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…
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Covid-19: More beauty businesses forced to close as areas move to Tier 4
Health secretary, Matt Hancock, has today (23 December) announced that more areas of England will move into Tier 4 on Boxing Day, forcing the closure of nail and beauty businesses. The move comes as the reproduction rate of coronavirus (‘R’) has risen to between 1.1 and 1.3, and new variants,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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WINNER ANNOUNCED: Scratch Snap December
The winner of Scratch’s monthly nail art challenge has been announced as Natalie Waker. In a showcase of talent, techs stepped up to the Scratch Snap challenge for December & created some nail designs inspired by The Sky at Night in the bid to win a prize. Judged by Scratch‘s…
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NHBF predicts £51m weekly loss by hair & beauty businesses in Tier 4
The National Hair & Beauty Federation has predicted that Tier 4 restrictions across London and the South East will cost hair and beauty businesses in those areas £51 million in lost income per week. Data published in November by the industry organisation indicated that 62% of salon owners could not…
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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…
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Top Tech Amasses Xmas GIFTS for Charity
The Nail Studio, St Ives, just outside Cambridge, is a hive of activity as nail tech & HD Professional educator, Cat Leith is collecting wrapped presents for women and children, ready to donate on Thursday 24 December. Deciding to support a local charity (which can’t be named in the press),…
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Coronavirus: Beauty businesses in London & South East to close under Tier 4 restrictions
Prime minister, Boris Johnson, has today (19 Dec) announced that Tier 4 rules will be introduced in some areas of England following a surge in coronavirus cases. In a news conference at 4pm alongside England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, the PM explained…
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CND™ crowns Liza Smith as EMEA Education Ambassador of the Year 2020
Sittingbourne based salon owner, beauty business consultant and nail stylist, Liza Smith, has been awarded as CND™’s Education Ambassador of the Year in the EMEA region. CND™ distributors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa all submitted their nominations of the EAs they thought deserved to win. A spokesperson for…
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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…
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NHBF report shows impact of Covid-19 on beauty sector
New statistics from hair & beauty industry body, NHBF, have shown the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the hair & beauty industry. The NHBF Key Industry Statistics 2020 demonstrates the continued growth of the hair and beauty industry prior to Covid-19, highlighting the pandemic’s devastating impact on one…
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