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Marie-Louise Coster on Japanese nail art, exciting opportunities and Nails Next Top Nail Artist
Tell us about your training… I originally had a Saturday job in a beauty salon from the age of 16. I did a bit of ‘in-house’ training there but my proper training was at Brunel Technical College in Bristol in the late 90s. This provided me with my NVQ 2 and…
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Nail techs sought for on-demand London beauty services
Beauty app, Glo-Up, provides Londoners with beauty services at the touch of a button – and is seeking nail techs to join its roster. The Glo-Up app is free to download, and once a user signs up, they can simply choose a treatment they would like, add the time and…
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Add sparkle to nail designs with eco-friendly iZ glitters
Spruce up nail designs and sparkle for the festive season with eight new iZ Beauty of London nail art glitters. The fine glitters can be applied to nails, face and body and are biodegradable, created using a film derived from trees (mainly Eucalyptus), which is sustainable and sourced using environmentally…
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Vegan beauty: Defined by experts
With 2018 seeing an increasingly conscious approach across all industries, Scratch quizzes experts about veganism – and the properties upheld by the increasing numbers of vegan nail and beauty products. To be considered vegan, a product or service must be free of any animal-derived ingredients. “This includes ingredients such as…
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Embracing natural beauty at Nails & Brows
At the beginning of this week, I was lucky enough to visit the beautiful Nails & Brows boutique in Mayfair, London – simply a stone’s throw from Green Park. Tucked away on Berkeley Street amongst an array of hotels and cool lunch spots, the beauty boutique catches your eye from…
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Be ready to rock with Queen film inspired collection
Are you ready to rock? Artistic Nail Design is celebrating the release of Twentieth Century Fox Film’s Bohemian Rhapsody with its latest colour collection. Available now via Louella Belle, The Welcome To The Show Holiday 2018 collection sees six new glittery shades available in Colour Gloss and Colour Revolution formulas, along with…
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Strong women inspire LCN’s latest nail colour collection
LCN has unveiled What Do You Pink?, a collection of six nail shades inspired by strong female role models from politics, the entertainment industry and economy. “We do not want to neglect our men, but in this Studio edition we are paying homage to the superwomen.” – LCN spokesperson The…
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Susan Gerrard Beauty Academy scoops Habia Centre of Expertise accolade
Gerrard International’s Susan Gerrard Beauty Academy has been named a Habia Centre of Expertise, exclusive to the south of England and one of only six centres in the UK. The academy successfully met rigorous assessment criteria and passed a visit by an industry assessor in order to gain the prestigious…
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OPI has launched its summer 2024 colour collection: My Me Era, featuring 12 energising crème nail shades. Inspired by the celebration of self-expression in all forms, the collection balances bold and playful brights with versatile earthy hues. These are available in OPI’s GelColor gel polish formula, boasting up to three…
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The British Beauty Council (BBCo) has launched The Beauty Census, which encourages responses from industry professionals and consumers in order to ‘create a beauty industry that looks like you’. The survey covers areas of inclusivity, education, equity and accessibility, and will be disseminated via the British Beauty Council’s network of…
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Scratch, the leading resource for nail industry news, is on a continued mission to share nail content and unite the global industry, and will be hosting its first networking event outside of the UK. Co-founders, Scott Derbyshire and Alex Fox, and managing editor, Helena Biggs, will attend the Premiere Orlando…
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Hair & beauty business coach, Maddi Cook of Boss Your Salon, shares top tips for nail pros to achieve a better work-life balance… Howdy nail bosses! Work-life balance is like a unicorn in this industry – often talked about, yet never seen. In fact, it’s one of the most common challenges…
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Session nail stylist, salon owner & educator, Marie-Louise Coster, reveals how undertaking skin cancer awareness training benefitted a client… As nail techs, we provide a very personal service. The level of touch brings responsibility, because clients often share deeply personal things. We need to listen, and if asked, support clients…
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Now offering over 250 Minis products, The GelBottle Inc (TGB) has added 40 shades to its 7ml range. TGB Minis are ideal to be transported by mobile nail techs. They also cater to pros looking to try the brand’s formulations or shades without committing to full-sized 20ml bottles, and those…
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