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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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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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Homeless to home salon success: a Staffordshire nail tech’s inspiring journey

By Rebecca Hitchon | 7 February 2025

“I became homeless when I was 21; I had just split up from my partner of five years and my friends and family were unable to help me,” explains Isabelle Pattissier of Chesterton business, Drop Dead Beauty. “I stored some things at my mum’s, told her I was living with…

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Nail Tech Talk: Millie Copsey of NailSpace

By Callie Iley | 8 October 2023

A lover of abstract styles, mix-and-match designs, and monochrome aesthetics, Millie Copsey discovered her passion for nail art during the lockdown, using her creative skills from her background in graphic design to carve out a career in nails. Having been a creative individual for as long as she can remember,…

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Nail Tech Talk: Meet Melanie Lewendon, Scratch Stars Mixed Media Artist of the Year 2023

By Chloe Randall | 2 October 2023

Meet Melanie Lewendon, Scratch Stars Mixed Media Artist of the Year 2023, who shares her career story, awards process & tips to success… Melanie started her nail journey at the age of 33 and after completing her training, she quickly decided she wanted to open her own salon. Since then,…

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Nail Tech Talk: Sylvia Terelak of Bad Polish Gurl

By Callie Iley | 1 October 2023

Having had a lifelong fascination for long nails and a passion for art and design, Sylvia Terelak of Bad Polish Gurl reflects on her journey from nail enthusiast to accomplished professional nail artist… “Ever since I was a young child, I was always extremely drawn to long nails, to the…

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Nail Tech Talk: Meet Alice Nali, Scratch Stars Nail Stylist of the Year 2023

By Callie Iley | 24 September 2023

Get to know Italian-born Alice Nali, Scratch Stars Nail Stylist of the Year 2023, who shares her nail story, journey to success & future goals… Alice Nali first visited a nail salon around the age of 10, and fondly remembers the range of colours and glitters displayed on the shelves.…

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Tech Talk: Meet Fashion Week nail stylist, Ella Vivii

By Rebecca Hitchon | 20 September 2023

The story behind Ella Vivii’s introduction to the nail industry is a heart-warming one. Her mum, Charlotte Burgess, owns a nail and beauty salon, educates and is a session stylist, so Ella grew up around nails. “But I was always more interested in fashion and studied Styling & Production at the…

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Meet the OPI Education Team, Scratch Stars Awards Nail Team of the Year 2023

By Callie Iley | 9 September 2023

Consisting of 20 nail professionals, the OPI Education Team is a close-knit group of passionate educators based across the UK, working on a full-time and freelance basis. “As a team, we all very much admire and inspire each other, whether it be creative talent, business acumen, approach with students, attitude,…

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