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THE HOT List
Scratch scours the industry for the latest nail & beauty products to captivate clients & lend a helping hand to your services
Gelish Let’s Roll Soak-off Gel Polish Collection £84.95 + VAT www.gelishmorgantaylor.co.uk Designed to make a statement, Gelish’s six summer crème gel polish shades are ultra-bright and fully saturated. Offer clients a glow up with the likes of Give It A Curl, a bright cherry hue, and Don’t Be A Tease, a bubblegum pink. Playful shades include aquamarine, Unwind With Me, and cyber yellow, Do The Tango. Completing the collection is bright purple, This Is How I Roll, and indigo blue, Hold Me Tighter. Hues are available individually for £16.99 + VAT.
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OPI GELevate™ 4-in-1 Builder from £18.99 + VAT each uk.wella.professionalstore.com Adhere, overlay, build and fill with an OPI GELevate™ Builder: a HEMA-free formula available in Clear (£18.99 + VAT) and four semi-sheer neutral shades (£21.90 + VAT each). Its Intelli-Builder Technology builds short and medium lengths, creates strong and durable overlays, and fills and sculpts overlays and tips. OPI GELevate™ in Clear can also adhere tips. Each bottle features OPI’s Intelli-Brush™, which has been designed to offer precise product application.
Salon System Pre-Glued Underlash Kit £12.45 + VAT. Available from wholesalers nationwide. An ideal salon service add-on or retail item post-treatment, this kit offers easy, one-step application of lashes that last up to eight hours. Available in Natural and Volume styles, the lashes are latex-free, with mixed lengths for customisable looks. The kit simplifies underlash styling for professionals and clients as no glue is required, and includes a tweezer and 30 lash clusters. The lashes can be reused twice.
Hara Professional Spring Gel Polish Collection from £7.15 + VAT each www.astonandfincher.co.uk Inspired by the sun-soaked beauty of Italy’s charming coastal towns, six pastel shades offer clients a passport to pretty manis and pedis. Hues include Sorrento, a sky blue; Portofino, a muted lilac, and Cinque Terre, a sunny yellow. Use with Hara Professional’s eggshell top coats to add dimension to overlays: choose from Black or White Eggshell (£7.50 + VAT each).
Kure Bazaar Remarquable Therapy Le Vernis Sérum in Le Rouge 02 from £10 inc VAT/RRP £22 E: liz.kurebazaar@gmail.com Introducing Le Vernis Sérum: a formula to treat weak, sensitive and damaged nails, available in 14 fashion-forward shades. Part of Kure Bazaar’s Remarquable Therapy range, the serum features natural, active ingredients including hibiscus extract, silicium, keratin and calcium to protect, repair and restore healthy nails.
Nimue Retinal Power+ Serum £47.55 + VAT/RRP £95.10 www.sweetsquared.com Target multiple skin concerns, from fine lines to uneven skin tone, with Nimue’s Retinal Power+ Serum: designed to support ageing and environmentally damaged skin. Retail to clients or add to facial treatments to renew the texture of the skin, reduce pore size and enhance collagen production.
Peacci Sheer Nail Polish Shades £7.49 + VAT each www.thegelbottle.com
Embrace the ‘barely there’ manicure trend with three additions to Peacci’s line of sheer nail polishes. Dream, a barely-there brown; Darling, a translucent pinkish-brown, and Delight, a translucent nude, each have unique undertones to complement every skin tone. The vegan formula offers a long-lasting, glossy finish.
Mii Forget Mii Not Colour Confidence Nail Polish Collection £6.75 + VAT/RRP £13.50 each www.gerrardinternational.com Embodying the power of flowers and serving as ‘a reminder to stop and smell the roses for a moment of Mii time’, the six delicate pink and peach hues in this collection are available in Colour Confidence Nail Polish and Statement Gel (£17 + VAT). The nail polishes are enriched with Vita-Care complex to help strengthen nails, aid flexibility and hydrate. The hues are also available in handy 9ml sizes for £4.50 + VAT/RRP £9 each.
Glitterbels Chrome Crazy Chrome Powders from £7 inc VAT each www.glitterbels.com Add eye-catching elements to nail designs with the 27 Chrome Crazy Powders from Glitterbels. Available in loose, pressed and flaked styles, the pigments offer a mirror-shine finish. For best results, apply over a Glitterbels No Wipe Topcoat with a sponge applicator or silicone tool. Hot picks include fuchsia Blushing Mirror, golden Princess Aurora, holo-effect Stardust and delicately flaked Shape Shifter.
HD Professional Nail Systems BUILD IT! Pro – Fibre X £17.99 + VAT www.hazeldixonnails.com BUILD IT! Pro - Fibre X is a fibre-infused hard gel that combines the strength of acrylic with the flexibility of gel to create durable nail enhancements. Formulated with advanced cross-linked technology and ultra-fine fibreglass particles, this HEMA, TPO and Di-HEMA-free builder gel levels effortlessly while maintaining structure and control. It is available in six natural-looking shades.
Halo West Coast HEMA-free Gel Polish Collection £5.95 + VAT each www.purenails.co.uk Coastal cool meets vibrant vibes in Halo’s six-piece summer nail colour collection. Inspired by LA’s sun-soaked shores, the shades are: tangerine Sunkiss; sweet pink Motel; lavender Malibu; pistachio Palm; sea blue Riptide and butter yellow Lana – a standout shade this season. The HEMA-free formula offers opaque coverage in two coats and a high shine finish.