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Ashford beauty salon: how exceptional customer service creates relaxing client experiences

By Lilly Delmage | 15 February 2025

Sarah Webb, owner of Bella’s Little Nail Boutique, takes pride in her standout beauty services, which place an emphasis on the client experience. Working in customer service for over 20 years, Sarah knows how to offer clients an exceptional appointment. She explains: “My clients receive a coffee and biscuits, and…

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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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How one therapist created hand care products for key workers

By Guest Writer | 5 June 2020

Beauty therapist, Beverley Braisdell, shares the story of fellow beauty pro, Emma Harvey – who has created a hand cream and serum for NHS frontline staff & key workers… When I saw what my amazing friend and former colleague Emma Harvey, of Spa Butterfly, Wigan, had created during her time…

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Scott Featherstone Nail Art

#NOWTRENDING: Rainbow camo & intergalactic nail by Scott Featherstone

By Helena Biggs | 2 June 2020

Get to know Scott Featherstone of Dapper & Dolly, as he shares some eye-catching nail creations and inspirations… “I began my nail journey back in 2015. It was an accident really and was never in my plans,” Scott reveals. “I’d been working for my local council for 14 years and…

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Diana Nails

WHAT I’M WEARING: Diana Pajeva, Diana’s Nail Art

By Sophie Nutt | 31 May 2020

We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Diana Pajeva, of Diana’s Nail Art, wears a brown and gold geode-inspired nail look. “In order to create this design I used Gelish shades, Areopuffing Matte Top Coat, Apres art inks, transfer gel with gold foil and gold leaf for…

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John Mwangi Nails Kenya

Kenyan nail tech & pastor shares how nail services have flourished in city of Narok

By Alex Fox | 29 May 2020

In a bid to take care of his family, John Mwangi, known to many as Mwangi Cutex, began a journey with nails 14 years ago. Starting out mobile on the streets of his city Narok in Kenya, John literally sat kerbside and painted the nails of abiding women as they…

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Truro College Blog

How nail students have been keeping busy during lockdown

By Guest Writer | 27 May 2020

Sarah Brenton-Sara, lecturer in Level 2 & 3 Nail Services & Beauty Therapy at Truro & Penwith College, reveals how her students have been learning & developing their skills during lockdown… Remote teaching from Truro & Penwith College is going well – and lockdown has definitely not hampered the learning of our students.…

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Chelsea Tipper Nails

#TRENDINGTUESDAY Chelsea Tipper, Beauty by Chelsea

By Sophie Nutt | 26 May 2020

We want to see the designs trending on your social media pages! Chelsea Tipper, of Beauty by Chelsea, says that this white botanical design has been popular with clients across her social media platforms. “This white botanical design has been popular, I think, as we are now having warmer weather,…

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