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Sweet Squared acquires salon hygiene & disinfection brand, Mundo Professional

By Rebecca Hitchon | 6 June 2025

Leeds-based nail, beauty and hair distributor, Sweet Squared, has acquired Mundo Professional. The brand offers a variety of salon-grade hygiene solutions to ensure health & safety in the beauty space,…

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Glitterbels expands product portfolio & reach with nail polish line

By Rebecca Hitchon | 5 June 2025

Staffordshire-based nail brand, Glitterbels, has launched a nail varnish range, comprising 10 polishes, a base coat and top coat. The nail varnish shades are designed to match best-selling hues from…

Nail techs create 50 earth-inspired nail art designs for World Environment Day

By Lilly Delmage | 5 June 2025

Check out entries to the 4 June 2025 nail art challenge from Scratch, in which techs were tasked with creating a design to fit the theme: World Environment Day, marked…

How your beauty business can reduce its environmental impact

By Guest Writer | 5 June 2025

Victoria Brownlie MBE, chief policy & sustainability officer at the British Beauty Council, shares guidance to support eco efforts in the beauty sector… While most people are committed to working…

LGBTQ+ tech & drag nail artist: the nail industry allows me to embrace my truest self

By Guest Writer | 4 June 2025

Birmingham-based nail artist, Anthony Lloyd, shares about his LGBTQ+ journey and the important role nail artistry has played in it… My journey as a member of the LGBTQ+ community has…

Florida nail tech scoops North America’s Star Nail Artist title

By Laura Tarling | 4 June 2025

On Sunday, June 1, at the Scratch Social event in Orlando, Anastasia Totty of Jacksonville, Florida, was revealed as the first North America’s Star Nail Artist (NASNA) champion. The Moldova…

Nailympia Orlando 2025: THE RESULTS

By Helena Biggs | 4 June 2025

The fifth Nailympia Orlando welcomed the most competitors to date, with 99 nail techs from eight countries choosing to compete in turn-in and arena categories. The event was hosted at…

Margaret Dabbs® London partners with MECCA for Australian launch

By Lilly Delmage | 4 June 2025

British luxury foot, hand and leg care brand, Margaret Dabbs® London, has announced its launch in Australia, at MECCA. Exclusively available at beauty retailer, MECCA, both in-store and online, the…

I invited my salon team to create nails for Cannes Film Festival

By Lilly Delmage | 3 June 2025

The Nail & Beauty Lounge owner, Julie McCabe, takes us behind the scenes of her Cannes Film Festival experience, where she and her salon team delivered manicures and pedicures. The team…

Father’s Day: 14 nail & skincare retail ideas for your beauty business

By Rebecca Hitchon | 3 June 2025

Capitalise on Father’s Day, which is celebrated in the UK on 15 June 2025, with our pick of nail and skincare retail options, ready for clients to gift to father…

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The Scratch Stars Awards is a prestigious annual event that celebrates excellence, innovation and creativity within the UK&I nail sector. Launched in 2012,…