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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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Nails inspired by spring trends: see 94 entries & winner of nail art comp

By Rebecca Hitchon | 28 April 2025

The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art contest for April is Katarzyna Korzeniak of @katessimplynails. In a showcase of talent, techs created nail designs inspired by theme, Your Favourite Spring Trends, in the bid to win a prize from Andreia Professional. Entries were judged by Sara Pinto, Andreia Professional product director, and Scratch deputy editor,…

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Inside look: Nail Beauty Congress & Championship 2025, Belgrade, Serbia

By Alex Fox | 24 April 2025

The landmark event highlighted industry advancements, expertise and hosted the first Serbian nail competition in nine years, while raising the region’s industry profile and standards, writes Alex Fox… The Nail Beauty Congress & Championship, held in Belgrade, Serbia, in April, was a historic event that brought together nail professionals and…

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Podiatrist awarded MBE for professional services to podiatry

By Kat Hill | 8 February 2018

Doctor Bharti Rajput Phd has been awarded an MBE for her professional services to podiatry and the economy in Dundee, Scotland. Known as Dr B to her patients and colleagues, the director and podiatrist at the Dundee-based clinic, Sole Body Soul, aims to ‘reinvent the delivery of foot care’, with a ‘focus…

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Nail looks backstage at Dancing On Ice: Week 4

By Guest Writer | 3 February 2018

Follow Maddy Rooke, celebrity nail tech, Gellux fan and MD of Nails at Studio 4, as she tends to the talons of skaters and celebrities backstage at ITV’s Dancing On Ice… Hello Scratch readers! Although this week’s show didn’t have a theme, the costumes were incredible and I had a little more time with each celeb and…

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Nice Rhodes-Hill leads nail team at Paris Couture Fashion Week 2018

By Kat Hill | 3 February 2018

Nickie Rhodes-Hill lead the nail look with her team, Team Nailmania, for Ralph & Russo Spring Summer 2018 Couture Collection showcase in Paris. The showcase took place at the Grand Palais and saw 49 models walk the runway with 56 couture looks from the haute couture fashion house. Sponsored by CND™ and Sweet Squared, Nickie ensured…

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Salon raises hundreds of pounds in aid of children’s transplant team

By Sophie Nutt | 1 February 2018

Natalie Wilson, owner of the Beauty Box salon in Castleford, has raised an impressive £782 for the Leeds Children’s Transplant Team. Her daughter, Holly, was born with a rare genetic kidney disease called Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome, which has seen her undergo treatments three to four times each week. Just days…

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Nail looks backstage at Dancing On Ice: Week 3

By Guest Writer | 26 January 2018

Follow Maddy Rooke, celebrity nail tech, Gellux fan and MD of Nails at Studio 4, as she tends to the talons of skaters and celebrities backstage at ITV’s Dancing On Ice… Hello Scratch readers! I could not wait for week three of Dancing On Ice as disco week had finally arrived! I’m from Essex, so you can imagine that the ‘glitz…

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Nail looks backstage at Dancing On Ice: Week 2

By Guest Writer | 20 January 2018

Follow Maddy Rooke, celebrity nail tech, Gellux fan and MD of Nails at Studio 4, as she tends to the talons of skaters and celebrities backstage at ITV’s Dancing On Ice… WEEK 2 Week 2 on Dancing On Ice came around soooo quickly. My call time was 11am but I arrived early to ensure I had enough…

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