Cuccio Soiree

Create decadent nail looks with new Cuccio Soirée collection

By Helena Biggs | 14 October 2019

Cuccio welcomes eight new nail shades for winter 2019; each one decadent, shimmering and ideal for chic party season manicures. Available in both Cuccio Colour (lacquer) and Cuccio Veneer (gel polish), the shades include bold red Dance, Dance, Dance, shimmering scarlet 3,2,1 Kiss, and deep purple Cheers To New Years.…

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Therapist

How to effectively handle client complaints

By Scratch Staff | 12 October 2019

Caroline Larissey, the NBF’s director of quality & standards, offers up advice for handling client complaints… When you’re in the business of making your clients feel good about the way they look, it can be particularly difficult if you’re faced with a complaint. The secret is to be prepared so…

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Dipt Winter Shades

Dipt Nails adds three powder shades to collection for winter

By Helena Biggs | 12 October 2019

Dipt Nails has added three shades to its dip powder nail range; ideal for wintry manicures. Enabling fast, easy and effective nail colour, Dipt is developed using a medical-grade resin and a finely milled coloured powder. It affords a high shine, durable nail finish in around 30 minutes. The new…

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Scratch Magazine Subs 2019

Claim your goody bag worth £200 when you subscribe to Scratch at Professional Beauty North

By Helena Biggs | 11 October 2019

Subscribe to Scratch magazine – or renew your existing subscription – at Professional Beauty North 13-14 October and receive a bag of goodies worth over £200! Over 20 gifts are included in a hot pink Scratch tote to those that subscribe at the show on either day. Also included is a…

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Create party-ready nails with Gellux Keep a Secret collection

By Kat Hill | 11 October 2019

Get ready party season with the latest collection from Salon System Gellux – Keep a Secret Created to take clients from the ‘office to party for a touch of glitz and glam’, the eight new shades see a mix of glitter, berry and rebellious red shades “The new Keep a…

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Opi Hello Kitty Christmas 2019

OPI partners with Hello Kitty for festive nail colour collection

By Helena Biggs | 3 October 2019

OPI has partnered with pop culture icon, Hello Kitty, for a second time to create the Hello Kitty Collection by OPI for the 2019 festive season. The first Hello Kitty Collection by OPI launched in 2016, and saw one of its shades, Let’s Be Friend’s, become the most searched for…

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Untitled Design

Metta Francis on perfecting a mobile nail setup

By Sophie Nutt | 3 October 2019

As a mobile tech, just because you don’t have a physical, set space in which you offer your services, it doesn’t mean you have to skip on deciding interior objects and furniture. Inject your own personality into your mobile setup with branded towels, equipment and your uniform, and recreate the…

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Salon System to host a series of Christmas nail & lash workshops

By Helena Biggs | 3 October 2019

Get inspired and try out some new products and skills at one of Salon System‘s Christmas Creative Workshops, running October to December. Each four-hour workshop will present attendees with demos and hands-on practice to elevate skills in time for the festive season and help grow turnover. Ideal for for beginners…

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Nailympia London 2019 Winner Of Winners

Nailympia London 2019: THE RESULTS

By Alex Fox | 2 October 2019

A whopping 878 competition seats were taken in the 15th Nailympia London competition, held at Olympia Beauty, London 28-30 September 2019. In the biggest Nailympia to date, techs took to the floor to show off their skills in categories including Runway Nails, The Joy of Nails with Bling! Salon Nails,…

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Jemma Ball

#TRENDINGTUESDAY Jemma Ball, Jemma Elizabeth Beauty

By Sophie Nutt | 1 October 2019

We want to see the designs trending at your nail desk! Jemma Ball, of Jemma Elizabeth Beauty, reveals delicate floral designs have been popular with her clients recently. “This nail design has been popular because people are still holding onto summer nails! In the next month I think it will…

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