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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, has launched 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…

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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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Nail Salons Reopen In Odesa Ukraine

Nail salons reopen in Odesa, Ukraine in ‘expression of defiance’

By Chloe Randall | 29 March 2022

The historic city of Odesa along the Black Sea coast in Ukraine, has seen nail salons reopen, despite ongoing fears of Russian attacks due to the ongoing war, which started a month ago. BBC News has reported that the recent reopening of nail salons, clubs and beach restaurants in the…

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Add a splash of colour to nail styles with 8 Lecenté Create inks

By Rebecca Hitchon | 29 March 2022

A new season affords the perfect opportunity to freshen up your nail kit and keep clients excited to sit at your nail desk. Maybe you’re looking to expand your nail art offering with a versatile and colourful product? You’re in luck as Lecenté has added a range of eight inks…

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Are you made to be mystical? Check out Artistic Nail Design’s spring 2022 collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 27 March 2022

Artistic Nail Design has revealed its spring 2022 nail colour collection, Made To Be Mystical. With shades ranging from mint green and coral crèmes to a dazzling white glitter that is perfect for wedding season, the collection features six magical and eye-catching shades that put a signature and sassy Artistic…

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Sprinkle your nail designs with magic using Nailchemy’s Ultimate Glitter Collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 26 March 2022

Glitter is a timeless addition to a nail design whatever the season, so make sure you’re prepared for all requests with Nailchemy‘s Ultimate Glitter Collection. Featuring every one of the brand’s 5g glitters, the 46 colours range from holographic hues to multi-size mixes – and included in the collection is…

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NAIL TECH TALK: Charisse Cassie of Chariasnails

By Callie Iley | 26 March 2022

Scratch chats to Charisse Cassie of Chariasnails about balancing her life as a mother and nail tech, and how social media opened her eyes to the vastness of the industry… My signature style of nails are sculpted, hand-painted nails. I sculpt on each and everyone of my clients, as it’s…

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Meet the make-up artist with Functional Neurological Disorder

By Emma Hobday | 25 March 2022

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) charity FND Hope defines FND as a problem with the functioning of the nervous system and how the brain and body send and receive signals. Physical and/or psychological risk factors can cause functional symptoms which include a variety of physical, sensory and cognitive symptoms, such as weakness or paralysis, loss of balance,…

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