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Digital Boost for Beauty: the campaign helping beauty businesses transition to Making Tax Digital

By Lilly Delmage | 2 February 2025

Ria-Jaine Lincoln, aka The Beauty Accountant, launches a campaign to prepare beauty businesses for the UK government’s upcoming Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative. Digital Boost for Beauty, launching on 2 February 2025, seeks to ‘support hair and beauty professionals to transition from paper-based bookkeeping to digital systems—or unlocking the potential…

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Nail techs, salons, educators & teams invited to ‘show off their sparkle’ in UK&I industry awards

By Helena Biggs | 1 February 2025

Nail pros & business owners: it’s time to show off your sparkle and celebrate your strengths in the sector’s most prestigious awards event! It’s the ultimate celebration of creativity, passion and dedication to client care: the nail sector’s equivalent to the Oscars has returned for a 13th year – and…

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Cardiff nail tech: Offering vegan nail services has attracted 75% of my clients

By Lilly Delmage | 31 January 2025

Coral Kendall (she/they) of vegan nail studio, Oh Lush Nails, shares why she believes it is important to offer vegan services, the products she uses and what techs can do to become more vegan-friendly… “As a vegan of seven years, I was always going to run a vegan studio,” reveals…

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Bring the scent of summer to nail stations with NAF! PRO’s Cocktail collection

By Helena Biggs | 29 April 2022

Do you love to divulge in a Daiquiri? Or perhaps a Piña Colada is more your thing? Or wait – how about a Kiwitini? Indulge in all three – without the fuzzy head – as NAF! PRO has unveiled a limited edition Cocktail Collection of nail and cuticle oils. With…

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Lottie London collaborates with Chaun Legend for press-on nail launch

By Callie Iley | 29 April 2022

Trend-led and Gen-Z focused cosmetics brand, Lottie London, has teamed up with celebrity nail artist, Chaun Legend, to create a press-on nail range.  Inspired by love for his home city, the Los Angeles nail tech designed the Lottie x Chaun Legend Stay Press’d press-on nails for the brand’s first nail…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Euphoria Nail and Beauty Salon, Maidstone

By Callie Iley | 28 April 2022

Euphoria Nail and Beauty Salon was formally a butchers, but was transformed in 1990 by Carole Lionet, with the help of her husband. “We quickly realised that the beauty industry was becoming more and more popular, so we added beauty room after beauty room, and it morphed into Euphoria as…

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Seth Rogen matches nails to ashtray with enhancements by Nails By Mei

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 April 2022

First we saw celebrities matching their jewellery to their nails. Now, the idea of matching nail looks to your accessories has been taken to a new level, thanks to Seth Rogen. The Canadian actor, who co-founded cannabis company Houseplant in 2019, posted a video on his Instagram showcasing the brand’s…

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Allergies: Consultation, identification & prevention in the nail space

By Chloe Randall | 28 April 2022

According to the British Association of Dermatologists, 2.4% of people tested at 13 dermatology units had an allergy to at least one type of acrylate chemicals, the key ingredients in acrylic, gel and gel polish. Widespread media hysteria has contributed to anxiety amongst clients in regard to enhancement services, and advice from…

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#ShowScratch Creative Challenge: Kintsugi

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 April 2022

Check out entries to the 27 April nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating nail designs inspired by Kintsugi, the centuries-old Japanese art of joining broken pottery pieces back together with gold. The technique promotes finding the beauty in imperfections. Each design was submitted via…

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