COLOUR FOCUS

Butter nails header

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…

Read More
Milky white nails

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…

Read More
Lilly web newsfeature lead 1200x800px 184

Coral nails: Get inspired with 19 designs using the trending summer colour

By Lilly Delmage | 6 June 2025

Seeking a vibrant colour for your summer nails? Coral is proving to be a popular choice at the nail desk. Blending orange, pink and red tones, clients can find a shade of coral that best suits them – whether bold and bright, or pastel and muted. This makes it a…

Read More
Aug 25 low res scratch cover

Read the latest issue

Skyscraper nude

NEW SKYSCRAPER gel colours to be released

By Helena Biggs | 14 January 2017

Gel II is to launch its Skyscraper Building Gels in three new shades – Nude, Plush Pink and Extreme Pink. Flexible and lightweight, the building gels feature colour changing inhibitor technology to provide long lasting brightness that resists fading and colour changes over time. What’s more, they also contain unique…

Read More
15873482 1180963245285593 33541031478882941 n

NEW BEAUTY JOBSITE launches

By Kat Hill | 13 January 2017

Find a Salon Member, a new, ‘one-stop’ jobsite for beauty and hair careers has launched. Aiming to help candidates easily apply for posted positions from all areas of the sector the site matching salons with quality staff. This new  platform focusses only on the beauty and hair sector. Whether employers…

Read More
Beautypro diffuser 300

BEAUTYPRO REVEAL new sensory diffuser

By Helena Biggs | 12 January 2017

Lull your clients into a sheer state of relaxation during a treatment with the new BeautyPro Sensory Diffuser. This portable unit releases light, sound and fragrance to ensure a harmonious and sensorial atmosphere that is likely to provoke repeat visits. The integrated light can slowly transition between each of the colours…

Read More
12347597 1483775941929386 6042661777044360224 n

SALON IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Salon glō, Blackpool

By Kat Hill | 11 January 2017

With its luxurious palette of cream, gold and browns, the warmth emitted by Salon glō and its staff ensure it lives up to its name. Established in April 2015 with just two members of staff, the Blackpool-based salon has gone from strength to strength and now employs a full team of seven. “As…

Read More
Boxredo2 cymk copy

NSI UNVEIL Dual Lamp

By Kat Hill | 11 January 2017

Offering you flexibility in your nail services, the new NSI Dual Lamp can be used to cure both UV and LED-friendly products. This 36W lamp features a 90 second cure time and three preset times of five, 30 and 60 seconds. Built to withstand over 50,000 hours of salon use, the…

Read More
Cnd vivienne westwood 2

Team CND™ creates latex nails for Vivienne Westwood show

By Helena Biggs | 10 January 2017

Hessian, latex and VINYLUX™ hues rocked the runway on Monday, as Team CND™ lent expertise and creative vision to the Vivienne Westwood AW17/18 presentation at London Men’s Fashion Week. The dame personally approved the nail concepts courtesy of Marian Newman for CND™ for the ‘ecotricity’ themed show, and Scratch ed,…

Read More