Ways to help prevent & monitor beauty product allergies | The Beauty Bloggers
The Beauty Bloggers, aka Natalie Thompson & Rachel Jenkinson, share their patch testing tips & advice on preventing allergies in the salon.. Nat and Rach are ‘The Beauty Bloggers‘ and have over 21 years experience in the beauty sector between them. Their aim is to discuss real issues that beauty…
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Crystal Nails Presents 8 New Pro Products
Want to offer an even quicker service to your clients? Well you can with the Crystal Nails 1-Step gel polish CrystaLac. CrystaLac 1-Step offers a non-cleansing, flexible, soak-off gel polish (8ml £14.80 inc VAT) that’s super fast to apply and claims to be super gentle since it houses vitamins A…
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INK London reveals chameleon effect top coats
Create dazzling nail effects with INK London products thanks to the FX Collection. The trio of no wipe effect top coats can be used with all INK London systems, including the iLac gel polish, SOBIAB and Acrylink systems. The collection includes: FX Perfect (pearl effect) FX Poseidon (blue chameleon effect)…
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Salon System adds 6 shades to Gellux Mini range
Salon System has announced the launch of six fashion-inspired shades to the Gellux Mini gel polish collection. The latest additions to the Gellux Mini range include: Cherry Black Raisins to be Cheerful Electric Pink Feelin Peachy Porcelain Doll Smoke n Sparkle Comprising 36 shades in an 8ml trial size, Gellux…
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Glitterama Nails launches gel polish range
Glitterama Nails has launched its gel polish range. The range currently consists of 15 stunning colours, including tones of red, nudes, blues, purples and glitter gels and the collection is expected to be constantly growing. The shades available are: Lavish- Rose Gold Glitter Pure White Break my heart- deep navy/black…
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Why you shouldn’t use an at-home gel polish kit
Salon owner, educator and award-winning nail stylist, Katie Barnes, unveils concerns surrounding DIY gel polish kits… Gel polish seems like an easy to use, harmless product – surely, it’s just like painting on a nail polish, isn’t it? Well, this is the attitude that is causing problems amongst some non-professionals, as they…
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Are UV & LED nail lamps safe?
Globally renowned scientist and nail expert, Doug Schoon, explores the safety concerns surrounding UV nail lamps… The facts that I will outline below demonstrate that UV curing nail lamps are safe, despite attacks by the misinformed media, fear-mongers and TV celebrity doctors. This controversy started in 2009 when two dermatologists…
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#NowTrending: Pastel Care Bears by Stacey Machin
Scratch chats to Stacey Machin of Painted by Stacey about her life as a new nail tech, and how she created this pretty pastel Care Bears design. I qualified as a nail tech in September 2020, and got my certificate in gel polish before the lockdown of the same year.…
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TECH TALK: Michaela Phillips of Gelalicious
Scratch chats with Michaela Phillips of Gelalicious about the most exciting parts of the nail industry and how she sources her inspiration for her nail work… I’ve always had a passion for nails since a young age. I would buy the Boots 17 range nail art pens and practise designs.…
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TECH TALK: Claire Stark of Claire Stark Nails
Scratch chats with Claire Stark of Claire Stark Nails about her career goals and top tips for aspiring techs. What is your all-time favourite nail product? My all-time favourite nail product has got to be my Navy Pro Tools. Who do you admire in the industry? Nail techs I…
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