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Brighten up summer styling with these 24 neon nail art designs

By Scratch Staff | 12 August 2025

Ensure nails are looking on-trend for summer with neon art styles! Check out our pick of bright and bold nail designs below…

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Don’t miss out on the butter nails trend loved by celebs: here’s 28 mani ideas

By Scratch Staff | 10 July 2025

Butter nails are all over our socials, serving as the perfect hue for the spring and summer months. We’ve rounded up manicures boasting the muted yellow shade to inspire, courtesy of nail pros on Instagram…

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44 milky white nail ideas for an on-trend & elegant manicure

By Scratch Staff | 1 July 2025

Milky white nails, also referred to as coconut milk nails, are a softer alternative to bright white nails. Use sheer, creamy hues to create the ultimate milky mani. Check out our roundup of milky white designs from nail pros on Instagram…

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Akzentz releases Trinity Pro-formance Gel

By Sophie Nutt | 2 January 2018

Speed up enhancement services with the Trinity Uv/LED Pro-formance Gel from Akzentz. The latest addition to the Pro-formance hard gel sculpturing system from Akzentz acts as bonder, high strength builder and high gloss top gel. The three-component hard gel cures in 30 seconds using LED or two minutes under UV. Available…

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Empower inner royalty with NSI Polish Pro Ice Queen collection

By Sophie Nutt | 2 January 2018

Add shimmer and glimmer to winter manicures with the six shades in this NSI Polish Pro collection. The Ice Queen collection features icy and gem-like hues including Cold Hearted, Crown Jewels, Dark Moon, Freezing Reign, Icy Gaze and Queens Cloak. Offering a wear time of around two weeks, shades are…

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Get in the nude with CND SHELLAC Nudes collection

By Sophie Nutt | 2 January 2018

Welcome the New Year with the CND SHELLAC™ Nude collection. The collection features four creamy nudes; Uncovered, Unlocked, Unmasked and Unearthed. The shades are also available in the brand’s VINYLUX formula, for up to seven days’ wear and easy home removal. Shop the collection at www.sweetsquared.com

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

By Helena Biggs | 1 January 2018

The team at Scratch magazine would like to wish all readers a very Happy New Year! Here’s to another year of nail styling, business development, innovation and achievements. What a year 2017 was. Our industry witnessed so many changes and exciting developments and while its quick pace can often be…

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Sweet Squared announces partnership with Nimue Skin Technology

By Helena Biggs | 1 January 2018

The UK distributor of the likes of CND™, Lecenté and MorrocanTan has added a skincare category to its portfolio, and is to be the sole UK market distributor of Nimue Skin Technology. Originally developed for the medical market in 1994 and fronted by supermodel, Helena Christensen, the professional-only derma-cosmeceutical brand…

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Sculpt and glow with High Definition

By Sophie Nutt | 1 January 2018

High Definition has released easy to use glow, sculpt and sun sticks for simple contouring. Previously available in a palette format, the updated formula and shades are now available in a stick format, allowing for quick application and protection from drying out. Buildable in colour and easy to blend, there is a Cool…

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