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Submit your fruit nail art for the chance to WIN a £200 HD Pro Nails prize

By Rebecca Hitchon | 4 August 2025

The August Scratch Snap competition is open! Scratch Snap is a monthly, online nail art challenge that invites nail pros to create a salon-style nail design in line with a theme. Simply snap a pic of the design on yourself, nail tips or a client – and you could be…

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Important August dates for your nail & beauty business

By Jess Watts | 27 July 2025

Get your business prepared for the month of August, with our roundup of dates to note… 2nd-3rd: Brighton Pride Pride Month may have been in June, but amplifying the voices of the LGBTQ+ community is not restricted to one month. The UK’s biggest pride festival takes place at the start…

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Seaside styles stun in nail art contest: check out 55 entries & winner

By Rebecca Hitchon | 22 July 2025

The winner of Scratch’s monthly salon-style nail art contest for July has been announced as Bethany Allen of @goodwithabrush. In a showcase of talent, UK&I techs created nail designs inspired by theme, Seaside Styling, in the bid to win a Halo prize courtesy of Pure Nails. Entries were judged by Tina Bell, head…

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The GelBottle Inc hosts awards for nail pros

By Chloe Randall | 29 December 2020

The GelBottle Inc. celebrate all nail pros and techs’ excellence by hosting their first ever award ceremony. The virtual awards ceremony took place on Monday 21st December 2020 and was divided into six categories covering everything from technique & design to interiors and displays. Finalists were chosen by #TeamTGB with judging for selected categories done…

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Nailympia Online Festive Discount for Artists

By Alex Fox | 8 December 2020

It’s hotting up and the race is on…it’s halfway to the closing date for the first Nailympia Online edition and techs are now beginning to complete their nail styles and designs and submitting them via the website portal. Meanwhile, others are braving the registration process and signing up, so it’s…

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Top Tech Presents 5-Classes for Animal Charity

By Alex Fox | 3 December 2020

Top champion tech, international educator & judge Olena Oezman will present five days of classes for just €20 to raise money for an animal shelter in Ukraine. Animal lover & supporter, Olena, who’s based in Germany, is keen to raise funds for food, medicines and surgery needed by the shelter…

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Sign Up to Join the Second Nail Safari 2021

By Alex Fox | 30 November 2020

The second Nail Safari event has been scheduled for Monday 15 – Friday 19 November 2021 and is open for bookings. With such positive feedback from delegates who attended the original event hosted back in November 2019, it was decided a second event should take place, however the pandemic put…

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Fingernail Fashion: Create a Utensil to eat Caviar

By Alex Fox | 25 November 2020

Calling all nail stylists that fancy a fun challenge! Pearl Street Caviar is inviting techs to create a ‘utensil’ on the end of the finger with which to eat caviar. For far too long, etiquette has ruled supreme, stifling how and when people enjoy caviar. The truth is, there is…

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2020 Gothic World Nail Champions Revealed

By Alex Fox | 5 November 2020

The Gothic World Nails 2020 Championship has announced its winners for its month-long online contest. The international nail championship, Gothic World was created and hosted from Russia by Elena Shanskaya and Oksana Shwander in association with the Golden Nail Group. With a mission to invite techs to expand the boundaries…

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