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24 Halloween nail products for superior spooky season styles

By Jess Watts | 5 October 2025

It’s spooky season! For many nail techs, this time of year is an opportunity to get creative with colour, texture and design. To do so, they need an arsenal of…

Christmas marketing: a guide for nail salons to boost business

By Marie-Louise Coster | 5 October 2025

Session nail stylist, salon owner & educator, Marie-Louise Coster, offers up top tips for the festive season… Now is the time to look ahead to Christmas and consider how you will…

CTPA event demonstrates cosmetics industry’s commitment to non-animal testing

By Jess Watts | 5 October 2025

On September 29-30, the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) showcased its dedication to advancing non-animal testing methods for chemical safety assessment, via training and workshops. The event, which explored…

5 colours everyone will be wearing on their nails this autumn

By Jess Watts | 4 October 2025

During each season, certain colours gain popularity. These hues are normally based on events and the general aesthetic of the time of year. Autumn 2025 is epitomised by five distinct…

Award-winning nail pros unite to create handy tools brand

By Jess Watts | 4 October 2025

Jojo Wickens and Leila Monroy, Scratch Stars Awards winners & co-owners of Light Elegance UK, have collaborated to produce LePhine Pro: a nail tool brand that ‘combines thoughtful design, professional…

15 Mean Girls nail designs that are so fetch

By Scratch Staff | 3 October 2025

Don’t just limit pink to Wednesdays: take inspiration from our roundup of oh-so fetch nail designs inspired by iconic teen comedy film and musical, Mean Girls…

38 ‘showgirl orange’ nail designs & products inspired by Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl

By Jess Watts | 3 October 2025

Swifties are screaming right now (and that includes me). Taylor Swift has announced her 12th album, revealing the title, track list, cover art and release date. Each of Taylor’s ‘eras’…

The Naked Nailist Charity Calendar: 12 UK techs bare all in aid of Mind

By Helena Biggs | 2 October 2025

Twelve nail pros from across the UK have stripped off for a charity calendar shoot, to raise money for mental health charity, Mind. They’ve stepped outside their comfort zones, roped…

Gemstone nails: contest winner reveal & 50+ dazzling designs

By Rebecca Hitchon | 1 October 2025

The three winners of the Scratch Snap nail art contest for September are Anna Kubicka, Elysia Harmony and Madeleine Wilkinson. In a showcase of talent, UK&I techs created salon-style nail designs…

NHBF launches checklists to support self-employed beauty professionals

By Jess Watts | 1 October 2025

The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF) has launched a series of ‘free, easy-to-use checklists designed to support self-employed professionals and businesses across the hair and beauty sector’. Though self-employment…

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International Nail Tech Day

A global celebration of the skill and creativity that nail techs bring to their clients, businesses and the industry every…

Doug Schoon 2-Day Seminar

Join Cordoza Nail Supply for a two-day seminar dedicated entirely to nail science expert, Doug Schoon. This will be his…