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Energy Savers Week: How to make your beauty business more energy-efficient
Stephanie Hodgson, head of research & development at Green Salon Collective (GSC), details how beauty businesses of all sizes can minimise their energy usage and emissions… GSC was founded in 2020 by environmental experts, campaigners and beauty professionals, with an aim to help member salons in the UK and Ireland…
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How a Scottish inventor & son created a product nail enthusiasts can’t live without
Have you ever damaged a nail opening a can, prying open the clips of photo frames or opening keyrings? It’s these nuisances that led husband and son duo, Brian and Gregor Eadie, to create Keysie: a handy device to save nails from unnecessary damage. It was Gregor who approached his…
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Scratch Stars Award-winning nail salon owner: competition benefits & advice
Natasha Barker, owner of Scratch Stars Nail Salon of Year 2024, Niche Nails & Beauty, reveals advice for succeeding in the competition. The 2024 awards were not the salon’s first entry into the competition. Natasha explains: “I had entered the awards previously on behalf of the salon, and we had…
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The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Emily O’Brien. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for March & created nail designs inspired by ‘Miniature Manicures’ in the bid to win a prize from Gerrard International. Judged by Scratch‘s copywriter, Callie Iley,…
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In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for March & created nail designs inspired by ‘Miniature Masterpieces’ in the bid to win a prize from Gerrard International. Judged by Scratch‘s copywriter, Callie Iley, and head of education at Gerrard International & Susan Gerrard Beauty Academy, Samantha…
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Director of quality & standards at the National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF), Caroline Larissey, is celebrated in the powerlist of 100 inspirational women in trade associations. The Women in Trade Associations (WiTA) Powerlist was founded this year by the Trade Associations Federation (TAF), Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and…
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Salon business expert, Liz McKeon, has announced the return of her best-selling Start Your Own Business Mystery Client Shopping Programme. Designed for those interested in becoming a professional industry mystery client shopper to start their own business and create a new revenue stream, or for team managers seeking to…
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After leaving her job as a horse riding instructor due to a life-changing diagnosis of an invisible illness, Lauren Mitchell of Phenomenail Wales opens up about how becoming a nail technician helped her regain confidence and purpose. “I had acute onset Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, known as IIH, so I went…
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NovaLash has named Kristrún Sif Gunnarsdottir as Lash Artist of the Year for 2023, during its recent virtual LASHoff ceremony. LASHoff is a global video competition for NovaLash artists, which has been held annually since 2010. The competition aims to showcase NovaLash artists’ work while providing them with opportunities for…
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