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Brighten up summer styling with these 24 neon nail art designs
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
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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44 milky white nail ideas for an on-trend & elegant manicure
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…
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Check out entries to the 13 November 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Graffiti nails. 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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At his first salon job, Seattle-based tech, Sidney Simpson, came out as transgender and was fired the following day. Having worked just a week at his first salon job, the nail tech shared that he was transgender with a colleague – and just one day later, was fired. He says:…
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Abi Hassan, owner of Canterbury-based salon, Hot Wheels Nails, explores key considerations for nail techs and employers when creating accessible salon settings to suit clients and staff… As a salon owner or an independent nail technician, it is important to consider ways in which your environment could be more accessible. Transparency…
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Fiona Fox, owner of Dorset salon, Ulu Beauty, provides training to beauty pros on areas including mental health awareness, safeguarding, equality and diversity. Here, she explores the importance of self-care for nail techs during the festive season and simple self-care fixes. For many, Christmas is a time to look and…
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The squoval nail shape is a crowd-pleaser, merging the neatness of a square shape with the softness of an oval. Given away by the name, the shape is a square-oval hybrid. It replicates the shape of a ‘natural’ nail – creating a soft and subtle finish, which can be achieved…
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What is a heat spike? Why can a burning sensation be felt by clients when a gel product is curing? Dani Bailey, nail educator & recipient of The Shooting Star Award at the Scratch Stars Awards 2024, explains… In August, Scratch posted an opportunity on Instagram for people to send in their…
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