Nail, beauty & aesthetics salon, Pre-, welcomes all into second London location
Multi-service salon brand, Pre-, has expanded into a second premises in Parsons Green, South West London. Scratch paid a visit to the brand’s flagship salon in Islington last year, to meet founder, Mimi Gaston-Kennedy, a beauty PR specialist who created Pre- around the ‘idea that beauty treatments help [clients] to…
Read MoreSalon in the Spotlight: Mayfair Aesthetics & Beauty, London
Offering a one-stop salon for nail, beauty and aesthetics treatments in a contemporary central London salon location, Mayfair Aesthetics & Beauty shares its journey since its establishment in 2001. Since opening in 2001 offering nail and tanning services to clients, Mayfair Aesthetics & Beauty has developed and grown its business…
Read MoreTownhouse salon announces launch of Covent Garden location & Festive Collection
Scratch Stars Nail Salon of the Year 2022, Townhouse, has unveiled its eighth location in The Yards, Covent Garden, alongside the launch of the Townhouse Festive Collection. The salon Located within a few minutes’ walk from Covent Garden tube station, the salon sees Townhouse’s signature Insta-worthy décor brought to the…
Read MoreTownhouse nail salon expands into Harrods
Scratch Stars Awards finalist, Townhouse, has grown its presence – expanding into Harrods with its stylish and sought-after nail treatments. From 9 December, Townhouse Knightsbridge is offering the full range of the brand’s signature nail treatments on the 5th floor of the renowned department store. Such treatments include manicures, pedicures,…
Read MoreNeed to spruce up your nail salon? Here’s some design tips…
Thanh Vu, managing director of four Dream Nails salons, reveals her top tips for salon styling and how to keep design fluid across more than one premises… Salon design is one of the areas of my job that I enjoy most. It has been incredibly satisfying to see my vision…
Read MoreUrban Retreat to launch five storey luxury salon in Knightsbridge
Luxury London salon operator, Urban Retreat, has announced a new concept flagship in Knightsbridge. Its first stand-alone location, Urban Retreat – The White House, will launch this summer on Hans Crescent. The 12,000 sqft space will focus on personalised client health, nutrition and wellbeing to complement hair and beauty services.…
Read MoreLuxury beauty destination Nails& London launches revamped boutique
Spa boutique, Nails& London, has unveiled a refurbished site in Wimbledon, offering manicures, pedicures, medi-pedis and toe correction procedures as well as brow threading. The destination focuses on the health and appearance of hands and feet, and staff include highly trained foot specialists and nail technicians. Founded by Donna Haar-Jorgensen in…
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 MoreSpeakeasy style pedicure room for gents opens in London
A gentleman’s pedicure room has opened in London – offer a menu of manicure and pedicure treatments ‘for the modern man’. Located in a speakeasy-style space at the back of Sharps Barber & Shop on Windmill Street, Aldwyn & Sons was founded out of a desire to make men feel…
Read MoreEmbracing natural beauty at Nails & Brows
At the beginning of this week, I was lucky enough to visit the beautiful Nails & Brows boutique in Mayfair, London – simply a stone’s throw from Green Park. Tucked away on Berkeley Street amongst an array of hotels and cool lunch spots, the beauty boutique catches your eye from…
Read MoreLondon salon owner talks abut having ‘healthy competition’
London salon owner, Tinu Bello, recently opened her second location for her brand Colour Riot Nails in the vibrant district of Shoreditch, going her existing location in Fitzrovia. Here, Tinu talks about her experiences… “Competition? Yes, London has some amazing nail salons, and we welcome a bit of healthy competition – but there is more than…
Read MoreLondon salon gives complimentary manicures at Cosmopolitan Self Made Summit
The team from London-based salon, Jade Angel, were on-hand at Cosmopolitan magazine’s Self Made Summit to give guests complimentary nail art and express manicures. A two day event that ran across the 14-15 April, the Cosmopolitan Self Made Summit is a gathering of leading business brains, inspirational founders and both established and…
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