MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hara Professional unveils Gel Polish Artist of the Year 2025
Nail brand, Hara Professional, has unveiled Wigan nail pro, Alyx Olivia Mills, as winner of its 2025 gel polish contest – and a prize worth £2,500. The search for Hara Professional’s Gel Polish Artist of the Year 2025 began on 1 September 2025. Techs from the UK and Ireland were…
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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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Gerrard International acquires Jessica Cosmetics nail brand
Nail and beauty distributor & training provider, Gerrard International, has announced its acquisition of Jessica Cosmetics. The Hertfordshire-based company, founded by manicurist, Susan Gerrard, and her late husband, Ian, has been leading Jessica Cosmetics’ UK arm for the past 35 years, helping to make it the nailcare brand’s most successful…
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The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has urged the Chancellor, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, to adopt a six-point plan to protect the hair and beauty sector. Stressing that the hair and beauty sector is experiencing a ‘cost of doing business’ crisis, with energy and business costs escalating, the…
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Internationally renowned nail professional, Harriet Westmoreland, has been appointed as global brand ambassador for OPI. The talented tech, who boasts over 272,000 followers on Instagram and counts celebrities such as TV’s Rochelle Humes as a regular client, is known for her meticulous and minimal nail styles and is ‘thrilled’ with…
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The Federation of Nail Professionals administered the Dublin Nail Championships at the Professional Beauty & Hair expo in Dublin, 6-7 November. Nail pros battled it out cross categories including UV Gel Polish Professional and Instagram Photographic, with acclaimed judges scoring on a variety of criteria. UV Gel Polish Professional 1st…
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According to The NPD Group, there has been an 18% increase in sales of nail units compared to pre-pandemic levels. The research also showed that unit sales of prestige make-up products declined 20% from January to the end of August 2022, compared to the same period in 2019. In addition,…
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BBC Three documentary, Nail Bar Boys, which follows the lives of six nail techs in Liverpool, has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The Royal Television Society North West Awards 2022 will take place on 26 November in Manchester, and sees Nail Bar Boys up for the title…
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Beauty brands are facing more challenges than just creating the best product in their relevant field. Now, when consumers buy beauty products, they are wanting more than the benefits to their body, they are also wanting to know that the product is sustainable and the brand who produce it has…
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