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How to properly care for & clean your nail brushes

By Katie Barnes | 2 March 2021

Preparing your nail brush thoroughly and correctly is the first stage to caring for your nail brushes. Read my previous guide for Scratch here. The second is maintaining this level…

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Coronavirus: Nails & beauty businesses to reopen in step 3 of NI roadmap

By Chloe Randall | 2 March 2021

The Northern Ireland Executive has announced a five-step plan for taking the country out of lockdown restrictions, with close contact services set to resume in step three of the retail…

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CND™ collaborates with 12 content creators for collection launch

By Kat Hill | 2 March 2021

CND™ has cited positivity and self-expression as the inspiration for its spring collection of nail tones. The Colors of You collection include six new pastel shades available in both CND™…

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#NowTrending: Super Mario nails by Jane McCann

By Callie Iley | 2 March 2021

Scratch chats to Jane McCann of Reality Beauty x Jane about her goals to expand into education, and how she created this Super Mario pixel nail design… I trained in…

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Introducing iMix: the hands-free colour mixing tool for gel polish & nail lacquer

By Helena Biggs | 1 March 2021

Shave off the precious minutes at the start of a nail appointment spent rolling and shaking product bottles with imix, a super handy hands-free mixing device. imix alleviates the stress…

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Roadmap: Nail & beauty training to recommence from 8 March in England

By Kat Hill | 1 March 2021

In-person nail & beauty training in England can resume from 8 March as part of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit strategy. The British Beauty Council & Marian Newman, of…

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In Memoriam: A tribute to Dennis Duisters

By Scratch Staff | 1 March 2021

The nail & beauty industry has been deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Dennis Duisters by cardiac arrest on 20 January 2021. The 39 year old businessman from The…

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Coronavirus: Nails & beauty businesses in Wales could reopen from 15 March

By Chloe Randall | 1 March 2021

The Welsh Government has revealed that nail and beauty businesses could reopen from 15 March as part of their plan to exit lockdown. Despite Wales not publicly announcing a long…

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NAIL BITES: 5 tales from the industry w/c 21 February

By Chloe Randall | 28 February 2021

Here at Scratch, we love keeping up to date with anything fun happening in the nail industry! These are our top 5 nail tales of the week… 1. Essie’s virtual reality…

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Nail Order Sunday Service Event

28th September 2025, 10.30am to late, Birmingham You do not want to miss this event! This event has it all:…

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Wimbledon

Highly anticipated Grand Slam tennis tournament, Wimbledon, returns to London at the end of June, serving up sporting excitement, iconic…

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