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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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WHAT I’M WEARING: Kelly Wells, Beauticle Nails

By Sophie Nutt | 26 May 2019

We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Kelly Wells, of Beauticle Nails, wears blue nails after the birth of her baby boy. “Firstly, I stamped a lace pattern onto two nails and then used a lovely blue gel polish, leaving a small gap by the cuticle to…

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Cuccio welcomes summer with Heatwave nail colour collection

By Helena Biggs | 26 May 2019

Get set for summer with eight colourful new nail shades from Cuccio. The Heatwave collection is available in both Cuccio Colour (lacquer) and Cuccio Veneer (gel polish) and features a selection of brights; ideal for welcoming the warmer season and to promote to clients heading on holiday. Create punchy nail…

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Navy Pro releases curved manicure multi tool

By Sophie Nutt | 25 May 2019

Navy Professional has released Doris – a curved manicure multi tool. The tool has been designed for multi-use during nail prep and art for both manicures and pedicures, the soft curved blade aims to remove non-living tissue from the nail plate with ease. Doris has a unique titanium coating, which…

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Add edge to spring manicures with Bio Sculpture Pretty Gritty collection

By Sophie Nutt | 24 May 2019

Designed to add personality to nail looks this season, Bio Sculpture Gel has revealed its Pretty Gritty collection. The collection sees four new ‘sand effect’ gel colours: Sugar Cane – white Bonbon Brittle – grey Marshmallow Crunch – pastel pink Candy Crust – pastel lilac Each gel contains particles that…

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INK London adds All4Me Additions collection

By Kat Hill | 24 May 2019

INK London has added to its Additions range of glitters and pigments with the new All4Me Collection. Seeing six new shades, the glitters are size 004 for a fine finish. New glitters include: Alice – baby blue holo Amani – red holo Anne-Marie – orange holo Carla – lavender holo…

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Points to consider when waxing pregnant clients

By Scratch Staff | 23 May 2019

Immerse yourself in hair removal tips as ABT director, Dave Horton, discusses pregnancy waxing with ABT accredited trainer, Kim Lawless… Is it medically safe for pregnant women to undergo waxing treatments, and does this differ during the different trimesters? Kim: It’s absolutely safe! I always check with doctors and midwives…

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