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Nominate now: Your favourite nail & beauty influencers 2024
The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has opened its Top 100 Influencer Index to nominations. The annual event recognises and rewards professionals in the hair, barbering and beauty industries…
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WINNER ANNOUNCED: Scratch Snap July 2024
The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge for July has been announced as Isabelle Pattissier. In a showcase of talent, techs created nail designs to fit theme, Magical Nails, in the…
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Be enchanted by the 65 magical nail art entries into July’s Scratch Snap comp
The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge for July has been announced as Isabelle Pattissier. In a showcase of talent, techs created nail designs to fit theme, Magical Nails, in the…
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Winners announced in Scratch Stars nail industry awards 2024
The UK&I nail industry was celebrated at The Scratch Stars Party on 21 July, which saw the winners of the 12th Scratch Stars Awards announced. The annual awards not only…
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Friendly competition: Nail techs from the same town confuse clients with name swap
Two nail techs from a small town in Sheffield were used to being compared by clients, but bolstered their confusion when they swapped surnames. One of the Birley-based techs, Rachel…
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Get starstruck over these 20 star-inspired nail art ideas
What better way to celebrate the Scratch Star Awards 2024 this weekend, than with a roundup of star-inspired manicures? Whether getting in the spirit, or looking for some last-minute inspo,…
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Meet Jessica White: The salon owner who started painting nails in her university room
Scratch Stars Social Media Star of the Year finalist 2024, Jessica White, shares her inspirational career journey: detailing her humble beginnings painting nails at university, to opening her own salon.…
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The UK heatwave: Is it affecting your nail products?
Educator & award-winning nail technician, Katie Clark, reveals why hot weather may impact your nail products and services… Most techs will have noticed a difference in their L&P and gel…
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Techs mark Scratch Stars Awards 2024 with party nail designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge
Check out entries to the 17 July 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Scratch Stars Awards 2024.…
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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 is a monthly, online nail art challenge to create a salon-style design in line with a theme. Simply snap…
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