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CND™ appoints 4-strong Team Eurasia to support nail pros across the region
Nail brand, CND™, has introduced Team Eurasia: a group of four dynamic education ambassadors and nail professionals who will support fellow techs and CND™ distributor partners across the region. To support the brand’s aim to foster career growth for its education ambassadors, CND™’s Team Eurasia will facilitate events, represent CND™…
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23 adorable Jellycat-inspired nails you can’t resist: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge
Check out entries to the 29 January 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Jellycats. Each nail style was submitted via Instagram or Facebook using #ShowScratch #CreativeChallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.
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Cambridgeshire nail tech: how I created my dream salon space after 20 years
Dominique Sharpe’s Godmanchester nail business rebranded to The Nail Editor in May 2024, and the nail stylist moved into the professional studio she had longed for since qualifying as a nail tech in 2004. In the early stages of her career, the three-time Scratch Stars Awards finalist struggled to find…
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‘Viva Magenta’ is Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2023 Pantone, the world renowned source of colour expertise, has unveiled PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta as its Colour of the Year 2023. For 24 years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion,…
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Salon in the Spotlight: Simply Perfection Beauty, Canterbury, Kent Shelley Read didn’t initially pursue a career in nails, despite wanting to enter the beauty industry when she left school. “I finally trained up in 2019, and I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner,” Shelley beams. “My salon is located…
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Revealed: The most lucrative UK cities for a beauty career Permanent make-up & microblading training provider, K.B Pro, has released the results of its Beauty Career Index. The Index analyses a number of UK cities to determine which locations are most profitable for a beauty career, which are best for…
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Embrace the magic of the festive season with Nailberry’s 3 Moon nail lacquers Nailberry has launched its Moon Collection, featuring a trio of dazzling metallic nail lacquers. With three seasonal statement shades to take clients from day-to-night, the Moon Collection can be used alongside Nailberry’s Strengthen & Breathe Base Coat…
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Who’s for some figgy pudding? Here, Scratch readers serve up designs inspired by festive favourite, Christmas pudding.
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Kirsty Meakin launches nail-inspired jewellery collection Nail artist & influencer, Kirsty Meakin has teamed up with goldsmith, Mark Lloyd to launch a limited edition jewellery brand, named Kirsty Meakin X Mark Lloyd. The first piece to be announced is a bespoke sterling silver nail-curved pendant which is laser inscribed with…
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