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Top reasons to enter nail competitions & expert tips for success
Esteemed beauty business expert & CEO of PHAB Service Stars, Nergish Wadia-Austin, shares advice for budding nail competitors… The nail industry is vibrant, with competitions like the Scratch Stars Awards and Nailympia showcasing the best in creativity and artistry. Prestigious events like these are essential for any nail technician wishing…
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Add to playlist: Nail On Sunday podcast, which serves up insight for nail techs
The founders of professional nail brand, Nail Order, have launched Nail On Sunday: a podcast dedicated to discussing important topics for nail techs. A new episode goes live every Sunday. Topics discussed so far include: How to maximise your earnings as a nail tech. How to use social media to…
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Digital Boost for Beauty: the campaign helping beauty businesses transition to Making Tax Digital
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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When a client sits at your nail desk and presents you with a thumb nail such as below, you may wonder whether it is a contraindication which you should not treat. This is habit tic deformity. Most commonly seen on the thumbnails, it is a nail condition caused by repeatedly…
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Nailympia Competitions, in association with Scratch magazine, has announced the winners of the second edition of Nailympia Online. The international nail competition welcomed 13 categories with three divisions, plus a fourth and unique division for gold medalists and nail champions; Division 4 VIP Nail Challenge. Competitors were judged by a…
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Make clients feel like fairytale royalty with the Once Upon a Time launch from Pure Nails; six reflective glimmering cat eye nail shades in the Halo Gel Polish formula. Vegan friendly and cruelty free, the gel polish has easy application, high shine, and high pigmentation, offering up to 14 days’…
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Despite England being hit by two storms and severe disruptions since Friday, one place that has remained as dynamic as ever is the capital, celebrating bold and escapist style and nail looks with London Fashion Week. Here, Scratch takes a look at the nail styles not to miss from the…
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In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for February & created some nail designs inspired by ‘Hearts & Flowers’ in the bid to win a prize. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features writer, Emma Hobday and Annabel Maginnis, founder of Glitterbels. The winner, Riy Young,…
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Renowned for her Lash Bible book series, Teresa Smith, returns with two new revised additions of the original The Lash Bible. 10 years since the original bible, the leading lash artist, author, and international educator encapsulates the modern desire of enhancing our natural beauty in the new bible renditions. Teresa…
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