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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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Lipnv to go on the road to reveal more about No Needle Filler

By Helena Biggs | 13 November 2019

The team at The Creative Beauty Group, the company behind Lipnv No Needle Filler, is heading to two locations in January to teach more about the treatment and its two new courses; skill building and conversion. The treatment uses a pressurised pen to deliver hyaluronic acid into the lips and…

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East London nail event helps raise awareness of modern slavery

By Helena Biggs | 11 November 2019

Nail artist and Scratch Stars Awards 2019 finalist, Delia Turville, joined forces with beauty therapist, Vanessa John-Baptiste of Greek Butterfly Beauty and Le Skin Consultancy for a pop up beauty evening in East London. The event offered personnel from local businesses the chance to get pampered in return for a…

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Phorest Salon Software hosts sustainability & wellness event

By Sophie Nutt | 5 November 2019

On Sunday 3 November, Phorest Salon Software hosted Conscious Hair & Beauty; an event designed to look at the importance of sustainability and wellness within the industry. Held at the OXO2 in London, the event was aimed at getting salon owners from both the hair and beauty industry in the…

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Cnd 40 years

A celebration of CND™’s 40th anniversary – By Marian Newman

By Scratch Staff | 24 October 2019

Imagine my excitement to be invited to the ‘event of the year’; an exhibition at San Diego’s Oceanside Museum of Art that celebrates 40 years of CND™. It focused on an amazing 40 years of record breaking innovation in the professional nail industry. Backtrack over 30 years… I was new…

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Gerrard International shows support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Sophie Nutt | 18 October 2019

Gerrard International has been supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October as well as the #LetsNailBreastCancer campaign founded by the Future Dreams charity. The distributor is encouraging spas, salons and clients to donate to #LetsNailBreastCancer when they book in for a treatment via a Future Dreams Donation Box, as well as to paint their…

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Celebrating with Nailpad

By Kat Hill | 18 October 2019

Scratch’s Kat headed to Ealing, London, to help celebrate the official launch of Nailpad. Held at a local eatery, Osteria Del Portico, the evening was a celebration of the twin’s invention. Guests included Tori Deely and Carrie Salmons’ family and friends, as well as members of the press and local community.…

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