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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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NHBF launches Manifesto 2024 to promote value of hair & beauty industry

By Rebecca Hitchon | 10 May 2024

The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has unveiled its Manifesto 2024 at a parliamentary event. The Manifesto highlights the vital role the UK hair and beauty sector plays in creating jobs, supporting communities and promoting wellbeing, and sets out recommendations for the next government ahead of a general election.…

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Sweet Squared New Cnd Educators

Sweet Squared appoints 18 CND™ educators across the UK&I

By Helena Biggs | 9 May 2024

Sweet Squared, provider of professional hair and beauty products and training, has appointed 18 education ambassadors to its CND™ training team. The UK&I distributor for CND™ (Creative Nail Design) now boasts a team of 40 education ambassadors, who each offer brand education and will drive the growth and success of…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Nails With Kails, Andover, Hampshire

By Rebecca Hitchon | 9 May 2024

Kayleigh Watkins shares the story behind her home salon business, Nails With Kails: a space infused with personality and creativity… While facing redundancy from her full-time job in 2019, Kayleigh undertook some nail courses with Magpie Beauty. “I wanted to find a creative and therapeutic outlet, as well as future-proof…

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Eurovision 2024 Creative Challenge

Techs mark Eurovision Song Contest 2024 through nails: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Rebecca Hitchon | 9 May 2024

Check out entries to the 8 May 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Eurovision 2024. 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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Cnd Summer 2024 Gleam Glow

Keen to elevate your nail finishes? CND™ serves up on-trend twists for summer 2024

By Helena Biggs | 8 May 2024

Six vibrant shades make up CND™’s summer 2024 nail colour collection, Gleam & Glow: a combination of iridescent, glittery and sheer jelly finishes. The collection is inspired by heartwarming traditions across Eastern cultures, ‘where nights filled with lights and colour symbolise a wish for fortune, happiness, and love’. Available in…

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8 ways to encourage clients to upgrade to nail art

By Katy Pottle | 7 May 2024

One of the most common things I hear from other nail techs is, ‘I don’t get the chance to do nail art as my clients don’t want to have any.’  This is such a shame, because as artists we naturally want to challenge ourselves and our skills and show off…

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