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55 green nail designs that are trending right now

By Scratch Staff | 25 August 2025

Green nails have been dominating our social media feeds, and show no signs of going anywhere anytime soon! Check out our roundup of trending designs from Instagram below…

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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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Nail Learning Strategy Plan Kim Ford

Are you a nail tech who wants to develop new skills? Here’s how to make a successful future learning strategy

By Guest Writer | 23 August 2024

Global business & beauty education expert, Kim Ford, shares advice… How to create your future learning strategy It is the end of the academic year and an apt time to consider your strategy for future learning. Whether you’re a nail newbie or wish to develop existing skills, write down your…

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How to create holographic, moire 3D gel nail art

By Guest Writer | 23 August 2024

Choi Jiwoo, Jello Jello educator, shares how to craft this shimmering 3D style… Products used: Nail file, Jello Jello Peel-Off Base Gel, Jello Jello Non-wipe Killing Top Gel, Jello Jello Fixing Gel, Jello Jello Color Gel (JJ-03, JJ-07), Jello Jello Zigzag Gel (JT-01), Jello Jello Flexible Gel Brush (Point), Jello…

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Hesitant about raising your beauty treatment prices? A pricing expert explains why you shouldn’t be

By Guest Writer | 22 August 2024

Maddi Cook, the powerhouse behind hair and beauty marketing and mindset coaching company, Boss Your Salon, shares why you shouldn’t be scared to raise your treatment prices… I like maths because it’s an exact science. There’s no room for interpretation, there are no grey areas and it’s not subjective: 2…

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Poole-based nail business plans second studio just months after securing £25,000 Start Up Loan

By Lilly Delmage | 22 August 2024

Poole’s Cassidy’s Beauty Academy is planning its second studio, after a Start Up Loan of £25,000 from GC Business Finance (GCBF) helped owner, Cassidy Jade Darby, secure her first nail studio earlier this year. Cassidy founded Cassidy’s Beauty Academy in April 2024 after receiving financial aid by the GCBF. She…

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Salon in the Spotlight: L.E, Radcliffe, Lancashire

By Lilly Delmage | 21 August 2024

Lauren Taylor welcomes Scratch inside her home salon, where she has created a ‘homely and cleanly’ space within her dining room… Having completed her Level 2 NVQ in Beauty Therapy in 2016, and her Level 3 NVQ in Nails in 2017, Lauren has been a qualified nail tech for seven…

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Nailchemy & KB Tool Range announce collaboration – with 3 big benefits for nail pros

By Helena Biggs | 21 August 2024

Katie Barnes Tool Range, a provider of nail tools, and nail product house, Nailchemy, have unveiled a product-focused partnership. Keen to elevate the experience of the nail technician, the brands are offering the KB Portable E-File and Nailchemy Dust Collector at promotional prices, to support the efficiency, precision and health…

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