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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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Life Saving Wax: A new campaign calling on waxers

By Kat Hill | 25 April 2019

I was invited to Treatwell’s London head office for the unveiling of a very special new campaign: Life Saving Wax. The initiative was created by the online beauty booking platform with Public Health England’s Cervical Screening Saves Lives campaign. Treatwell is inviting its partnered salons and beauty professionals to ‘open up…

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Robbie Tomkins on working at Fashion Week

By Sophie Nutt | 25 April 2019

As another London Fashion Week (LFW) has disappeared into a cloud of mayhem, anxiety, elation and relief, I wanted to shed a little light on how it all works. LFW offers an amazing opportunity to experience one element of working as a session stylist. Firstly, the week founded in 1984…

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Mii adds two new shades to Light Loving Illuminator collection

By Sophie Nutt | 24 April 2019

Mii Cosmetics has revealed two new shades of highlighter to the Light Loving Illuminator collection. Ideal for giving clients that summer glow through professional make-up services or to retail for at-home use, Shining Star is a soft pearl while Golden Goddess is a champagne gold. Joining the existing shade Leading…

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Pastel animal print nails

By Scratch Staff | 24 April 2019

The team at Renew Beauty reveals how to create this playful pastel animal print design using Bio Sculpture products, available via www.renewbeauty.co.uk

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Say ‘I Do’ to bridal nail shades from CND™

By Helena Biggs | 24 April 2019

Wedding season is on the horizon, so prepare to pamper bridal clients with four beautiful new hues from CND™. The ‘Yes, I Do’ collection features pretty pink and white shades; ideal worn alone or in a French manicure style. Affectionally titled White Wedding, Bouquet, Veiled and Forever Yours, the shades…

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Salon in the Spotlight: The Amber Boutique, Milford Haven

By Kat Hill | 24 April 2019

“My salon opened in August 2017,” explains owner, Sally Sanderson. “After being made redundant suddenly, I was looking to open my own place and had to act quickly as my client base was waiting. My building was advertised the very week I left my old job, so I decided to…

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