Salon In The Spotlight Nails By Nichole

Salon in the Spotlight: Nails By Nichole, Rochester, Kent

By Scratch Staff | 13 June 2024

Nichole Reynolds shares the story behind her home salon haven, Nails By Nichole, and provides a glimpse into her nail offerings… Nichole Reynolds worked from her dining room for 15 years before her husband offered to convert the shed into a nail space. “I was comfortable indoors, but my husband…

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Natural Nail And Onycholysis Lucy Price Marshall

Here’s how to treat common nail conditions – including pseudomonas & onycholysis

By Guest Writer | 8 June 2024

OPI educator, Lucy Price-Marshall who is a Scratch Stars Natural Nail Specialist of the Year finalist for 2024 and took the title in 2023, shares troubleshooting pointers for common nail conditions. Identifying and treating common nail conditions and service concerns are valuable skills that will support your career. Knowledge of…

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Iram Shelton Opi Nail Social Media

Nail content creator, Iram Shelton, shares how to use social media effectively

By Guest Writer | 24 May 2024

OPI global ambassador & content creator, Iram Shelton, has amassed over 132,000 followers on Instagram. Here, she shares how to embrace the power of social media as a nail pro and use it effectively to capture the attention of clients. Social media allows you to establish yourself in an exciting…

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Opi My Me Era

OPI celebrates self-expression through nail colour with 12pc summer collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 1 May 2024

OPI has launched its summer 2024 colour collection: My Me Era, featuring 12 energising crème nail shades. Inspired by the celebration of self-expression in all forms, the collection balances bold and playful brights with versatile earthy hues. These are available in OPI’s GelColor gel polish formula, boasting up to three…

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Opi Your Way

OPI encourages playful nail colour combinations & finishes with spring collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 1 March 2024

Unveiled for spring 2024 is the OPI Your Way collection, comprising 21 shades with a variety of finishes, allowing for an abundance of personalised colour options. From apricot and candy hues to trans-seasonal brown tones, OPI has released 12 shades (seven crèmes and five effect sheers) available in GelColor, Nail…

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Top tips for perfecting nail prep

By Guest Writer | 27 February 2024

Elevate your business and embrace new techniques with advice from the Scratch Stars award-winning OPI team, as OPI field educator, Ashleigh Clements, shares her top tips for perfecting nail prep. Nail preparation is the foundation of a great nail service. Great nail prep offers a smooth canvas for product application…

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Iram Shelton Headshot

Iram Shelton on 2024 nail art trends, raising your status & working with OPI

By Helena Biggs | 1 January 2024

Luxury nail artist & lifestyle content creator, Iram Shelton, has amassed a huge social media following, owing to her enviable travel stories and stylish nail posts. A star resident at the Bulgari Hotel London Spa, she offers luxury manicures to clients in the capital, and was appointed as global ambassador…

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Opi Terribly Nice

Add spellbinding festive finishes to nails with OPI’s 14 Terribly Nice colours

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 November 2023

Are you ready to sleigh the holidays? Nail clients’ Christmas requests – and make your own nails dazzle – with OPI’s Terribly Nice Collection, comprising metallics, shimmers, glitters and crèmes. The Terribly Nice shades, available in OPI GelColor, Infinite Shine and Nail Lacquer, are as follows: Blame the Mistletoe – shimmery…

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Opi Winners Spotlight

Meet the OPI Education Team, Scratch Stars Awards Nail Team of the Year 2023

By Callie Iley | 9 September 2023

Consisting of 20 nail professionals, the OPI Education Team is a close-knit group of passionate educators based across the UK, working on a full-time and freelance basis. “As a team, we all very much admire and inspire each other, whether it be creative talent, business acumen, approach with students, attitude,…

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Opi Zodiac Collection

Embrace Big Zodiac Energy this autumn with OPI’s 12-piece nail colour collection

By Rebecca Hitchon | 1 August 2023

Embodying the OPI ethos of using nail colour to unapologetically express yourself, the brand has launched the Big Zodiac Energy collection for autumn 2023. Designed to help wearers be “unshakably confident in who you are as your sun, moon and rising”, the colourscope of shades is inspired by air, earth,…

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