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Upscale your nail art skills with 50 designs inspired by reptiles

By Jess Watts | 23 October 2025 | Creative Challenge, Feature, Nail Art

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Check out entries to the 22 October 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Reptiles.

Each nail style was submitted via Instagram or Facebook using #ShowScratch #CreativeChallenge.

Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.

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Image courtesy of Jiak Hing
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Image courtesy of Leah Bispham
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Image courtesy of Julie Hardy
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Image courtesy of Lucy Walton
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Image courtesy of Charlotte Atwill
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Image courtesy of Natalie Mckee, Shardilly Nails
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Image courtesy of Vicki Wilson
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Image courtesy of Kelly Lockwood
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Image courtesy of Isabelle Pattissier
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Image courtesy of Denise Cadwallader
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Image courtesy of Millie Sutton
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Image courtesy of Danielle Jane Punton
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Image courtesy of Tan Adams
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Image courtesy of Kaighly Skinder
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Image courtesy of Rose Tucker
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Image courtesy of Rochelle Dingman
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Image courtesy of Zsuzanna Varga
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Image courtesy of Donna Sutton
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Image courtesy of Nicola Salter
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Image courtesy of Kerry Pegg
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Image courtesy of Candida De Lange
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Image courtesy of Rachel Argent
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Image courtesy of Lisa-Marie’s Hair & Beauty Lounge
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Image courtesy of Pauline Rogers
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Image courtesy of Nails By Gemma
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Image courtesy of Danni Howcroft
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