EDUCATION

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Glitterbels Gel Polish course: My experience with the Scratch Stars Ultimate Nail Team

By Jess Watts | 9 November 2025

Join me as I relay my visit to Stoke-on-Trent and Glitterbels’ stunning HQ, where I took my first official steps into professional nail styling… My first encounter with the Glitterbels team was at The Scratch Stars Party 2025, at which the brand’s education team was recognised with a third win…

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The Nail Lab expands education offering with The Nail Hub

By Jess Watts | 3 November 2025

Professional nail brand, The Nail Lab (TNL), has expanded its education offering with the launch of The Nail Hub – a dedicated arm of the business designed to ‘raise education standards throughout the UK and beyond’. The Nail Hub serves to empower nail professionals through structured, high-quality training. With a…

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Nail tech communities: 4 online groups for networking & growth

By Scratch Staff | 30 October 2025

Are you seeking support from fellow nail techs? Do you want easy access to creative and business inspiration? Do you have questions but don’t know who to ask? The answer might lie in joining a nail networking group. Here’s four to explore… The Nail Tech Org The Nail Tech Org…

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Is teaching nail courses the next step for you?

By Katie Barnes | 11 January 2022

Have you changed your career focus since the start of the pandemic? Something you may have started, already be toying with, or not yet even considered, is education. Teaching is not for everyone. It takes a very specific skill set to teach. Being exceptional at the subject in hand, does…

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An inside look: How Academy2 can change up your nail education journey

By Helena Biggs | 6 December 2021

It’s been dubbed an ‘education epicentre’, combining online learning with in-classroom hours and masterclasses so you can learn nail skills – and more – at your own pace. Academy2 from award-winning nail & beauty training provider, Sweet Squared, is Habia accredited, and means that the company’s education programme is now…

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My experience of Transgender & Inclusivity Awareness training & why it’s important for beauty pros

By Emma Hobday | 13 November 2021

It was an ordinary Monday morning when I logged on to Sam Marshall and Keri Blue’s Transgender and Inclusivity Awareness Training via Zoom. But little did I know that this ordinary morning was going to be turned upside down, with my eyes and mind about to opened in the most…

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Nail tech creates education subscription site to support learning needs of pros

By Rebecca Hitchon | 22 October 2021

Scratch chats to Chloe Corbishley-Bull, nail artist and founder of education subscription platform Pretty Little You Academy, about her membership service and its benefits for fellow pros… For Chloe, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, the time that coronavirus lockdowns brought was a chance to revaluate her nail career. The nail artist, who spent…

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Enhance your nail career with online courses from Mirage Spa Education

By Helena Biggs | 14 October 2021

Cheryl Thibault was ahead of the curve when it came to online learning. While many nail and beauty education organisations have only recently launched online learning platforms, Cheryl set up Mirage Spa Online Education in 2005 after recognising that many individuals who dreamed of becoming beauty professionals, found it impossible…

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Want to create magical nail styles? Check out education offerings from Nailchemy

By Helena Biggs | 29 September 2021

Nominated for a Best Emerging Nail Brand award, Nailchemy was founded by Dave and Hayley Partridge in 2017 – but its focus on nail education has extended much further. Based in Bridgwater, Somerset, Hayley founded Nailchemy Academy over a decade ago and its offerings have grown as the brand’s product…

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