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Self-employment help for nail techs: legal, financial & operational considerations

By Lilly Delmage | 5 February 2025

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

By Scratch Staff | 5 February 2025

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

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 February 2025

“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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10 of the best Love Island inspired manicures

By Chloe Randall | 23 August 2021

After over a year off, ITV 2’s Love Island is back on our screens once again for a summer of love! Check out our reader’s nail designs inspired by the popular TV show…

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My life as a nail tech with eczema condition, pompholyx

By Emma Hobday | 23 August 2021

Scratch chats to Keeley Hopkins of Spotlight Aesthetics & Beauty By Keeley, about her debilitating pompholyx and her tips and advice for other sufferers… Pompholyx (or dyshidrotic eczema) is defined by the NHS as a type of eczema that begins with intense itching of the hands and fingers, causing tiny…

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The customised PPE you need in your salon

By Chloe Randall | 23 August 2021

British Beauty Council patron, Twelve NYC has launched a PPE service to ensure that basic Personal Protection Equipment is accessible, compliant and cost effective. To support the British beauty industry during Covid-19, twelveNYC, a woman-owned product development company has built a dedicated webstore to ensure basic PPE is easily accessible,…

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Nail Styles of the Week: 15-22 August

By Chloe Randall | 22 August 2021
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Meet the 9 year-old who has launched her own nail polish line

By Emma Hobday | 22 August 2021

Lola Marie may only be nine years old, but she’s already a business owner and entrepreneur in her own right, having launched her nail polish line Lola Marie Polish to increase awareness of her condition, spina bifida. Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal…

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NAIL BITES: 5 tales from the industry w/c 15 August

By Chloe Randall | 21 August 2021

Here at Scratch, we love keeping up to date with anything fun happening in the nail industry! These are our top 5 nail tales of the week…  1. Tiktok or tech-tok?  TikTok phenomenon, Chase Hudson (aka LILHUDDY), took to his 11.7 million Instagram followers to announce the release of his Glamnetic…

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