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Doncaster nail & beauty salon owner: Offering waxing has elevated my business & filled my diary

By Michelle Brookes | 11 June 2025

Scratch Stars Educator of the Year 2022 & 2025 finalist, Michelle Brookes, shares how introducing waxing services has benefitted her salon… What do waxing treatments bring to a beauty business, and how do they complement nail offerings? Adding waxing treatments to a beauty business helps fill diary gaps. Most waxing…

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Community chat: 3 networking groups for nail pros

By Lilly Delmage | 10 June 2025

Are you seeking support from fellow nail techs? Do you want access to hundreds of tutorials to inspire your creativity? Do you have questions but don’t know who to ask? The answer might lie in joining a nail networking group. Here’s three to have a look at… The Nail Tech…

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Sweet Squared acquires salon hygiene & disinfection brand, Mundo Professional

By Rebecca Hitchon | 6 June 2025

Leeds-based nail, beauty and hair distributor, Sweet Squared, has acquired Mundo Professional. The brand offers a variety of salon-grade hygiene solutions to ensure health & safety in the beauty space, from Sanitizing Skin Wipes to tool disinfectant. “We are both proud and privileged to become the new custodians of the…

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NEW SKYSCRAPER gel colours to be released

By Helena Biggs | 14 January 2017

Gel II is to launch its Skyscraper Building Gels in three new shades – Nude, Plush Pink and Extreme Pink. Flexible and lightweight, the building gels feature colour changing inhibitor technology to provide long lasting brightness that resists fading and colour changes over time. What’s more, they also contain unique…

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BEAUTYPRO REVEAL new sensory diffuser

By Helena Biggs | 12 January 2017

Lull your clients into a sheer state of relaxation during a treatment with the new BeautyPro Sensory Diffuser. This portable unit releases light, sound and fragrance to ensure a harmonious and sensorial atmosphere that is likely to provoke repeat visits. The integrated light can slowly transition between each of the colours…

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NSI UNVEIL Dual Lamp

By Kat Hill | 11 January 2017

Offering you flexibility in your nail services, the new NSI Dual Lamp can be used to cure both UV and LED-friendly products. This 36W lamp features a 90 second cure time and three preset times of five, 30 and 60 seconds. Built to withstand over 50,000 hours of salon use, the…

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Why you should train to offer tanning this year

By Guest Writer | 10 January 2017

In the first of her 2017 blog posts, Kissed by Mii tanning expert, Shelley Henderson, reveals why there’s no time like the present to add tanning to your service menu… I remember when I caught the tanning bug. I was studying fashion and business at college, regularly working with models. I…

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KATHERINE DANIELS COSMETICS unveils new product addition

By Kat Hill | 6 January 2017

Katherine Daniels Cosmetics has launched the Multi-Tasking Eye Balm. A great skincare retail item, the balm designed to boost radiance, lift eyelids, tackle puffiness and dark circles. It also reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and smooths and brightens the delicate eye area with its silky texture without feeling greasy.…

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Creative playland

PROMOTE INTENSE colour with CND™’s new Creative Play collection

By Helena Biggs | 5 January 2017

CND™ has added to its Creative Play nail lacquer range with eight new hues in a new collection. Inspired by your favourite places to play, the cheerful Playland collection includes Cherry Go-Round, a highly charged pink, Hold On Bright!, a fizzy orange and Aquaslide, a bright blue. A three-step system, Creative Play…

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