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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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44 milky white nail ideas for an on-trend & elegant manicure

By Scratch Staff | 1 July 2025

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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Urban Retreat leaves Harrods as store takes beauty services in-house

By Helena Biggs | 20 April 2018

Hair and beauty salon and former Scratch Stars finalist, Urban Retreat, will be leaving Harrods on 22 April. The luxury department store will be taking beauty services in-house from 23 April and will open Harrods Hair & Beauty on the fifth floor as part of its ‘Redefining Luxury’ vision. Harrods has confirmed there…

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Become a CND™ Master Painter with Sweet Squared

By Helena Biggs | 20 April 2018

Boost the quality of your work and offer a premium level of service with the CND™ Master Painter Qualification. This qualification is open to techs that have an CND SHELLAC™ Beginners or Conversion qualification, and have completed classes in Perfect Polishing, SPA Manicure ft. Natural Nail Clinic and Core Nail…

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Latest Nimue skincare products revealed at Leeds event

By Kat Hill | 20 April 2018

Sweet Squared hosted an intimate event for Nimue Skin Technology customers. Held at S2’s headquarters in Leeds, customers were invited to share their thoughts, ideas and views directly with S2 co-founders, Samuel and Samantha Sweet, and were presented with the latest product launches by European educator for Nimue, Vicky Convey.…

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Award-winning NAF! Salon moves to new premises

By Helena Biggs | 19 April 2018

Glasgow’s NAF! Salon, winner of Nail Salon of the Year at the Scratch Stars Awards 2017, has moved to a new premises. Owing to increasing client demand, the popular salon – founded and run by Tammy Koslowski – is now based in West George Street, Glasgow; just a short walk…

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Discover product & training offerings from distributor, Izabelle Hammon Ltd

By Sophie Nutt | 19 April 2018

Meet Izabelle Hammon – a brand offering nail systems and artistic products while on a mission to inspire lasting confidence in the pro. A snapshot look Izabelle Hammon moved from South Africa to the UK with her husband and two young children following a change in business direction and hope…

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Perfect the pedicure with BeautyPro Foot Therapy Bootie

By Sophie Nutt | 19 April 2018

The sun has got his hat on – meaning it is officially pedicure season. Ensure client’s feet are sandal ready and enhance pedicure treatments with the Four Therapy Bootie from BeautyPro. Foot Therapy is a dual layered anti-ageing treatment bootie combined with marine collagen, cooling peppermint and fruit extracts to…

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