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Great British Beauty Clean Up

Great British Beauty Clean Up 2026 drives shift towards reusable product packaging

By Scratch Staff | 11 December 2025

March will see the return of The Great British Beauty Clean Up (GBBCU): a nationwide collaboration between retailers, brands and professionals created by the British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition, with the aim of reducing waste. Around 120 billion units of packaging are produced each year, and The GBBU is…

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14 Hanukkah-inspired nail designs to help light up the holiday

By Jess Watts | 8 December 2025

Hanukkah is the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, which commemorates the rededication of a Jewish temple after it was taken back from oppressors. It celebrates a miracle which occurred over 2,000 years ago, when a small amount of oil for a lamp lasted for eight days. The holiday is celebrated…

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Pantone Color of the Year 2026 Cloud Dancer

Pantone unveils white hue, Cloud Dancer, as Color of the Year 2026

By Rebecca Hitchon | 5 December 2025

Image credit: The Development PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is Pantone’s Color of the Year 2026. The global colour authority selects a shade each year that it sees to be influencing all areas of design, and that resonates with consumers and their attitudes. Pantone describes Cloud Dancer as a ‘lofty white…

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Team CND™ creates latex nails for Vivienne Westwood show

By Helena Biggs | 10 January 2017

Hessian, latex and VINYLUX™ hues rocked the runway on Monday, as Team CND™ lent expertise and creative vision to the Vivienne Westwood AW17/18 presentation at London Men’s Fashion Week. The dame personally approved the nail concepts courtesy of Marian Newman for CND™ for the ‘ecotricity’ themed show, and Scratch ed,…

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KELLY CHRISTIE

KELLY CHRISTIE scoops Best Angus Nail Salon

By Kat Hill | 5 January 2017

Top tech Kelly Christie and her Angus-based salon, Jewels Not Tools By Kelly, recently scooped Best Nail Salon at the Angus Business Award. Previously featured in Scratch Magazine, the now CNDTM Grand Master is celebrating a successful career in nails, despite a horrific car crash in 2006 that left her…

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