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First impressions count: Top tips for perfecting your dialogue with new nail salon clients

By Michelle Brookes | 26 August 2024

It’s really important to ensure that, as a nail technician, you maintain a high level of professionalism, even when a situation is challenging. First impressions count and how you behave…

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Meet the Nottingham beauty salon owner providing a sanctuary for busy mums

By Lilly Delmage | 25 August 2024

Fotini Bihuci is the nail tech behind Nuse Beauty, the ‘cosy home-based’ salon designed for new mums and clients who struggle with anxiety. Having worked in hospitality and tourism management,…

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Are you a nail tech who wants to develop new skills? Here’s how to make a successful future learning strategy

By Guest Writer | 23 August 2024

Global business & beauty education expert, Kim Ford, shares advice… How to create your future learning strategy It is the end of the academic year and an apt time to…

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Money Mindset Salon Price List

Hesitant about raising your beauty treatment prices? A pricing expert explains why you shouldn’t be

By Guest Writer | 22 August 2024

Maddi Cook, the powerhouse behind hair and beauty marketing and mindset coaching company, Boss Your Salon, shares why you shouldn’t be scared to raise your treatment prices… I like maths…

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Poole-based nail business plans second studio just months after securing £25,000 Start Up Loan

By Lilly Delmage | 22 August 2024

Poole’s Cassidy’s Beauty Academy is planning its second studio, after a Start Up Loan of £25,000 from GC Business Finance (GCBF) helped owner, Cassidy Jade Darby, secure her first nail…

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Lauren Taylor Salon

Salon in the Spotlight: L.E, Radcliffe, Lancashire

By Lilly Delmage | 21 August 2024

Lauren Taylor welcomes Scratch inside her home salon, where she has created a ‘homely and cleanly’ space within her dining room… Having completed her Level 2 NVQ in Beauty Therapy…

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Radiate good karma with these 40 evil eye nail art designs

By Scratch Staff | 21 August 2024

Eye spy this trend taking over Instagram! Unlock the energy of positivity and protection from the Greek eye with our roundup of evil eye-inspired designs below…

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Nailchemy & KB Tool Range announce collaboration – with 3 big benefits for nail pros

By Helena Biggs | 21 August 2024

Katie Barnes Tool Range, a provider of nail tools, and nail product house, Nailchemy, have unveiled a product-focused partnership. Keen to elevate the experience of the nail technician, the brands…

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Pinterest Autumn 2024 Trend Report

The top 4 nail trends set to dominate autumn 2024

By Rebecca Hitchon | 21 August 2024

Social media platform, Pinterest, has published its Autumn 2024 Trend Report, revealing popular nail looks for the season. Pinterest notes that beauty trends for autumn ‘feature a blend of bold…

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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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