Nailympia opens registration for all 2019 competitions
International nail competition, Nailympia, has opened registration for three locations for 2019: Nailympia USA in Houston, Texas (5-7 April 2019) Nailympia Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia (10-12 May 2019) Nailympia London at Olympia Beauty, London (28-30 September 2019) With a plethora of categories available across multiple divisions, Nailympia offers the opportunity…
Read MoreAdvance your nail skills at the NSI University
NSI‘s global education team will be heading to Manchester in June to host NSI UK‘s University. The intense three-day training event will hone and enhance the skills of qualified nail techs with a minimum of six months experience in acrylic or gel. A spokesperson for the brand comments: “Learn the…
Read MoreSecond #NailTecTalk event to focus on nail product compliance
Salon Services is to hold its second #NailTechTalk in collaboration with Scratch and nail aficionado, Marian Newman. The event will welcome special guests to chat in open conversation with attendees, and the focuses for this event are product compliance and regulation in the nail industry. There will also be discussions to…
Read MoreHomelessness charity calling for salon volunteers this Christmas
National homelessness charity, Crisis, is calling on hairdressers, barbers and salon assistants across the country to volunteer at their Christmas centres this month. The centres provide thousands of people with good, warmth, healthcare and specialist services over Christmas in addition to Crisis’ year-round services. Salon services such as washing, cutting…
Read MoreMavala supports LCBT at the Ideal Home Christmas Show
Mavala begun its Christmas celebrations early by appearing at the Ideal Home Christmas Show alongside the London College of Beauty Therapy (LCBT). Following a series of training session with Mavala’s nail care expert, Lynn Grey, the LCBT students were set up at the Ideal Home Christmas Show from 20-24 November…
Read MoreSweet Squared spreads seasonal joy by gifting presents to pros
Techs – do you fancy winning a prize courtesy of Sweet Squared? You could be in with a chance! The ‘Gift Of Giving’ season has begun with Sweet Squared, as the team is gifting a whopping 250 presents to pros over the festive period. To get involved and be in…
Read MoreTechs receive intense nail training at Crystal Nails camp
Crystal Nails UK hosted a Nail Camp; a five-day intensive training event at which attendees learned to perfect a number of nail techniques. Held within the grounds of Writtle University College, Chelmsford, the four Crystal Nails UK absolute master international educators guided delegates through technical and art-based techniques. Karina Parametko revealed how…
Read MoreA Kiss-mas party with nail royalty
Alex Silver PR invited me to a super-glamorous dinner event on behalf of the KISS Products brand to kick off the Christmas season – and boy, did we kick it off in style… Welcomed with a cocktail at Quaglino’s, a swanky venue in central London, I was among nail royalty…
Read MoreA pedi pamper session at beauty editor hotspot, DryBy
While working in London this week, I stepped into the DryBy London salon on Mortimer Street to experience a pedicure. I was working in tandem with session stylist, Marian Newman, who suggested that DryBy was a salon experience that I really should explore. Adored by consumer beauty editors owing to…
Read MoreA morning with the British Beauty Council
I was invited to the launch of the British Beauty Council earlier this week. This change-maker breakfast was hosted in the Gallery & Loft, Mortimer House, London to an assembly of beauty influencers and beauty media figureheads. It was followed by a lively debate and discussion on the nature of this new council and its directives,…
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