Apply now: Get your skills recognised with a PHAB Service Star
Do you offer exemplary treatments & great customer care? See if you could be recognised with a PHAB Service Star, an accolade launched by Nergish Wadia-Austin, esteemed international business management training & beauty industry consultant. “The PHAB Service Stars initiative gives salon, spa and barbering professionals elevated status and a…
Build your client’s nails with The Edge Nails’ Brush and Build Gels
The Edge Nails has launched Brush & Build Gels which have the strength of a builder gel with the ease of use of a paint on product. They are ideal for clients wanting a smaller, more natural looking nail. They can be used with nail forms to extend the nail…
Stay safe & on brand with personalised salon sanitiser machines
Embrace a marketing opportunity for your business with a personalised sanitising unit from Killis. Available in three sizes, the dispensers help keep you and your clients protected from bacteria and viruses such as coronavirus. What’s more, Killis is offering 15% OFF a personalised unit for Scratch readers until 31 March…
SalonSpy adds hygiene question to improve client’s confidence in nail salons
Leading verified salon review site, SalonSpy, have added an additional question to its review form. The question – did our hygiene standards make you feel safe in the current environment? In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, when salons started to open again after the first lockdown, one of the initial…
Store data at your fingertips with Lanour Beauty’s ‘smart nail’
A nail salon in Dubai, Lanour Beauty, has unveiled the ‘smart nail.’ The smart nail is a cutting edge contactless microchip, which is applied as part of a manicure that allows you to store a small amount of information at the tip of your fingers. The chip is glued on…
Snapchat introduces virtual beauty try-on experiences
Beauty tech solutions provider, Perfect Corp, has collaborated with Snap Inc to create augmented reality (AR) beauty try-on experiences for the Snapchat app. This partnership will enable beauty brands to share Snapchat Lenses, created with Perfect Corp, for app users to interact with brands, virtually try-on beauty looks and shop products – anywhere, anytime. With…
Nail Artist moves into Crystal Power & Healing
Nail tech, Jade Evangelou, owner of the once, Jade Angel salon in London and Artistic Nail Design educator, has developed a series of aromatherapy crystal-infused mood mists. “We all need a little something to help enhance our moods and aromatherapy has been used for eons for not just physical, but…
Enhance nails with 6 natural-looking Cuccio Brush On Builder Gel shades
Add length, strength and boost the apex with the six Brush-On, Soak Off Builder Gel shades from Cuccio. The convenient brush-on formula eases the building and shaping process and the natural-looking shades are ideal for camouflaging re-growth. Use to overlay to add strength, to enhance with forms (sculpting) or via…
Kupa updates MANIPro e-file to feature greater power
Kupa has unveiled its latest e-file, the MANIPro Original 2.0. The MANIPro Original 2.0 offers greater power and performance than its predecessor alongside a variable speed indicator, and digital touch operating direction. Additionally, the lock and unlock function on the handpiece means less vibration than the previous model. The 2.0…
Track your client’s nail journey with beauty app ‘Myrror’
The beauty app Myrror has been launched to help you track the progress of any treatment, regime or at home products you are using so you can see the changes on a customised photo timeline. Each photo is timestamped and includes a comment diary feature to capture your thoughts in…
Add sparkle to nail styles with NSI’s Christmas acrylic powder shades
NSI Nails has added three acrylic powders to its Perfectly Pretty range for the festive season. Designed to offer nails sparkle and strength, these acrylic powders can be used within sculpts and tip & overlay creations or as a design powder. The acrylic powders to join the range are: Razzle…
Create jelly nail designs with SNA Jeli Gels
Create on trend nail designs with the latest launch from nail brand & distributor, SNA Professional. The Jeli Gel by SNA range sees 12 brightly coloured translucent gels. Presented in a 15ml bottle, the gels are ideal for creating jelly nail art looks, as well as precious stones, tortoise shell…
Create nail looks that sparkle with Nailchemy’s 12-piece Wishes collection
Nail brand, Nailchemy has unveiled the Wishes collection – comprising 12 striking gel polish shades. Wishes features a variety of metallic and glittery soak off gel polish hues, which are available in 15ml bottles. The collection features: Serenity – glittery grey Tranquility – glittery blue Joy – metallic champagne Fortune –…
Capture nail tutorials & pics hands-free with KB Glow Video & Photo Demo Station
Award-winning nail tech, Katie Barnes, has added KB Glow™: Overhead Video & Photo Demo Station to the Katie Barnes Tool Range. The custom designed, multifunctional station facilitates overhead filming of tutorials and live streams. It’s ideal for nail and lash tutorials where you need all hands on the demo and an…
Show support with NAF! Stuff shop local campaign
NAF! Stuff has launched a social media campaign #ShowNAFStuffYourStocking in a bid to encourage people to shop locally. To help give back this Christmas, NAF! Stuff are shopping local at some of their local NAF! StuffPRO salons and are encouraging others to do the same. In the run up to…
