nail tech Natacha Botting

Tech Talk: Natacha Botting

By Zoe Wickens | 12 February 2020

Scratch catches up with nail tech, Natacha Botting, to learn more about her industry journey… Natacha Botting used to work as a receptionist in a local beauty salon, where she would admire all of the client’s nails as they were paying for their treatments. “I decided to train as a nail…

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Carla May Wainwright Nail Tech

Tech Talk: Carla May Wainwright

By Zoe Wickens | 5 February 2020

Scratch catches up with nail tech, Carla May Wainwright, to learn more about her industry journey… Carla May Wainwright from Doncaster entered the nail industry five years ago when she left school. “My mum is also a nail technician, so I was brought up around nails and always modelled for her…

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Tracey Hazeldon Nail Tech

Tech Talk: Tracey Hazeldon

By Zoe Wickens | 29 January 2020

Scratch catches up with nail tech, Tracey Hazeldon, to learn more about her industry journey… Tracey Hazeldon from Ashford in Kent has been qualified as a nail tech since 2010, when she swapped a retail career to embrace her artistic flair. “I wanted to combine a love of art with…

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Katie Barnes Smile Gel

How to create a crisp smile line with the gel system

By Katie Barnes | 21 January 2020

Smile lines can be a nail tech’s nemesis. With the introduction of gel paint and gel polish, the need for sculpted smile lines has faded. While I love the look of a crisp, sculpted smile line, time constraints and trends means that more and more clients are requesting varied finishes;…

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Magpie Beauty Gel Paint

Amp up nail art designs with Magpie Beauty Gel Paints

By Helena Biggs | 4 January 2020

Magpie Beauty has launched a gel paint collection; 16 highly pigmented shades that are ideal for nail artistry. Let your creativity run wild with the striking shades, which include primary hues that can be mixed to create bespoke shades. Gold, Silver, Champagne and Rose Gold are also available – all…

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Nail Salon Lamp Gel Polish

How to ensure a correct gel polish cure – and why it’s so important

By Katie Barnes | 10 December 2019

Do your nail files or dust filings look like this when you are performing a gel polish removal? If so, your gel polish was not properly cured. Let’s discuss some possible reasons why this may happen. There’s a big difference between ‘cured’ and ‘properly cured’ and it can be difficult…

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Light Elegance Butterbling 2

Light Elegance launches ButterBlings to help nail designs dazzle

By Scratch Staff | 14 November 2019

Light Elegance has launched four ButterBling hard gels, featuring the same buttery application that the Light Elegance Buttercreams offer – but with added sparkle. Infused with high concentrations of premium pigments and glitters, ButterBlings offer a striking, bold and shimmering nail effect. “When you apply the ButterBlings, the experience is…

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Light Elegance Champagne Caviar

Light Elegance welcomes Champagne & Caviar collection for winter

By Helena Biggs | 28 October 2019

Prepare for the excitement of holiday festivities with the winter 2019 collection from Light Elegance. Twelve gels, including six glitters, feature in the Champagne & Caviar collection, balancing complex textures with sophisticated shades and gleaming metallics. “Champagne & Caviar has been created to highlight sophistication and texture that’s on-trend for…

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Cozy Up To Fall with new Light Elegance collection

By Sophie Nutt | 27 July 2019

Light Elegance has revealed its autumn 2019 collection, Cozy Up To Fall. Ideal for the colder months, the collection sees warm mauves, hearty taupes and rich neutrals across colour and glitter gel ranges. Fine glitters, silky shimmers and smooth textures complement the on-trend tones that comprise the collection. Colour gel…

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Bio Sculpture’s Galaxy Collection

Create stellar nail designs with Bio Sculpture’s Galaxy Collection

By Kat Hill | 6 July 2019

Create out-of-this-world nail designs with the Bio Sculpture’s Galaxy Collection. Ideal for holidays and festival season, the line-up features four two-tone, deep sparkling shades. The new metallic collection includes: Neptune, a two-tone purple and blue Jupiter, a rich emerald green Venus, a pink bronze Mercury, a purple pink with a…

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