PRODUCTS & TREATMENTS
Left-handed nail tech? Here’s how to adapt your tool kit
It is assumed that when working left-handed, you just work the opposite way. But if you are leftie, you will know this is a myth. The majority of the population is right-handed, and so the majority of nail products and techniques are tailored to right-handed techs. Having to adapt to…
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The UK heatwave: Is it affecting your nail products?
Educator & award-winning nail pro, Katie Clark, reveals why hot weather may impact your nail products and services… Most techs will have noticed a difference in their L&P acrylic and gel systems during different temperatures and seasons, with changes being particularly noticeable during periods of very warm weather. Temperature and…
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Celebrity manicurist launches HEMA-free gel products named after session nail techs
Celebrity manicurist & founder of nail brand, PersoNAILity™, Jenni Draper, has unveiled ManiCure: a HEMA-free gel system. Scratch spoke to the pro to find out more… When did you first get the idea for ManiCure? “ManiCure has been a dream of mine for about 20 years, but the journey really…
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The best ideas can come in the unlikeliest of places. For Lisbet Sandland and Carli Woolley, founders of The Cuticle Oil Company, it was on a wet and windy day in 2019, while waiting for their children in front of the school gates, that the idea for their business venture…
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Ideal for party season and beyond, Artistic Nail Design has launched six easy to use Chrome nail art pens, allowing techs to create an eye-catching chrome effect nail look in just minutes. With unmatched reflective chrome finishes that are unable to be replicated with standard gel polishes or lacquers, clients…
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Add length and even create extreme shades with the easy-to-use PowerGel range from Magnetic Nail Design. Serving up the feel of L&P acrylic but curing like a gel, the system offers control over nail enhancements and is easy to use with tips and forms, or even for a natural nail overlay.…
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Add the ultimate eye-catching sparkle to nail designs this party season and beyond with three dazzling multi-glitz nail art glitters from Lecenté. Opal, Aphrodite and Sunbeam are packed with various sized cuts of glitter, attracting attention and glinting in every light. Affording a stunning finish when used alone or over…
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Nailchemy has launched its Eternals collection, comprising six gel polish shades. Featuring colour changing flakes and reflective glitter, each colour can be used on its own or on top of a base colour. Each shade is available in a 15ml bottle. The colours available are: Eternity- deep red glitter Timeless-…
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Staffordshire based nail brand, Glitterbels, has unveiled a hema-free gel polish range, launching with 80 stunning shades. Founded by Annabel and Elliott Maginnis in 2018, the Glitterbels range features colour and glitter acrylic powders, gel polish, monomers, essentials, prep products and more. The hema-free gel polish range was introduced at…
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