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Coral nails: Get inspired with 19 designs using the trending summer colour

By Lilly Delmage | 6 June 2025

Seeking a vibrant colour for your summer nails? Coral is proving to be a popular choice at the nail desk. Blending orange, pink and red tones, clients can find a shade of coral that best suits them – whether bold and bright, or pastel and muted. This makes it a…

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Prom-ready nails: 18 subtle glam manicures to impress in 2025

By Lilly Delmage | 31 May 2025

A picture-perfect manicure is the ideal finishing touch to any prom look. Whether you’re wearing a vibrant gown or a minimalistic, neutral dress, Scratch has rounded up a series of versatile nail styles that combine a subtle colour palette with glamorous accents. Get inspired by these 18 designs…

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Fruit nails are trending: Here’s 35 fun nail art ideas for summer 2025

By Scratch Staff | 29 May 2025

Fruits are a long-standing muse for nail art inspiration, with grapefruit, blueberry, strawberry, kiwi and lemon designs especially popular during the summer months. Whether hand-painted, sculpted or stamped, let your creativity flow and experiment with vibrant, juicy hues this season. Want to hop on the nail trend? Check out our…

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Spring rose nail design

By Guest Writer | 26 April 2024

INK London educator, Jayne Packenas, shares a springtime step-by-step that will have clients fawning over florals.

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Leopard print nails are trending – with a spring twist. Here’s design inspo

By Rebecca Hitchon | 24 April 2024

Our social media feeds have been full of colour this season, with bold and bright leopard print nail styling dominating. A classic style that has particularly captured attention in 2024 with the popular mob wife aesthetic, leopard print has now had a spring-friendly upgrade. Check out our roundup of on-trend…

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88 sunflower nail designs to brighten seasonal styling: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Rebecca Hitchon | 11 April 2024

Check out entries to the 9 April 2024 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Sunflower Styling. Each nail style was submitted via Instagram or Facebook using #showscratch #creativechallenge. Follow Scratch on Instagram and Facebook for future Creative Challenges – launching every other Wednesday.

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Summer bee nails

By Guest Writer | 27 August 2023

Salon System nail expert, Caroline Roberts, owner of Nail Fairy, has created a cute summer bee nail style using GELLUX shades.

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15 tile print nails to elevate your summer manis

By Scratch Staff | 7 August 2023

Dreaming of a holiday in Spain, Greece or Morocco? Add a touch of elegance to your summer styling with trendy tile print nail art. Check out our roundup of reader designs below…

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French tips with swirls

By Guest Writer | 4 August 2023

Lecenté educator, Claire Howard of Claire Howard Nail Design, gives the classic French a modern twist, adding colourful swirls and a touch of striking silver.

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