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Townhouse salon announces launch of Covent Garden location & Festive Collection

By Callie Iley | 13 December 2022

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…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Meraki, Bulkington, Warwickshire

By Callie Iley | 8 December 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Meraki, Bulkington, Warwickshire Gemma Hill qualified as a nail technician in 2016, engaging in extensive training with CJP Nail Systems alongside 1-2-1 sessions with other nail technicians. She set up working in a salon, however due to the lockdown in 2020, the salon closed. This encouraged…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Simply Perfection Beauty, Canterbury, Kent

By Callie Iley | 1 December 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Simply Perfection Beauty, Canterbury, Kent Shelley Read didn’t initially pursue a career in nails, despite wanting to enter the beauty industry when she left school. “I finally trained up in 2019, and I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner,” Shelley beams. “My salon is located…

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Nail Tech Talk: Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios

By Callie Iley | 26 November 2022

Nail Tech Talk: Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios Alice Molyneux of Cherry-B Studios sits down with Scratch to chat about her inclusive nail studio and her future career goals… “My signature style is something that is painterly and realistic looking, such as dreamy skies, portraits, foliage and fine line illustrations,”…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Indigo Pearl Beauty, Southend-on-Sea

By Callie Iley | 24 November 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Indigo Pearl Beauty, Southend-on-Sea Having worked as a mobile beauty therapist for seven years, Victoria Marston dreamed of having her own home-based salon space. However, she was limited due to where she was living. “Business was put on hold when lockdown happened in 2020, which is…

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Bike ride raises over £7k for Hair & Beauty Charity

By Helena Biggs | 24 November 2022

Bike ride raises over £7k for Hair & Beauty Charity A team of 14 riders took part in the Hair & Beauty Charity Bike Ride, which raised £7,265 to support hair & beauty professionals in need. The event returned for this first time since 2019, when teams previously travelled to…

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Salon in the Spotlight: SB Nails, Basingstoke

By Callie Iley | 17 November 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: SB Nails, Basingstoke After working in education as a learning support assistant and art therapist within a school, Sonia Brown decided it was time for a career change. “I knew that my new career path wasn’t going to be in education, it was going to be…

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NHBF urges Chancellor to protect the hair & beauty sector with 6-point plan

By Scratch Staff | 14 November 2022

The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has urged the Chancellor, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, to adopt a six-point plan to protect the hair and beauty sector. Stressing that the hair and beauty sector is experiencing a ‘cost of doing business’ crisis, with energy and business costs escalating, the…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Sweetcheeks Salon, Shrewsbury

By Callie Iley | 10 November 2022

Salon in the Spotlight: Sweetcheeks Salon, Shrewsbury Sweetcheeks Salon, Telford was first established in 2015 by Sophie Williams, who had previously worked as a mobile tech for 12 years. Sophie branched into education in 2019, starting her own training academy, and the Telford salon began to expand. “I had been…

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How to manage quiet spells in the salon

By Katie Barnes | 8 November 2022

Every beauty business will come across quiet periods of footfall and a common time for this can be right before the busy festive season. As savvy business owners, you must think of ideas that boost profits and productivity in such times, whenever your business may experience this. Boosting profits During…

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