This monthly awards scheme is where Scratch magazine in association with artist and award-winning nail tech, Izayah Jeffrey, recognises
and celebrates industry excellence.

Innovation, creative flair, commitment to industry and its people - these are the qualities that we expose and acknowledge!



Doug Schoon - June 2009
The June issue celebrates a quiet yet dominant and incredibly infl uential force in the nail industry – Mr Doug Schoon. This summer Stomp Award is
bequeathed to Doug in acknowledgement of the years he has dedicated to increasing industry recognition, developing product technology and
improving standards and education – all for the advancement of this industry as a whole – for all nail techs, in all walks of life.

Tom Bachik - April 2009
The Stomp Award for April 2009 is lovingly bestowed upon an industry leader of nail design, product innovation, session success and education advancement. Please stand for the USA’s ‘Rad Manicurist’ as he’s affectionately referred to, Tom Bachik.

LCN - February 2009
The February 2009 Scratch Stomp Award is bewstowed upon a brand that has been a leading light in gel artificial nail technology since its interception in 1985 - LCN. Invented, created and innovated by Wilde-Cosmetics in Germany, LCN launched its Classic Three-Step Sculpture System 24 years ago and today this remains its flagship system.

Jan Arnold - January 2009
The first Scratch Stomp Award for 2009 is given to a legendary industry figure; an icon and a guru of nail style, glamour and design – Jan Arnold.

The Readers Award - December 2008
This month its the readers that choose to recognise industry excellence in eight industry experts

The Magic Wand - November 2008
The 11th Scratch Stomp Award for November 2008 is bestowed upon a simple, yet effective, and funky little nail tool that has been developed to give techs a helping hand – meet the Magic Wand from Young Nails.

Lena White - October 2008
October affords the 10th Scratch Stomp Award for 2008, which is delivered to a company and yet more specifically to its founder, who made this company what it is today. Please stand for Lena White Ltd
and Lena White herself, who this year celebrates 25 years as the top distributor outside of the USA for OPI.

Jessica Vartoughian - September 2008
Welcome to the 9th Scratch Stomp Award for 2008. This September Scratch honours the remarkable career of Jessica Vartoughian, the nail expert who has been coined by The New York Times as the ‘First Lady of Nails’.

The Ciaté nail range - August 2008
August celebrates the offering of the 8th Scratch Stomp Award. This month Stomp bathes the blend of style, elegance, wit, charm, cheekiness and pure loveliness that is inherent in the brand packaging of the Ciaté nail range.

Karin Ström - July 2008
The 7th Scratch Stomp Award to be presented is given to supersonic Swedish nain tech Karin Ström. Without a doubt this nail tech is highly motivated, passionate, driven and absolutely crazy about nails.

Elmien Scholtz - June 2008
The summer Scratch Stomp Award for June is dedicated to South African entrepreneur and founder of Bio Sculpture International, Elmien Schultz, in honour of her 20-year journey of excellence with the brand she fashioned and formed.

Solaroil - May 2008
The 5th Scratch Stomp Award is being bestowed upon the multi award-winning nail essential - Creative Solaroil. Manufactured in the USA by CND and distributed in the UK by Sweet Squared, this extremely popular and highly regarded cuticle oil is marketed by its maker's, ‘The 25-year-old miracle manicure in a bottle’ and coined as it's ‘hero’ product.

Tom Holcomb - April 2008
Known as The Godfather of Nails (a term coined by Christian Cesar
at the Nail World Championships in 2004 Austria),Tom Holcomb (USA)takes centre stage this month as we present to him the
Scratch Stomp Award for April 2008.

Salongeek.com - March 2008
Last January www.salongeek.com celebrated its 5th birthday.
It was back in the winter of 2002 that industry icon, expert and education guru, Samuel Sweet, devised his next industry innovation - a community for nail professionals of all skill levels across the nation and beyond.

Marian Newman - February 2008
Long overdue for a place in the nail industry Hall of Fame, this nail genius is a truly worthy candidate for industry recognition.

Essie - January 2008
...for the ultimate in creative excellence and boldly going where no
nail company has gone before when it produced its ‘I DO’ nail lacquer - the world’s most expensive nail polish, which sells for $250 a bottle.