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Get inspired: Nail pro, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her journey to dominating the nail industry

By Lilly Delmage | 9 February 2025

Natural nail specialist, OPI educator, salon manager & multi-award winner, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her career story and how she balances various industry roles… Tell us about your journey into the nail industry… While I was at school, I worked at my mum’s nail salon, Nailspa in Huddersfield, on Saturdays, assisting…

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Interested in entering Nailympia Competitions? Webinar dives into its 2025 direction

By Scratch Staff | 8 February 2025

Are you keen to learn more about Nailympia Competitions? Buddy Sims, learning experience (LX) specialist for hair & beauty education platform, Pivot Point International, hosted a webinar with Alex Fox, global director of Nailympia Competitions, and seasoned judge & nail expert, Vitaly Solomonoff, which is available to watch back here.…

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Scotland home salon: the pro offering a one-stop shop for nails, hair & beauty services

By Lilly Delmage | 8 February 2025

Emma Saunderson, the owner of Angus-based salon, GlamEm, has made a name for herself as a versatile beauty professional, offering an impressive range of beauty treatments from her home salon. Having trained as a nail technician in 2019 with Young Nails, Emma initially worked on a mobile basis. Though as…

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Smooth sparkles with Lecenté’s Smooth It!

By Kat Hill | 5 October 2018

Ensure a super smooth finish with Lecenté’s Smooth It! Ideal for encapsulating chunkier glitter pieces and other arty additions, this nail art gel creates a smooth surface for nail art application over glitter. The brush-on gel can also be mixed with glitters for 3D detailing and artwork, as well as…

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8 ways to stop social media taking over your life

By Scratch Staff | 4 October 2018

It can be a powerful marketing tool – yet sometimes a source of pressure to constantly be answerable to clients; so has social media become bittersweet? Scratch speaks to beauty business owners about how they balance social media marketing with their personal life and how to beat the digital burnout……

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LashFX launches limited edition magnetic lashes for charity

By Helena Biggs | 4 October 2018

The Eyelash Design Company is supporting The Pink Ribbon Foundation with the launch of the ‘Rosie’ style in its Magnetise magnetic lash range. An ideal retail item and speedy treatment add-on, the lightweight lashes are easy to apply; simply place one strip under the top lash and the other on…

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By Kat Hill | 4 October 2018
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How practicing advanced nail art can boost your business

By Sophie Nutt | 4 October 2018

Exercising your artistic arm and boosting your creative flair should always be a priority in such a visual industry, however, by offering advanced nail art services you can also bump up your prices and generate higher revenue per nail set. Not only this, but with demand from fashion-conscious individuals high,…

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Nail Gaga welcomes two new educators

By Sophie Nutt | 4 October 2018

Nail Gaga has welcomed two new talented nail technicians to its education team. The two new educators are Kerry Evans and Lisa Tanner-Marshall. Kerry joins the team from Wales with a wealth of teaching and salon experience, while Lisa is based in Blackpool and offers a salon-based training experience with…

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