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Bio Sculpture collaborates with Anya Hindmarch for London nail bar launch

By Helena Biggs | 9 March 2022

Bio Sculpture has teamed up with British fashion designer, Anya Hindmarch, to provide fashion-forward nail looks for trend-conscious Londoners. Anya’s Colour Therapy Nails Bar is a pop-up nail bar at…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Roses Nails, Newtown, Mid Wales

By Callie Iley | 9 March 2022

Katy Rose worked in the construction industry for six years, however when lockdown began, she took time to reconsider her career. “I have always been creative and never had a…

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Revealed: 5 steps to make your pedicure go the distance

By Guest Writer | 9 March 2022

Keep dry, hard skin on feet at bay post-pedicure with a helping hand from Bryony Cocksedge, head of education at Louella Belle… 1. Start with a bowl of warm water…

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Here’s how the beauty sector is taking steps to become more sustainable

By Guest Writer | 8 March 2022

Jayn Sterland, chair of the Sustainable Beauty Coalition & MD of Weleda, shares what the SBC has been doing to support the industry’s eco-efforts… Last year, it seemed that ‘sustainability’…

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NAIL TECH TALK: Paris Evans of Belle Voir

By Callie Iley | 8 March 2022

Scratch chats to Paris Evans of Belle Voir about what International Women’s Day means to her… Being in the nail industry is great, it’s like having your very own cheerleaders!…

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Meet the designer empowering women in tech through nail art

By Rebecca Hitchon | 8 March 2022

Stemming from a long-standing interest in how female-oriented technical fields are not respected in the same way as their male counterparts, US technology designer, Joselyn McDonald, started using nail art…

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Britney Spears credits nail art charms for helping to overcome social anxiety

By Helena Biggs | 8 March 2022

Britney Spears has taken to Instagram to share a snap of her nails, crediting nail art charms with helping her to explode ‘with conversation’ despite suffering with social anxiety. The…

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NAIL TECH TALK: Kayleigh Bateman of The Gel Bar

By Callie Iley | 5 March 2022

Scratch chats to Kayleigh Bateman of The Gel Bar about building her nail cabin and charging your worth as a nail tech… I first trained as a nail tech in…

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Check out the full body device lighting up beauty salons nationwide

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 March 2022

Offering a bundle of benefits in just one treatment, the Body Boost Bed from Beam Supreme Ltd. is a full body device utilising photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, a non-thermic light therapy…

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Glitterbels education event: Annabel’s Art Assembly

Staffordshire-based nail brand, Glitterbels, has unveiled Annabel’s Art Assembly: an education event led by co-founder & creative director, Annabel Maginnis. It marks her…

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Scratch Snap nail art competition

Scratch Snap is a monthly, online nail art challenge to create a salon-style design in line with a theme. Simply snap…

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