BRANDS

Lilly Web Newsfeature Lead 1200x800px 20

Community chat: 3 networking groups for nail pros

By Lilly Delmage | 10 June 2025

Are you seeking support from fellow nail techs? Do you want access to hundreds of tutorials to inspire your creativity? Do you have questions but don’t know who to ask? The answer might lie in joining a nail networking group. Here’s three to have a look at… The Nail Tech…

Read More
Opi brand team collage

OPI announces updates to its UK brand team

By Rebecca Hitchon | 29 May 2025

Global nail brand, OPI, has unveiled the three members of its restructured UK brand team. Jess Gregory has been appointed OPI’s associate brand director. In this role, she oversees and leads OPI’s brand strategy, and ensures an exciting product innovation roadmap for UK customers and businesses. She is also responsible…

Read More
Nail industry siblings

Family affair: Meet 3 sets of siblings finding success in the nail industry

By Rebecca Hitchon | 10 April 2025

Scratch puts the spotlight on brothers and sisters working together in the nail industry… Glitterbels While Annabel Maginnis will likely come to mind when you hear the word ‘Glitterbels’, there is a trio of siblings involved in the brand: Annabel’s husband, Elliott, and his brothers, Mac and Alex. It was…

Read More
June 2025 low res cover for web

Read the latest issue

Glossify x treatwell partnership apr23 header

Treatwell announces first UK nail brand partnership with Glossify

By Callie Iley | 23 April 2023

Glossify has teamed up with Treatwell for the salon management software’s first UK nail brand pairing, offering unique educational and expertise-based content to techs and salons. Fast-growing professional-only nail brand created by nail techs for nail techs, Glossify, has announced its exclusive partnership with Treatwell, looking to host collaborative industry…

Read More
Chloe web newsfeature template 1200x800px (72)

Discover Keysie: The tool that saves nails from snapping when opening cans

By Chloe Randall | 17 April 2023

When a client leaves the salon with a fresh mani, you may be crossing your fingers in hope that they remember that their nails are jewels, not tools. Everyday tasks such as opening boxes and cans, scraping off blu-tac or taking keys off keyrings can wreak havoc on natural nails…

Read More
Clare anderson award header

Beauty business owner, Clare Anderson, wins Great British Entrepreneur of the Year award

By Callie Iley | 30 December 2022

Clare Anderson, founder of Shared Beauty Secrets, has been named Great British Entrepreneur of the Year in the South East in recognition for her contributions to the beauty and wellness industry. Shared Beauty Secrets has gone on to train over 10,000 therapists since its founding in 2009, and Clare herself…

Read More
Hona education program news 2022 header

Home Of Nail Art: How to excel with HONA’s nail education programme

By Callie Iley | 28 October 2022

Home Of Nail Art, known as HONA, was founded in May 2020 by husband and wife duo, Michael Henson and Charlotte Henson, a nail technician herself. In their mission statement, the pair share their goals to educate, inspire and empower the nail community. Home Of Nail Art has expanded to…

Read More
Timeless renewal hand cream cuticle oil laura evolve header

Passionate about vegan beauty? Meet Laura Rudoe, founder of Evolve Organic Beauty

By Callie Iley | 16 October 2022

Laura Rudoe, founder of Evolve Organic Beauty, chats with Scratch about the story behind her brand & its expanding range of product offerings, including hand cream and cuticle oil…   Offering vegan, cruelty free and eco-friendly products handmade at its Hertfordshire studio, Evolve Organic Beauty was founded by Laura Rudoe…

Read More
Chloe web newsfeature template 1200x800px (21)

Behind the Brand: All about Parisian brand, Manucurist

By Chloe Randall | 23 September 2022

Scratch shines a spotlight on French nail brand, Manucurist, which has a green philosophy & focus on mood-boosting products… From France with love, Manucurist is a Parisian brand which focuses on sustainable nailcare and treatments, with natural bio-sourced ingredients at each product’s core. The brand was co-founded in 1996 by…

Read More