Posts by Chloe Randall
The Great Scratch Shoot Out 2021: THE RESULTS
After a whopping 67 entries for this year’s The Great Scratch Shoot Out, the winners have been revealed… The top three prizes and the winner of the Voter’s Choice accolade were revealed at Olympia Beauty as well as via a live stream on our social media platforms. The top three sees: 1st – Lucy Allen 2nd –…
Read MoreWINNER ANNOUNCED: Scratch Snap September 2021
The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Olga Merkulova. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for September & created nail designs inspired by ‘Tutti Frutti’ in the bid to win a prize from Magnetic Nail Design. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features writer, Chloe Randall…
Read MoreWant to create textured designs? Check out Nailchemy’s 6 embossing gels
Nailchemy has launched its metallic embossing gel, comprising six shades. With a high viscosity enabling you to create raised or embossed designs, this highly pigmented gel only requires one layer to create a solid colour in your design as it has no inhibition layer so can be applied over the finished nail, enabling a multitude…
Read MoreBehind the Brand: Find out more about Magnetic Nail Design
Scratch finds out more about Magnetic Nail Design, the nail brand owned by a Dutch nail stylist… The story so far… Magnetic Nail Design was launched by Dutch nail stylist Mey Liang. She has grown her career from a salon owner to becoming a leading wholesaler of nail products in the Netherlands. Mey’s knowledge and love…
Read MoreThe 6 Light Elegance buttercream nail shades you need this autumn
Light Elegance has launched its Power of Science ButterCream collection, ready for the autumn season. Comprising six shades, Light Elegance’s buttercreams last over 4 weeks and are highly pigmented. The shade names are named after scientific concepts, to fit Light Elegance’s mantra of ‘We’ve got great chemistry!’ The shades available: Polymer Pal- A creamy washed…
Read MoreBehind the Brand: Meet the boss of Nail & Beauty Excellence
Founder of Nail and Beauty Excellence, Jade Barber is a multi award-winning nail technician who has been working in the industry for eight years. With over 50 trophies under her belt, she has competed in both online and live competitions and has also been an international judge. In 2019, Jade found herself exploring another side…
Read MoreWINNER ANNOUNCED: Scratch Snap August 2021
The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Christy Homolya. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for August & created nail designs inspired by ‘Animal Print’ in the bid to win a prize from NSI Nails. Judged by Scratch‘s news & features writer, Chloe Randall and and NSI Nails Educator, Kate…
Read MoreThe customised PPE you need in your salon
British Beauty Council patron, Twelve NYC has launched a PPE service to ensure that basic Personal Protection Equipment is accessible, compliant and cost effective. To support the British beauty industry during Covid-19, twelveNYC, a woman-owned product development company has built a dedicated webstore to ensure basic PPE is easily accessible, compliant, and cost-effective. The one-stop-shop…
Read MoreNAIL BITES: 5 tales from the industry w/c 15 August
Here at Scratch, we love keeping up to date with anything fun happening in the nail industry! These are our top 5 nail tales of the week… 1. Tiktok or tech-tok? TikTok phenomenon, Chase Hudson (aka LILHUDDY), took to his 11.7 million Instagram followers to announce the release of his Glamnetic collab, bringing out his own…
Read MoreSLN Nail Training launches online school
Scratch chats to Stacey Nicholls about her Online Nail School launch, being the founder of SLN Nail Training Academy and her journey in the nail industry… With nearly 100 training courses under her belt, Stacey started her self-employed career 8 years ago. She quickly completed her teacher training, mentored students, and began competing – this…
Read MoreThe hard gel nail system you need to try by Nailchemy
Nailchemy has launched its hard gel system, Origin Hard Gel. Comprising ten products, the system includes the following: Super bond – a super adhesive base designed specifically to bond to the natural nail, helping to provide strength and stability to the system. Available in 15ml pots. Cool Cure Builder – A translucent pink builder gel,…
Read MoreUK may allow animal testing on cosmetic ingredients for first time since 1998
The Home Office has admitted in a letter this week to animal protection organisation, Cruelty Free International that animal testing for cosmetic ingredients, including those used solely in cosmetics may be allowed for some ingredients. This is a turn around on the government’s position which has been held since 1998. In the letter to Cruelty…
Read MoreBarry M supports charity mani challenge with nail polish launch
Barry M has launched a limited edition nail polish named after Esme Lucas, a nine-year-old girl who was diagnosed with leukaemia earlier this year. The nail shade, which Esme named herself, is called ‘Esme’s Deep Marine’ and is a holographic blue sparkly colour. The brand were inspired by Esme’s story as shortly after being diagnosed,…
Read MoreRevealed: the most watched beauty hacks on TikTok
New research by cosmetic surgery experts, Tajmeeli, has revealed which beauty videos are the most in demand with users on TikTok. With over 12.5 billion views on TikTok, #BeautyHacks dominate the platform with users all over the world tuning in. The key findings from the research are: #NailHacks has had over 340 million views on TikTok,…
Read MoreMy experience of Salon System’s dual lash & brow lift system
To celebrate the launch of Salon System‘s new dual treatment lash & brow lift system, I headed to 58 South Molton Street in London to experience a brow lamination myself. With the brow lamination and lash lift becoming increasingly popular with customers, Salon System has created a two in one system to help the demand.…
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