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Fun fingertips for World Friendship Day: 28 nail designs to help inspire the love

By Jess Watts | 31 July 2025

Check out entries to the 30 July 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Friendship. 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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What’s the deal with fish nails? Here are 20 designs to catch the eye

By Jess Watts | 30 July 2025

It’s National Fishing Month! Celebrate with the catch of the day… Aquatic designs have dominated this summer, with our finned friends being splashed across nail designs. If you haven’t tried the trend, maybe one of these designs from Instagram will get you hooked?

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Celebrate Women’s Euro 2025 with football-themed nail designs

By Jess Watts | 27 July 2025

England’s Lionesses have made it to the finals of the UEFA Women’s Championship, and what better way to support the team than to sport a football-inspired manicure? Cheer on from the sidelines with these nail looks from Instagram…

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China on your hand? Porcelain nails are trending: here’s 20 designs we love

By Helena Biggs | 15 March 2025

English pop group, T’Pau, topped the UK singles chart in the ’80s with ‘China In Your Hand’, and who knew that almost 40 years later, wearing china on the hands – specifically nails – would be so popular? Porcelain or china-inspired nail art captures the delicate beauty of traditional blue…

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Get lucky with these 50 St. Patrick’s Day nail art designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Lilly Delmage | 13 March 2025

Check out entries to the 12 March 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Feeling lucky. 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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30+ empowering nail designs to celebrate International Women’s Day

By Rebecca Hitchon | 8 March 2025

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global event, taking place each 8 March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and promote the acceleration of women’s equality. The campaign theme for 2025 is ‘Accelerate Action’. Check out our roundup of IWD-inspired nail designs for the occasion…

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How to create girl power nail art for International Women’s Day

By Guest Writer | 6 March 2025

Nail artist & educator, Julie-Anne Larivière, has created a girl power nail step-by-step to celebrate International Women’s Day. *Originally created using GELLUX

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International Women’s Day: 5 steps to create female outline nails

By Guest Writer | 6 March 2025

Norwich nail artist, Tabby Casto, has created a purple pierced design with female outlines to celebrate International Women’s Day, using Artistic Nail Design – available in the UK via Sweet Squared.

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50+ daffodil nail art designs to celebrate St. David’s Day

By Scratch Staff | 1 March 2025

St. David’s Day is the feast day of the patron saint of Wales and falls on 1 March: the date of his death in 589 AD. Symbols of Wales: daffodils and leeks, are traditionally worn to commemorate the day, while traditional Welsh food is eaten and parades are enjoyed. Explore…

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