Glitterbels is a UK-founded professional nail brand that runs its social channels as a fully-fledged creator presence.
Total Followers +0.0%
629K
Across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Primary Platform
YouTube
16K followers · 3% of audience
Engagement
1.8%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mid
Est. $7.9K–$18K / IG post
The new product targets nail strength, clarity, and length, and is self-levelling for easier professional application.
Arnold's appointment was revealed backstage at The Blonds SS26 show, where Glitterbels products were used for nail looks. She will work with founders Annabel and Elliott Maginnis on product innovation, distribution, and education.
The 10-shade collection is plant-based, vegan, cruelty-free, and formulated with anti-chip technology — a strategic move beyond the brand's professional-only roots.
The 850 sq. metre space includes a 10-tech nail salon, revamped training academy, and shop — dubbed one of the most Instagrammable locations in the North.
The four-tier programme (Glitter, Silver, Gold, Diamond) offers product discounts, free business and marketing courses, and VIP community access for nail technicians and salon owners.
| Window | YouTube | TikTok | Combined | |
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -53 -0.0% | +113 +0.1% | +60 |
| Last 30 days | +0 +0.0% | -211 -0.0% | +303 +0.4% | +92 |
| Last 90 days | +0 +0.0% | +1K +0.3% | +2K +2.3% | +3K |
| Last 365 days | +0 +0.0% | +1K +0.3% | +2K +2.3% | +3K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Glitterbels is a UK-founded professional nail brand that runs its social channels as a fully-fledged creator presence. The brand was established by Annabel Maginnis — a professional nail technician who built a following under her personal handle before launching Glitterbels as a dedicated product and education ecosystem. With a catalogue spanning over a thousand professional nail products including acrylic powders and gel systems, the brand's YouTube channel and social accounts deliver tutorials, product reveals, and technique demonstrations from Annabel, a structured training team, and a global network of brand ambassadors — making it as much an education platform as a product label.
Instagram anchors the brand's largest audience, which skews young and predominantly female, closely mirroring the professional and semi-professional nail technician community. A formal training academy arm — operating under its own dedicated handle — deepens that relationship beyond product discovery into ongoing skill development, a model that fosters strong audience retention. TikTok currently produces the highest engagement rate across platforms, suggesting short-form tutorial content is gaining traction with a broader, discovery-oriented viewer. With an audience spread across the US, UK, and key markets in Latin America, Glitterbels is positioned to extend its international reach in the professional nail education and trade supply space.
Glitterbels reaches its audience primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok branded content. As a beauty creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. With no brand deals logged yet, they read as an available, category-aligned partner for advertisers building early presence in the space. Engagement on YouTube runs around 1.8%, which points to an audience better suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel campaigns than to pure-reach buys. The channel's mix of long-form YouTube integrations and Instagram Reels and Stories lets a sponsor choose between short awareness placements and longer, more detailed integrations. Because the audience follows beauty content rather than arriving through untargeted reach, sponsorships that match the channel's subject matter tend to convert more efficiently than broad placements. A consistent, on-topic posting focus gives sponsors a predictable, brand-safe environment, lowering placement risk compared with broad, general-interest channels. Campaigns here are best measured on qualified engagement and consideration within the niche rather than on raw impression volume. For brands in beauty and related categories, Glitterbels offers a defined, creative-fit audience rather than broad, low-intent impressions.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Glitterbels's tier (Mid, 629K combined followers, —). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Glitterbels was founded by Annabel, who goes by the handle @nails_by_annabel_m on social media. She remains the face of the brand and appears regularly across Glitterbels' YouTube channel and other platforms, creating tutorials and product reveals alongside the wider Glitterbels team.
The Glitterbels Training Academy (found at @glitterbels.training.academy) is the educational arm of the Glitterbels brand, focused on teaching nail techniques and skills. It offers structured learning for those who want to go beyond free tutorial content and develop professional-level nail artistry.
Glitterbels is primarily a professional nail product brand with over a thousand products in its range, spanning gels, acrylics, and nail art supplies. The YouTube channel and social media content exist to support those products with tutorials, tips, and application guides rather than being a standalone creator project.
Annabel is the founder of Glitterbels and a professional nail artist who built the brand around her expertise. She creates tutorial content, hosts product reveals, and is the driving creative force behind both the product line and the educational content the brand produces.
Yes — Glitterbels' YouTube channel is specifically set up to provide free tutorial content, including videos from Annabel, the Glitterbels training team, and brand ambassadors from around the world. Topics range from gel nail application to seasonal nail art like Halloween and autumn designs.
Glitterbels regularly covers gel nails, acrylic nail art, seasonal designs like fall nails and Halloween nail art, and general nail inspiration. Their content leans into current nail trends while also teaching foundational techniques that work with their professional product range.
Glitterbels works with a global network of brand ambassadors — nail artists based in different countries who create content using Glitterbels products. Their work appears on the official Glitterbels YouTube channel, giving the brand regional diversity and a wide range of tutorial styles.
Glitterbels markets itself as a pro nail brand, but the free tutorial content on YouTube and TikTok is designed to make their products accessible to people at various skill levels. The Training Academy provides a more structured path for those serious about developing professional nail skills.
Glitterbels has its largest and most engaged audience on Instagram, where it has built a following well into the hundreds of thousands in the beauty and nail art space. The brand also maintains an active TikTok presence and uses YouTube for longer-form tutorials and product education.
Glitterbels carries strong signals of being a British nail brand, with the United Kingdom consistently appearing as one of its top audience markets alongside the United States. The brand's professional product positioning and training academy model are also characteristic of the UK nail industry's education-forward culture.
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