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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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Sophie Pritchard Creative Claws Tech Talk

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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Wicked actress, Cynthia Erivo, named OPI global brand ambassador

By Rebecca Hitchon | 10 September 2024

Award-winning actress & musician, Cynthia Erivo, is set to ‘showcase nails as a vehicle for aesthetic expression’ in her role as OPI global brand ambassador. The Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, singer, songwriter & producer stars as leading part, Elphaba, in Universal Pictures’ musical movie, Wicked. OPI…

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Sophia And Cinzia The Girls Bathroom Nails

‘I did Sophia and Cinzia’s nails’: Manchester nail tech shares her experience

By Lilly Delmage | 10 September 2024

Influencers and co-hosts of The Girls Bathroom podcast, Sophia and Cinzia, selected Lindsay Heigh as the nail tech for their tour manicures, sending an influx of followers to her social media accounts. Fashion and lifestyle influencers, Sophia Tuxford and Cinzia Baylis Zullo, well-known for their trendy manicures amongst their 420,000+ YouTube subscribers, sought a…

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Find clients’ perfect neutral nail shade with CND’s PLEXIGEL Colour Builder line

By Lilly Delmage | 9 September 2024

CND™ has introduced five additional shades to its PLEXIGEL Colour Builder line. The brush-on gel formula described to ‘provide strength, architecture and moderate to long length to the natural nail’, has unveiled five colours to cater to a wider clientele of varying skin tones. Browse the shades: Peach Moonstone: a bright and…

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Client consistency: how to keep your nail business busy all year long

By Guest Writer | 8 September 2024

OPI UK&I education manager, Belinda Price, shares ways to elevate your business and embrace new techniques to ensure your salon is busy with clients all year long. To my mind, the busy salon season runs from Easter to mid-September, with a peak in the October half term and slight dip…

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Hayley Bieber Maple Manicure

The internet is obsessing over Hailey Bieber’s autumn nail colour

By Rebecca Hitchon | 7 September 2024

Autumn’s next nail trend? The maple manicure it seems, thanks to American model & founder of the Rhode skincare brand, Hailey Bieber. The trendsetter, who is linked with the popularity of glazed donut nails, turns to nail stylist, Zola Ganzorigt of @nailsbyzola, for her chic designs. And this week, the…

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Le Halloween

2 Halloween nail colours clients will request for spooky season

By Lilly Delmage | 6 September 2024

Light Elegance has unveiled its limited edition Halloween Collection, adding two spooky-inspired hues in the nail brand’s fan-favourite formulas. Glitter shade, Dark Secret, boasts a deep, velvety-purple base, enhanced with shimmering blue and pink undertones. It’s available in the ButterCream and P+ Gel Polish formulas. Filthy Witch offers a dark…

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