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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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Important May dates for your nail & beauty business marketing

By Lilly Delmage | 30 April 2025

Get your business’ marketing content prepared for the month of May, with our roundup of dates to note… Skin Cancer Awareness Month Educate clients on the importance of protecting their skin by sharing the Protect and Check campaign from UK skin cancer charity, Skcin, and the Sun Protection Campaign from…

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Unilever reveals support for worldwide animal testing ban for cosmetics

By Kat Hill | 15 March 2019

Personal care giant, Unilever, has announced its support for a global ban on animal testing for cosmetics. With 57 brands in its portfolio, the announcement comes as part of a new collaboration with animal protection organisation, Humane Society International (HSI). Unilever brands include Dove, Lynx, Sure, Toni & Guy and Simple.…

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Beauty industry to be offered free recycling waste collections

By Sophie Nutt | 15 March 2019

Recycling provider, Free Collections, is introducing a free glass waste collection service for the UK beauty industry. Each year, the beauty industry contributes to tonnes of glass waste as opposed to recycling. The new service is set to change the landscape of recycling in the industry by removing both the…

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Man makes a guide for how to avoid heartbreak based on nails

By Sophie Nutt | 12 March 2019

A book titled ‘Nails At First Sight – Survival Guide 101’ has gone viral for all the right reasons. Marwan Alteir, also known as Rocky, has created a hilarious six-page document that offers analysis on manicures as they relate to dating prospects and posted it on Twitter for the benefit of his…

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Dancing On Ice: Nail Designs – Week 7

By Guest Writer | 12 March 2019

Maddy Rooke, celebrity nail technician, reveals the backstage antics and nail looks from ITV’s Dancing On Ice… Hi Scratch readers, So, the penultimate week at Dancing On Ice was an exciting one – I was asked to do Jayne Torvill’s nails for this week and the final. We chose a deep…

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RefectoCil opens its first Brow & Lash Bar

By Sophie Nutt | 8 March 2019

RefectoCil has opened its first Brow & Lash Bar in Vienna, Austria. Distributed exclusively in the UK by Salon System, the brand provides lash and brow tint for the industry. CEO of GW Cosmetics, Rainer Deisenhammer, and Ultimativ Group masterminds, Andres and Patrick Raitz, have had a successful partnership with…

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

By Kat Hill | 8 March 2019

March 8 marks International Women’s Day; a day to recognise and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. A day to set both personal and professional goals and look back at your achievement, what are you celebrating today? In the spirit, we’ve rounded up a few inspirational quotes…

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