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50 chrome Valentine’s Day nail art ideas you’ll fall for

By Scratch Staff | 8 February 2025

From glazed donut finishes to striking shiny details, chrome nails aren’t going anywhere – and especially not for Valentine’s Day. Get inspired with our roundup of romantic chrome nail looks below…

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45 Valentine’s French manicures you’ll fall in love with

By Scratch Staff | 4 February 2025

Opt for a romantic twist on the classic French, complete with red, pink and plenty of hearts for Valentine’s Day. Check out our roundup of chic designs below…

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23 adorable Jellycat-inspired nails you can’t resist: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Lilly Delmage | 30 January 2025

Check out entries to the 29 January 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Jellycats. 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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30+ ways to style aura nails: the trend matching your energy & mani

By Rebecca Hitchon | 3 October 2024

With wellness an increasing societal focus, bring good energy to nails and impact wellness through colour via aura styling. Auras, or energy fields, are said to surround beings and reflect their spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing. Different aura colours are associated with various qualities and emotions, for example red represents…

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Mickey Mouse pumpkin nail art: how to create for Halloween in 4 steps

By Guest Writer | 3 October 2024

Nailchemy ambassador, Dannika Bernadette, uses products from the brand to create this Halloween look, and shares how to recreate it below…

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Nail techs embrace autumn with woodland animal-inspired manicures: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Lilly Delmage | 26 September 2024

Check out entries to the 25 September 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Woodland animals. 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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Beetlejuice nail art designs: 20 Halloween-ready manicure ideas

By Scratch Staff | 20 September 2024

With the Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, released this month and Halloween on the way, take inspiration from these incredible themed designs by nail artists.

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Autumn nail trend: 22 leopard print manicures to note

By Lilly Delmage | 14 September 2024

Leopard print nails have always been a fan-favourite amongst nail enthusiasts, but recently the animal-inspired print has been particularly popular. From French tips and nail art, to 3D designs and even hand-painted leopards themselves, clients have become creative, requesting fun twists on the typical leopard mani. Here’s 22 leopard print…

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Seeking nail art inspiration? Choose from these long, 3D manicures

By Lilly Delmage | 31 August 2024

Three-dimensional manicures have been popping up all over our social feeds, so why not combine with a long nail length for added wow factor? For those of you who have entered your dramatic nail era, we’ve rounded up a selection of long, 3D nails to inspire your next manicure!

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