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Mindful Moments Month: Businesses unite to raise money for York women’s charity

By Lilly Delmage | 9 May 2025

Owner of Blossom Tree Socials, Sarah Hartley, is encouraging businesses to get involved with Mindful Moments Month to help raise funds for Kyra, a charity that supports women in making positive lifestyle changes. Why did you start Mindful Moments Month? “There are too many women feeling guilty for not having…

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Met Gala manicures 2025: Sabrina Carpenter, Sydney Sweeney & more

By Lilly Delmage | 6 May 2025

Fashion’s most prestigious and anticipated night, the Met Gala, drew top talent from the beauty industry to create standout nail styles for A-list attendees. This year’s event marked the opening of ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Guests were invited to dress according to…

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Skin Cancer Awareness Month: 2 campaigns helping tackle the UK’s most common cancer

By Lilly Delmage | 4 May 2025

Brands and charities across the UK are raising awareness about the causes of skin cancer and encouraging preventative measures. Help educate your clients on the importance of protecting their skin by sharing the following campaigns: Skcin‘s ‘Protect and Check’ campaign UK skin cancer charity, Skcin, has launched ‘Protect and Check’ –…

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Here’s what happened at Slovenian nail competition, Nail Design 2019

By Scratch Staff | 25 June 2019

Multi-award winner and founder of Nabuno, Sue Davies, reveals nail tales from a trip to Slovenia, at which she lent her judging expertise to the Nail Design 2019 competition… Last winter, I received a message from a nail buddy, Mojca Janezic, from Slovenia. Mojca owns Akademija Studio Lepota – a…

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Nail tales from the Ibiza Fashion Festival

By Scratch Staff | 24 June 2019

In her second blog instalment for Scratch, Suzanne Clayton of Souz Nails & Beauty and Souz & Co reveals more about the nail antics at Ibiza Fashion Festival… “Souz and co arrived at Ibiza Fashion Festival with 280 pre custom made tips ready to apply to the models. As always,…

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Over 1 million beauty tools sent to landfill each month

By Kat Hill | 22 June 2019

New data from tool manufacturer, Navy Professional, has revealed that an estimated 1.3 million beauty tools are being sent to landfill as waste each month in the UK. Shocked at the findings, founder of Navy Professional, Rebecca Crawforth, launched the company as a sustainable beauty tool business, designed to reduce waste…

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Jonathan Van Ness announced as Essie’s first non-female ambassador

By Sophie Nutt | 21 June 2019

Essie has named Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness as its first ever non-female brand ambassador. Kicking off pride month, Jonathan announced the partnership via a post on his Instagram profile on 6 June. “I’m so honoured to announce I’ve teamed up with Essie as their first non-female ambassador in celebration of Pride!” Jonathan…

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Beauty salon owners invited to upskill at Champneys retreat

By Helena Biggs | 21 June 2019

Beauty business expert, Liz McKeon, has launched The Champneys Mastermind Retreat, a two-day management programme for salon and spa owners set in the relaxing surroundings of Champneys, Henlow. Each attendee will be given time to focus purely on their business, sharing with the group the greatest challenges and frustrations they…

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The KuKu Girls rock Download Festival nails backstage

By Kat Hill | 19 June 2019

The team from KuKu Hair and Beauty were on hand to pamper performers and VIPs backstage at Download Festival all weekend long. The KuKu Girls amped up nail looks for festival goers, tending to the talons of lead base player from Eagles of Death Metal, Jennie Vee. Jennie opted for…

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