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70+ St. Patrick’s Day nail design ideas for 2025
St. Patrick’s Day: a global celebration of Irish culture, takes place each year on 17 March, marking the anniversary of the patron saint’s death. We’ve rounded up themed nail art inspiration to bring luck for the occasion…
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Get lucky with these 50 St. Patrick’s Day nail art designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge
Check out entries to the 12 March 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Feeling lucky. 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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How to create shamrock nail art for St. Patrick’s Day
Named after the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious holiday, held annually on 17 March to celebrate Irish heritage. Nail artist & educator, Julie-Anne Larivière, reveals how to create this shamrock design in time for the occasion. *Originally created using GELLUX
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Halo VIP, Hari Hatfield, channels retro styling with a bold, bright nail style for festival season. All shades used are from the Halo Summer Throwback gel polish collection, available via www.purenails.co.uk
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Pimm’s and strawberries and cream anyone? We’re serving up nail art designs to get you in the swing for tennis tournament, Wimbledon.
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Celebrate Pride Month with this Pride flag-inspired nail design by Glitterbels ambassador, Emma Laverton of Fáilte Fae by Emma. Glitterbels products used: Brush On Builder Gel in Cover Beige Hema Free Gel Polish in Pearl’s Unicorn Unbelievabel Gel in Surfing Waves Unbelievabel Gel in Summer Fun Unbelievabel Gel in I…
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Award-winning nail artist & educator, Kristie Jauvais, is based in the La Tour-d’Aigues commune in South-eastern France. With a focus on elegance and wearability for this step-by-step, Kristie was inspired by Adidas and UEFA’s Euro 2024 football design: Fussballliebe, which means ‘love of football’ and represents the joy of football…
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Festival season is here – and is there a more iconic event than the UK’s Glastonbury Festival? Make sure nails are as much a star of the show as music acts with our roundup of funky festival styles for 2024, from classic mix and match looks to trendy tie dye…
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Essex-based Gemma Dawson is an English competition and social media nail artist, specialising in character, micro and 3D designs. She came fourth in Scratch’s World’s Star Nail Artist competition in 2023. To mark Euro 2024, Gemma reveals how to create a portrait of the tournament’s mascot: teddy bear, Albärt, on…
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