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Slither into the Year of the Snake in style: 15 nail art ideas to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025
Chinese New Year 2025 is celebrated on January 29th, welcoming the Year of the Snake. The nail industry is no stranger to snake-inspired designs, from snakeskin prints and hand-painted characters to 3D creations. However, if you’d rather steer clear of animal motifs, embracing the colours of the event is another…
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Want to offer vegan manicures in your nail salon? Here’s 20 products to add to your kit
A whopping 25 million people took part in Veganuary in 2024: so have you considered vegan-friendly nail and beauty options in the salon to cater to this burgeoning client base? Gaining a ‘vegan status’ in the beauty sector means a product must not contain animal-derived ingredients or by-products. Click here…
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50 blue nail art designs that are blue-tifully chic
Feeling the blues? You won’t be after checking out these 50 blue nail art ideas to inspire creative handiwork…
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20 Scottish-themed nail designs to celebrate Burns Night
Burns Night takes place annually on 25 January and is a celebration of the life and work of Scottish poet & lyricist, Robert Burns, on what would have been his birthday. Scots often commemorate the occasion with a cèilidh (social event with dancing) and a supper, where they enjoy a…
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Glitterbels pros: reap education, rewards & discounts via The Nailist Programme
Staffordshire-based nail brand, Glitterbels, has launched The Nailist Programme as part of its mission to ‘help nail technicians elevate their craft, grow their businesses and push industry standards to new heights’. Designed by Glitterbels founders, Annabel and Elliott Maginnis, the programme serves to provide high-quality education, products and ongoing support…
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Manifest your 2025 goals with 20 New Year’s resolution nails: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge
Check out entries to the 15 January 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: New Year’s resolutions. Each nail style was submitted via Instagram or Facebook using #ShowScratch #CreativeChallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.
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NSI Nails Guyana to host masterclass on eco-friendly nail art practices
Nail brand, NSI Nails Guyana, has launched Sparkle Sustainably, a masterclass for nail techs in the Caribbean to help them integrate eco-friendly nail art practices. Scheduled to take place 20-22 March 2025 at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, the three-day masterclass will offer intensive, hands-on training focused on creating stunning…
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Revealed: Pedicures are more popular than manicures in the nail salon
Salon, spa, and fitness booking and management software, Vagaro, has released its 2025 Vantage Report, revealing insights into beauty and wellness trends. Pedicures take the lead With 21 million nail salon appointments booked between January and September 2024, pedicures have overtaken manicures in popularity. They accounted for 59% of searches…
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BeautyLab has released a luxury Black Diamond Skincare Discovery Set. Combining rare black diamonds, encapsulated white diamonds and anti-ageing peptides, the set aims to instantly illuminate, plump and reduce fine lines and wrinkles while bringing youthfulness to the skin. The set includes black diamond peptide cleanser, energising serum and moisture complex.…
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A growing passion and demand for nail art has led Lisa Graves, owner of Body Beautiful, to relocate to a bigger premises. Demand for Lisa’s nail art treatments, coupled with a rise in the number of people who want to become nail art technicians, has led her to move the…
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Course Details: Currently there are two Pro Courses available – Inspiring Overlays and Inspiring Overlays & Lasting Extensions. Running year round, there are a variety of location country-wide. At your chosen IH Pro Academy, you will learn more than just how to ‘do gel nails’; you will build on your skills covering colour overlays, french manicure,…
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With an enviable product line, burgeoning staff and tip-top training ethos, Posh Nailz is striving for perfection in every part of the nail sector. Founded by Clare Kelly, who hones 22-years’ experience in the nail sector, Posh Nailz launched two years ago with its own training programme; offering vocational qualifications in…
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The National Hairdressers Federation, which supports the hair, beauty and barbering industries, is warning pension changes will triple costs for employers. Pensions auto-enrolment was introduced in April 2012 and has led to nine million workers saving into a pension for the first time. Since auto-enrolment was introduced, the contributions for both…
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Rachael Beaumont decided it was time to hit the road – literally! After initially working from a summer house in her garden, a recent relocation provided some unexpected inspiration for her nail business. “With a recent house move, I had the idea to try something new and different. I like a…
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