Back to work: What ventilation you need
Scratch gathers guidelines from across the industry for what should be considered for when you & your clients set foot back into your business… The government’s Keeping workers and clients safe during COVID-19 in close contact services guidelines state: “Maintaining good ventilation in the work environment, for example keeping windows or…
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Back to work: How to care for your nail tools
Scratch gathers guidelines from across the industry for what should be considered for when you & your clients set foot back into your business… The government’s Keeping workers and clients safe during COVID-19 in close contact services guidelines state: Further increasing the frequency of hand washing and surface cleaning. Using disposable…
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Back to Work: Staff matters
Scratch gathers guidelines from across the industry for what should be considered for when you & your clients set foot back into your business… The government’s Keeping workers and clients safe during COVID-19 in close contact services guidelines state: You must maintain social distancing in the workplace wherever possible. When providing…
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Back to Work: Clean up
Scratch gathers guidelines from across the industry for what should be considered for when you & your clients set foot back into your business… Following your risk assessment, you need to thoroughly clean and title your premises. Not only is this good health & safety practice, but will reassure your…
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Back to Work: Check-in with clients
Scratch gathers guidelines from across the industry for what should be considered for when you & your clients set foot back into your business… When you have the official go-ahead to reopen your business and you’re confident that you have taken all necessary safety measures, you will need to communicate…
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Salon Standards Alliance formed to raise awareness of beauty salon health & safety
A number of nail techs and business owners have launched the Salon Standards Alliance, an organisation to create videos for consumers in the UK & Ireland to help them understand and promote safe salon practice. “The idea stemmed from a ‘Madge’s Chat Show‘ Zoom group organised by Marian Newman,” comments…
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5 ways to prevent burnout in the nail salon
Janan Saher, director of Aviva Day Spa in Luton, shares advice on how to avoid burnout… As the old saying goes, ‘prevention is better than cure’, and this is something we all need to prioritise while we prepare for the new year. It’s important to recognise beauty pro burnout in both yourself…
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Victoria Adams on her love for neutral nails & being a glitter make-up artist
Scratch chats to Victoria Adams, owner of Lemonade Beauty, about her love for the nail industry, being a glitter make-up artist and relocating her salon just before the UK lockdown… “I trained in nails in 2018 at a salon school in Kent,” explains Victoria. “I then went on to further my…
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5 June: British Beauty Council releases update about reopening of beauty businesses
Following some uncertainty regarding the reopening of hair and beauty businesses after the coronavirus peak, the British Beauty Council has published the following via Instagram in a post on Friday 5 June: “We can now confirm that as officially communicated by BEIS (Dept for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy), the…
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Liz McKeon launches Salon Business Academy
International speaker, educator and beauty business expert, Liz McKeon, has launched the Liz McKeon Salon Business Academy. The online course combines instructional seminars in an easy-to-follow format that will help to educate, inform and refocus business professionals around the world. The message to beauty pros is: ‘Become remarkable, find more…
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