MOVERS & SHAKERS
Important May dates for your nail & beauty business marketing
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
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
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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Nailing Mental Health, the campaign to raise money for mental health charities, Mind, and Samaritans, will see techs gather this Sunday to see if they can smash a world record. Organised by celebrity session tech, Stephanie Staunton, numbers are needed – in the form of people looking to have their…
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Following a lengthy, exciting and challenging process, Nails magazine has announced the winner of its Next Top Nail Artist competition for 2017. Netherlands nail artist, Tracey Lee, scooped the title in the online nail art competition, which is open to professionals worldwide. Jonny Diep Pham and Liina Leino took the runners up prizes…
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Palms Extra, UK distributor of Faby nail products, paired up with the London College of Beauty Therapy to pamper visitors to the Ideal Home Show. Students from the college offered a variety of free treatments in the show’s Pamper Lounge, including Faby manicures. This nail service proved extremely popular across…
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Techs – pop Monday 3 April in your diary, as Scratch Stars award-winning nail artist, Alessandra Marchesi, is offering design ideas for FREE. Using Faby nail products, Alessandra will showcase spring nail art tutorials at an event in Peterborough, hosted by Palms Extra. The event is totally free to attend,…
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CEW has announce the finalists of the 2017 CEW Beauty Awards. The professional organisation unites professionals from across the beauty industry, while the awards recognise product innovation and creativity in the sector. In its 25th year, the announcement son finalists sees The Nourishing Cracked Heel Balm for Happy Feet from…
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Sweet Squared is thrilled to announce the graduation of its first ever Waxperts Manscaping student. Debbie Hargreaves, of Inverness, was the first therapist in the UK to finish the course, which launched last month and covers male hair removal. Having undergone previous Waxperts training, Debbie was taught about ‘manscaping’ by…
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