Colour Lab · tablet app for hair salons
Weigh colour on a wireless scale and Colour Lab records the formula on the client's card to 0.1 g, works out the developer and tells you what the service cost.
Trusted by nearly 100 salons in Poland since 2020
Works with every brand.
The scale records the grams for each product.
Choose the ratio and the app gives you the grams.
Next time Colour Lab suggests a smaller mix.
Formulas
Grams from the scale go onto the client's card with your notes. If someone is off sick or on holiday, a colleague opens the card and mixes exactly the same formula.
Developer
Colour in the bowl: 46.0 g
Topping up a mix
Even if you're only 15 g short, Colour Lab recalculates every product so the top-up matches the original mix exactly. You can also repeat a mix from a previous visit in a different amount.
| Product | Original | Top-up |
|---|---|---|
| Majirel 6.0 | 31.8 g | 4.1 g |
| Majirel 7.1 | 14.2 g | 1.9 g |
| Oxydant Crème 6% | 69.0 g | 9.0 g |
| Total | 115.0 g | 15.0 g |
Costs
Not just the colour: Colour Lab prices every product in the bowl at your price per gram, and you can add your working time and extra services such as a treatment. You see the total on the tablet and on the reception computer, so you know whether your prices make a profit.
Leftover colour
After the appointment, put the bowl with the leftover colour on the scale. At the next visit Colour Lab scales the formula down to exactly what the client used.
| Product | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Majirel 6.0 | 31.8 g | 30.0 g |
| Majirel 7.1 | 14.2 g | 13.4 g |
| Oxydant Crème 6% | 69.0 g | 65.2 g |
Inventory Inventory plan
Calendar add-on
You don't have to change your booking system. Colour Lab can show appointments from selected booking systems, or you can use its own diary with SMS reminders. It also works without a diary at all.
Offline
After the first sync, the tablet app works without the internet. Client formulas and history are already on the tablet, and new mixes save as you work.
15 g left in a bowl doesn't look like much, but over a month of colour services it adds up fast. Try your own numbers.
Illustrative figures, excluding VAT, before subscription and hardware. Results depend on your salon and are not guaranteed.
In my view the system is brilliantly thought through. It takes care of both stylists and clients during the appointment.
Prices per salon location, per month, excluding VAT. 12-month contract, then month to month. 30 days to cancel.
£49 / location / month + VAT
Most popular
£65 / location / month + VAT
£99 / location / month + VAT
One-to-one online onboarding for every team member, included with a 12-month contract£249 £0
| Additional scaleEach extra scale at the same location | +£15 / month |
|---|---|
| Calendar with remindersAn SMS the day before the appointment, up to 200 SMS per stylist a month. Charged per stylist, from the first. | +£15 / stylist / month |
| Calendar with reminders and booking textsAlso an SMS when an appointment is booked, moved or cancelled, up to 350 SMS per stylist a month. Charged per stylist, from the first. | +£25 / stylist / month |
| Hardware: tablet, scale and standOne-off, bought separately. Colour Lab works with selected tablet and scale models; email us to check yours. | £200–£300 typical |
Colour Lab is a tablet app with a wireless (Bluetooth) scale for hair salons and independent colourists. It saves colour formulas to 0.1 g, works out the developer, the cost of every colour service and the colour left in the bowl. It also manages stock and a diary with SMS reminders. It has been used in Poland since 2020, where nearly 100 salons work with it.
From £49 a month per location, excluding VAT (Starter). Pro costs £65 and Inventory £99 a month. Each additional scale is £15 a month. The calendar with SMS reminders is an add-on at £15 or £25 per stylist a month. The contract runs for 12 months, and one-to-one online onboarding for every team member is included.
Yes. In the first 30 days, cancel with one email and you pay nothing more. Fees already paid aren't refunded, and nor is hardware, which you buy separately. After that the contract runs for 12 months, then month to month. The 14-day cooling-off period in UK law covers consumers, not businesses, so our 30 days is what applies.
A tablet, a Bluetooth scale and a stand from the list of models that work with Colour Lab. Other models aren't supported, so we confirm the list before you buy. A typical set costs £200–£300, one-off. You scan barcodes with the tablet camera.
Yes. Colour Lab already includes colours from many brands and recognises them by barcode. If the barcode on a tube can't be read, you pick the colour on screen. If a product is missing, you add it yourself (brand, line, shade) and every tablet in the salon sees it straight away.
So that next time you mix less. At the next visit Colour Lab scales the formula down to what the client actually used. Less colour goes in the bin, and the statistics show how much you throw away.
No. Colour Lab has no online booking; the salon enters appointments. You can keep your booking system: Colour Lab shows appointments from selected systems.
Yes. After the first sync the tablet app works without the internet: weighing, formulas, client records, the diary and stock. You need the internet for the first setup, the browser version, the Excel report, sending orders and keeping devices in sync. Changes sync automatically when the connection returns.
Yes. All devices in the salon see the same clients, formulas, appointments and stock; keeping them in sync needs the internet. Each additional scale costs £15 a month.
Your salon does. You can download or delete it at any time. Data is stored in the European Union.
Yes. The app is available in English and Polish.
You write to us in the app and attach a screenshot with the problem marked. You can also email matt@colourlab.uk.
In an online demo we'll walk you through a colour service with the scale and work out what your salon could save.
