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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, launches 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 unlocking the potential…

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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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Cnd 40 Years

A celebration of CND™’s 40th anniversary – By Marian Newman

By Scratch Staff | 24 October 2019

Imagine my excitement to be invited to the ‘event of the year’; an exhibition at San Diego’s Oceanside Museum of Art that celebrates 40 years of CND™. It focused on an amazing 40 years of record breaking innovation in the professional nail industry. Backtrack over 30 years… I was new…

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Sinead Bulley on perfecting a home salon setup

By Sophie Nutt | 24 October 2019

It can be tricky to get the balance right between homely and professional when working from a home-based salon. One of your unique selling point may be offering a welcoming space in which clients can fully relax, rather than a busy salon environment. However, it is important to still present…

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Create out-of-this-world nail designs with Amy G Galaxy collection

By Sophie Nutt | 23 October 2019

The Edge Nails has revealed the new Galaxy collection from the Amy G Nail Art range. The Galaxy collection allows techs to create eye-catching, edgy nail art with three themed ranges: Galaxy Mirror Powders, Crushed Foils and Tinsel Foils. Galaxy Mirror Powders Can be applied to a non-wipe gel top…

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How to help clients take care of hands & nails this winter

By Scratch Staff | 23 October 2019

Sharon Sandhu, category manager for nails at Salon Services UK & Ireland, reveals why it’s important to encourage clients to take care of  their hands & nails in between appointments… Winter can be harsh on hands and nails. If neglected, the cold weather, freezing rain and drying central heating – and…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Awe London, London

By Kat Hill | 23 October 2019

Newly opened, Awe London has been a bolt of blue in South Woodford. “This is my first venture into salon ownership,” smiles director, Kamden Monplaisir. “My aim is to provide awesome and accurate treatments in a beautiful environment, while keeping client wellness at the forefront of what we do.” Specialising…

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How to incorporate ASMR into beauty treatments

By Sophie Nutt | 22 October 2019

Autonomous sensory meridian (ASMR) is a trend that dates back as far as 2013 on YouTube and is continuing to grow in popularity, with over 13 million ASMR videos currently on the platform. The trend isn’t slowing down, either, as there was a 122% increase in searches for ASMR videos from January…

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