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Self-employment help for nail techs: legal, financial & operational considerations
All the legal, financial and operational factors to consider before making those all-important choices… Deciding to become a self-employed nail tech is just the beginning, and we’re here to help you navigate it all. From choosing whether to work from home or as a mobile tech, to deciding which insurance…
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Life as a nail tech with Raynaud’s: 5 pros share their experiences
Raynaud’s syndrome, also known as Raynaud’s disease and Raynaud’s phenomenon, is a condition that affects blood circulation to fingers and toes and can cause them to change colour when cold, anxious or stressed. Other symptoms include pain, numbness and pins and needles. Symptoms vary for each individual and may last…
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Meet the Anglesey nail pro transforming trainers using nail art products
“Nail art techniques can be applied in a variety of ways: from customising trainers to dolls, jewellery and even tip jars,” shares Sophie Pritchard, founder of Creative Claws salon and training academy. The North Wales-based nail tech was first encouraged by her husband to transfer her nail art skills to…
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Data from beauty trend forecaster, Spate, has revealed that ‘nail art’ tops the most searched-for terms for Halloween beauty and wellness searches 2021. The top four beauty trends searched with the term ‘Halloween’, when ranked by percent growth, are: ‘Fake Halloween nails’ (+62.2%) ‘Halloween pedicure’ (+46.0%) ‘Halloween Press-on Nails’ (+43.9%)…
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In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for October & created some nail designs inspired by ‘Halloween’ in the bid to win a prize. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features writer, Chloe Randall and Hannah Garbett, co-founder of SNA Professional. The winner Alana Lawson scooped a…
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Scratch puts the spotlight on the high fashion brands dipping their fingers and toes into nail colour lines… Hermès Birkin owners can match their manis to their handbags, as Hermès has become the latest luxury brand to serve up a nail line. Les Mains Hermès launched on 15 October 2021…
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The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Alana Lawson. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for October & created nail designs inspired by ‘Halloween’ in the bid to win a prize from SNA Professional. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features…
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Light Elegance has unveiled the Color Mother swatch book, designed to showcase up to 120 nail shades and make organising your swatch library effortless. The design allows for individual swatch tips to be reorganised and replaced, meaning that you can easily update your swatch book to show off seasonal collections…
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Here at Scratch, we love keeping up to date with anything fun happening in the nail industry! These are our top five nail tales of the week… 1. Squid Game nail art Squid Game has inspired many things since it made its mark on Netflix. From Halloween costumes to toys, the…
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