Manifest Your 2025 Dreams: North America’s Star Nail Artist – Challenge 3 Entries

By Helena Biggs | 31 January 2025

North America’s Star Nail Artist sponsor brand, The GelBottle Inc, set season one contestants the challenge of manifesting their dream 2025 onto nails. The brief states: “We’re inviting you to bring your vision board to life using DesignEx Pro™ Extensions and create the ultimate nail look for your year ahead. Are you perfecting techniques, opening…

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CND™ appoints 4-strong Team Eurasia to support nail pros across the region

By Helena Biggs | 30 January 2025

Nail brand, CND™, has introduced Team Eurasia: a group of four dynamic education ambassadors and nail professionals who will support fellow techs and CND™ distributor partners across the region. To support the brand’s aim to foster career growth for its education ambassadors, CND™’s Team Eurasia will facilitate events, represent CND™ at trade shows and host…

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23 adorable Jellycat-inspired nails you can’t resist: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

By Lilly Delmage | 30 January 2025

Check out entries to the 29 January 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: Jellycats. 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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Cambridgeshire nail tech: how I created my dream salon space after 20 years

By Scratch Staff | 29 January 2025

Dominique Sharpe’s Godmanchester nail business rebranded to The Nail Editor in May 2024, and the nail stylist moved into the professional studio she had longed for since qualifying as a nail tech in 2004. In the early stages of her career, the three-time Scratch Stars Awards finalist struggled to find an environment in which she…

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Slither into the Year of the Snake in style: 15 nail art ideas to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025

By Scratch Staff | 29 January 2025

Chinese New Year 2025 is celebrated on January 29th, welcoming the Year of the Snake. The nail industry is no stranger to snake-inspired designs, from snakeskin prints and hand-painted characters to 3D creations. However, if you’d rather steer clear of animal motifs, embracing the colours of the event is another stylish alternative. No matter how…

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Set sail with these 25 nautical nail designs: #ShowScratch Creative Challenge

Check out entries to the 7 May 2025 nail art…

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30 ways to style aura nails: the trend matching your energy & mani

Bring good energy to nails and impact wellness through colour…

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Nail tech’s maternal mental health struggles: ‘Talking & finding support saved my life’

New Mexico tech, Amberley Robinson, aka The Nail Tattooist, opens up about her maternal mental health experiences… When my first…

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5 ways to support deaf clients in the nail salon

It is estimated that one in three people in the UK have hearing loss, highlighting the importance of making your…

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Met Gala manicures 2025: Sabrina Carpenter, Sydney Sweeney & more

Fashion’s most prestigious and anticipated night, the Met Gala, drew top talent from the beauty industry to create standout nail…

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Midwife & nail tech: ‘Whether in a delivery room or my nail studio, I love supporting women’

Meet Leila Zahedi: a midwife, nail tech & co-founder of Better Births London – best known as The Midwives in…

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EVENTS

OPI Intelli-gel – London

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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OPI Intelli-gel – London

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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TBP Beauty Educators E-Summit

By Scratch Staff | 2 February 2025

Not only are you sharing your expertise and knowledge but you also inspire and empower the next generation of professionals. Beauty educators take on great responsibility requiring dedication, expertise, and commitment. As an educator it is key to keep up to date with industry trends and insights. This can be really easy to do as a service provider but as an educator there is very little CPD targeted towards improving…

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OPI Intelli-gel – London

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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KBC Awards Cambodia 2025

By Scratch Staff | 15 April 2025

The KBC Awards Cambodia 2025 is set to be one of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious beauty events, taking place on August 16-17 at the luxurious Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel & Residence. With a mission to elevate beauty industry standards in Cambodia and the region, this two-day event brings together elite professionals, educators, competitors and brands from around the world. Organised by Erika Ramonaite, the KBC Awards is not just a…

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OPI Intelli-gel – London

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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OPI Intelli – gel – Huddersfield – West Yorkshire

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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TBP Beauty Summer Soireé

By Scratch Staff | 2 February 2025

Step outside with the Trusted Beauty Professionals community this summer! This summer, The TBP Community are heading outdoors for an exclusive Summer Soirée designed for Beauty Professionals. We’re hosting a small, relaxed networking event for professionals across the beauty industry. Whether you’re a beauty educator, service provider, or work alongside beauty brands, this is your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and grow with like-minded individuals. Join us, in Fulham on Monday…

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OPI Intelli-gel – Canterbury – Kent

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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OPI Intelli-gel – Southport – Merseyside

By Scratch Staff | 30 January 2025

New to gel polish or need a refresher? Want to upgrade your skills and learn with OPI’s newest gel innovation? Our Intelli-gel system offers time saving technology to enhance your treatment offering. Includes theory knowledge, prep, application, removal. Locations nationwide. You need to hold a qualification in manicure to attend this class.Please arrive with bare nails so you can experience the gel for yourself.Accredited by ABT You must hold a…

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