MOVERS & SHAKERS
Nail industry mourns passing of Jessica Cosmetics founder, Jessica Vartoughian
The nail industry has been deeply saddened by the passing of founder & former president of Jessica Cosmetics, Jessica Vartoughian. Here, Scratch remembers how Jessica inspired and shaped the nail sector. Jessica Cosmetics shared a post to Instagram on 28 April, announcing the passing of its founder. The caption paid…
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Hair & beauty pros, determine employment status for tax with this HMRC guidance
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published guidance to help UK hair and beauty professionals determine their employment status for tax purposes. Designed to particularly support workers renting a chair or space within a salon, the guidance compiles easy-to-follow information about common hair and beauty working practices and how they…
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Nailympia China 2025: THE RESULTS
The first Nailympia China competition was hosted in Shanghai 8-9 May, and welcomed 115 competitors across 15 categories. Hosted by nail brand, Muzer, the arena was a stunning setting for nail styling, with 27 judges lending their expertise to score on technical and artistic areas. Pros from from 15 countries…
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Nailympia has announced a new accolade for this year: the Nailympia European Cup 2020. The winner will be calculated by scores taken from the Stiletto, Joy Of Nails, Salon Nails and Reality Nails categories at the European competitions in Estonia and London. The winner will be awarded at Nailympia London…
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Mii Cosmetics lent its support to the Foundation For Change beauty sale, which raises funds for Help Refugees UK, a non-profit organisation to support those fleeing war, persecution and climate change. Now in its fourth year, the charity – with its slogan ‘Choose Love’ –has raised over £51,000 to help…
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Lashious Beauty, a chain of 17 salons across the UK, has rebranded to Rawr. Established in 2009, the salon chain offers brow, lash and nail services in locations including Primark stores across the country. It underwent a striking rebrand late last year, with the new name ‘Rawr’ complemented with tagline…
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Retail sales are the main driver of December’s revenue for beauty salons, according to research conducted by Phorest Salon Software. Analysing over 6,000 salons in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, Finland and Germany, Phorest has found that retail sales have brought 107% more revenue to salons compared to the rest…
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The Queen has outlined the government’s plans for future legislation with over 30 Bills to be introduced by this Parliament. Topics include Brexit, immigration, the environment, infrastructure, tips, education and training; as well as the government’s plans to increase the National Living Wage (NLW) and reform business rates. Here, the…
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Beauty entrepreneur, Kate Scott, has been awarded Scottish Business Woman of the Year at the National Business Women Awards. Kate was recognised for her business acumen in launching the BeautyBooker app, which allows customers to book appointments in hair, beauty and nail salon and spas within the North East area of Scotland via…
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