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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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#TRENDING TUESDAY, Lisa Johnson, of Ultimate Goddess

By Kat Hill | 31 January 2017

We want to see the designs trending at your nails desks! Lisa Johnson, owner of Ultimate Goddess in Doncaster has found her clients have been asking for grey tones to complement and contrast. “I think grey has become a classic colour for nails,” Lisa enthuses. “It is neutral and therefore…

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WHAT I’M WEARING: Jade Robinson, of JADE: Professional Beauty

By Kat Hill | 29 January 2017

We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Jade Robinson, of JADE: Professional Beauty has been wearing this magical look inspired by Harry Potter! “For this look, I started by enhancing my nails to my preferred length with CND BRISA™ gel,” Jade explains. “Next, I painted my nails…

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#TRENDINGTUESDAY Jo Duncan, Beauty by Joanna Louise

By Kat Hill | 24 January 2017

We want to see what designs are trending at your nail desks! Jo Duncan, of Beauty by Joanna Louise has found her clients have be asking for an alternative design. Named ‘Evil and Angel’ nails, the design involves one hand in a light shade and the other in a darker…

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TECH TALK: Rachael Beaumont

By Helena Biggs | 23 January 2017

Rachael Beaumont, of Nails by Rachael, discusses life as a nail tech and reveals her hopes for the future of the industry and her own career.  When and why did you choose to become a nail tech? I’d been working part time in retail but after having my son I…

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WHAT I’M WEARING Lisa Lilley, Love Lilley Nails

By Kat Hill | 22 January 2017

We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Lisa Lilley of Love Lilley Nails has been rocking this marble inspired look. Using Gelish shades Last Call, Arctic Freeze, Look At You Pink-achu, She’s My Beauty and Black Shadow, she completed the set with feature nails of chrome and…

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#TRENDINGTUESDAY Laura Wenn, Nails by Laura

By Kat Hill | 17 January 2017

We want to see the designs that are trending at your nail desk! Laura Wenn of Nails by Laura has found that ‘brushed’ effect nails have been causing a stir among her clients. “”I think this design element has been popular as chrome and holo powders were all the  craze last year,…

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