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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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Creative Challenge Red Nose Day

Nail designs for Red Nose Day: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Rebecca Hitchon | 14 March 2024

Check out entries to the 13 March 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Red Nose Day, taking place 15 March. 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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Salon in the Spotlight: Nails By Sharon Gabrielle, Hertfordshire

By Scratch Staff | 14 March 2024

Following a diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in her eye in March 2021, Sharon Goodway reflected on her 16-year job in the finance sector and decided that she wanted to pursue a creative career. She enrolled on a course with Bio Sculpture in June 2022 and on qualifying, decided to hand…

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Inclusivity

5 areas to consider to make your nail & beauty business more inclusive

By Guest Writer | 13 March 2024

Fiona Fox, owner of Dorset salon, Ulu Beauty, provides training to beauty pros on areas including mental health awareness, safeguarding, equality and diversity. It’s important to champion inclusivity, because everybody should feel able to enjoy nail and beauty services. Inclusion is about making sure anyone who wants a treatment can…

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Revealed: Nail salons are the most common beauty business in the UK

By Rebecca Hitchon | 12 March 2024

Research from Money.co.uk Business has revealed the most common beauty trades across the UK. Analysing the type of beauty businesses that are most frequent in 20 of the UK’s biggest cities, the findings show that nail salons are the most common across the UK – with 2,106 salons recorded. Nail…

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Embrace ‘Happy Vibes’ with Light Elegance’s ’60s-inspired spring nail colours

By Rebecca Hitchon | 11 March 2024

Light Elegance has revealed its spring 2024 colour collection, Happy Vibes, inviting nail pros on a trip back to the 1960s. Vivid blues, bright yellows, hot pinks and neon greens take inspiration from the groovy, happy vibes of the era. The collection comprises six crème shades, available in P+ Gel…

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Nail Tech Talk: Kimberley Hearn of byKIMI Nails

By Callie Iley | 9 March 2024

Seeking a career that offers flexibility around her family, Kimberley Hearn of byKIMI Nails shares her journey of establishing her nail business around her three children. Kim spent eight years working in the car industry, but was furloughed for 10 months during the pandemic, followed by maternity leave with her…

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