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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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How to capitalise on festival beauty needs

By Scratch Staff | 17 May 2019

Sharon Sandhu, category manager for nails at Salon Services UK & Ireland, serves up advice and ideas for capitalising on beauty needs for festivals this summer… Summer is just around the corner, which means festival season is about to begin – and whether people are planning on going to a…

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NHF/NBF 2019 Business Awards open for entries

By Kat Hill | 17 May 2019

The NHF/NBF’s Business Awards is now open for entries from hair, beauty and barbering businesses. Entry is free and open to both NHF/NBF Members and non-members. The awards evening will take place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on 17 November. Entry closes on July 26 and the finalists…

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Nouveau Lashes co-founder steps down from role

By Helena Biggs | 16 May 2019

After 14 years as co-founder and director of Nouveau Lashes, Bridgette Softley has stepped down from the role, with co-founder Karen Betts leading the role of managing director. Bridgette hones a long and successful career in the beauty industry and has been instrumental in founding and nurturing the Nouveau Lashes…

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Breakfast with Grow by Hair Gain

By Sophie Nutt | 16 May 2019

Yesterday I was invited to attend an exciting launch event for a new hair supplement called Grow by Hair Gain, harnessing the power of the pea shoot to give dramatic hair growth results. Boasting a rate of 78% hair growth in just one month of use, the supplement was designed…

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To Tie Dye For!

By Kat Hill | 15 May 2019

Get in the summer vibe with these totally tie dye nail art looks…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Sugaring London, Notting Hill

By Kat Hill | 15 May 2019

Step inside Sugaring London – a sunny studio that specialises in waxing treatments, that has been working with Treatwell and Public Health England to champion the Life Saving Wax campaign… “I came up with the concept of Sugaring London soon after the birth of my second son, Forrest,” smiles Tanja…

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