NAIL TECH TALK: Frederica Waldron of EEKA Beauty
Scratch chats to Frederica Waldron of EEKA Beauty about sourcing inspiration for nail art and the importance of self-confidence… What is your all-time favourite nail product? This is a hard question! I don’t think I can choose one favourite product, but I definitely have a few must-have products that I…
Add texture to nails with Naio Nails’ Jelly Gel Polish
Naio Nails has launched its Jelly Gel Polish range, comprising 16 colours. Jelly nails are a way to play with sheer colour and add a little texture. Paired with a shiny topcoat, jelly nails have a coloured glass-like finish. The 16 colours available from Naio are all transparent and are all…
Introducing iMix: the hands-free colour mixing tool for gel polish & nail lacquer
Shave off the precious minutes at the start of a nail appointment spent rolling and shaking product bottles with imix, a super handy hands-free mixing device. imix alleviates the stress on the wrists through regular shaking and mixes your gel polish and lacquer formulas for perfect application – so you…
#NowTrending: 3D French mosaic nails by Bruna Chagas
Purple Professional‘s Italian brand ambassador, Bruna Chagas of Bruna Chagas Nails, shares her career story & how she created this 3D French mosaic nail art design… “I have had a passion for nails ever since I was a child. I started at 10 years old, and my love for nails…
Artistic Nail Design presents 2021 spring shades
Artistic Nail Design introduces the Sugar Free Spring 2021 collection. Sugar Free is all about embracing colour to the max while defying the need to stay sugary sweet. This collection is filled with delectable shades in crème, shimmer and frosted finishes that are guaranteed to make your manicure pop all…
How to choose the right Halo nail system for your client
Tina Bell, head of education for Pure Nails & owner of Totally Polished Academy, shares advice on finding the right Halo nail system to suit your client’s needs… The pandemic has given us time to perfect what we already knew and learn new skills, but it’s time to refocus on the nail systems…
OPI’s Suzi Weiss-Fischmann on nail shades, style & her colourful career…
OPI celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021 – and Scratch commemorated the occasion by inviting the nail brand’s co-founder to guest edit its February edition. Affectionally known as ‘The First Lady of Nails’, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann grew up in Hungary during the communist era. She was 10 years old when her…
Brighten nails with Light Elegance’s 12 spring shades
Light Elegance has revealed its spring 2021 nail colour collection, ‘Afternoon Picnic.’ The range features six colour and six glitter gels; bright and bold hues are softened with warm tones while shimmers and glitters illuminate this radiant palette. Available in Colour and Glitter Gel, this collection is also available in…
Halo Gel Polish to release 6 nail shades with a focus on hope in dark times
Pure Nails has added six stunning nail shades to its Halo Gel Polish range for spring-friendly manis and pedis. The hues in the Hope Springs Eternal collection are creamy and diverse; from pastels with a punchy twist to a forest green and go-to grey. Each shade aims to delight and…
Ways to help prevent & monitor beauty product allergies | The Beauty Bloggers
The Beauty Bloggers, aka Natalie Thompson & Rachel Jenkinson, share their patch testing tips & advice on preventing allergies in the salon.. Nat and Rach are ‘The Beauty Bloggers‘ and have over 21 years experience in the beauty sector between them. Their aim is to discuss real issues that beauty…
Crystal Nails Presents 8 New Pro Products
Want to offer an even quicker service to your clients? Well you can with the Crystal Nails 1-Step gel polish CrystaLac. CrystaLac 1-Step offers a non-cleansing, flexible, soak-off gel polish (8ml £14.80 inc VAT) that’s super fast to apply and claims to be super gentle since it houses vitamins A…
INK London reveals chameleon effect top coats
Create dazzling nail effects with INK London products thanks to the FX Collection. The trio of no wipe effect top coats can be used with all INK London systems, including the iLac gel polish, SOBIAB and Acrylink systems. The collection includes: FX Perfect (pearl effect) FX Poseidon (blue chameleon effect)…
Glitterama Nails launches gel polish range
Glitterama Nails has launched its gel polish range. The range currently consists of 15 stunning colours, including tones of red, nudes, blues, purples and glitter gels and the collection is expected to be constantly growing. The shades available are: Lavish- Rose Gold Glitter Pure White Break my heart- deep navy/black…
Why you shouldn’t use an at-home gel polish kit
Salon owner, educator and award-winning nail stylist, Katie Barnes, unveils concerns surrounding DIY gel polish kits… Gel polish seems like an easy to use, harmless product – surely, it’s just like painting on a nail polish, isn’t it? Well, this is the attitude that is causing problems amongst some non-professionals, as they…
Are UV & LED nail lamps safe?
Globally renowned scientist and nail expert, Doug Schoon, explores the safety concerns surrounding UV nail lamps… The facts that I will outline below demonstrate that UV curing nail lamps are safe, despite attacks by the misinformed media, fear-mongers and TV celebrity doctors. This controversy started in 2009 when two dermatologists…
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