baptiste of Greek Butterfly Beauty and Le Skin Consultancy for a pop up beauty evening in East London. The event offered personnel from local businesses the chance to get pampered in return for a…
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On Sunday 3 November, Phorest Salon Software hosted Conscious Hair & Beauty; an event designed to look at the importance of sustainability and wellness within the industry. Held at the OXO2 in London, the event was aimed at getting salon owners from both the hair and beauty industry in the…
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Imagine my excitement to be invited to the ‘event of the year’; an exhibition at San Diego’s Oceanside Museum of Art that celebrates 40 years of CND™. It focused on an amazing 40 years of record breaking innovation in the professional nail industry. Backtrack over 30 years… I was new…
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Gerrard International has been supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October as well as the #LetsNailBreastCancer campaign founded by the Future Dreams charity. The distributor is encouraging spas, salons and clients to donate to #LetsNailBreastCancer when they book in for a treatment via a Future Dreams Donation Box, as well as to paint their…
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Scratch’s Kat headed to Ealing, London, to help celebrate the official launch of Nailpad. Held at a local eatery, Osteria Del Portico, the evening was a celebration of the twin’s invention. Guests included Tori Deely and Carrie Salmons’ family and friends, as well as members of the press and local community.…
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