Color Lab · tablet app for hair salons
Weigh color on a wireless scale and Color 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 Color Lab suggests a smaller mix.
Formulas
Grams from the scale go onto the client's card with your notes. If someone is out sick or on vacation, a colleague opens the card and mixes exactly the same formula.
Developer
Color in the bowl: 46.0 g
Topping up a mix
Even if you're only 15 g short, Color 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 color: Color 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 front desk computer, so you know whether your prices make a profit.
Leftover color
After the appointment, put the bowl with the leftover color on the scale. At the next visit Color 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. Color Lab can show appointments from selected booking systems, or you can use its own calendar with SMS reminders. It also works without a calendar 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 color services it adds up fast. Try your own numbers.
Illustrative figures 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. Taxes not included. 12-month contract, then month to month. 30 days to cancel.
$65 / location / month
Most popular
$85 / location / month
$129 / location / month
One-to-one online onboarding for every team member, included with a 12-month contract$329 $0
| Additional scaleEach extra scale at the same location | +$19 / month |
|---|---|
| Calendar with remindersAn SMS the day before the appointment, up to 200 SMS per stylist a month. Charged per stylist, from the first. | +$10 / stylist / month |
| Calendar with reminders and booking textsAlso an SMS when an appointment is booked, moved or canceled, up to 350 SMS per stylist a month. Charged per stylist, from the first. | +$15 / stylist / month |
| Hardware: tablet, scale and standOne-off, bought separately. Color Lab works with selected tablet and scale models; email us to check yours. | $250–$400 typical |
Color Lab is a tablet app with a wireless (Bluetooth) scale for hair salons and independent colorists. It saves color formulas to 0.1 g, works out the developer, the cost of every color service and the color left in the bowl. It also manages stock and a calendar with SMS reminders. It has been used in Poland since 2020, where nearly 100 salons work with it.
From $65 a month per location (Starter). Pro costs $85 and Inventory $129 a month. Each additional scale is $19 a month. The calendar with SMS reminders is an add-on at $10 or $15 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. Business contracts have no legal cooling-off period, so our 30 days is what applies.
A tablet, a Bluetooth scale and a stand from the list of models that work with Color Lab. Other models aren't supported, so we confirm the list before you buy. A typical set costs $250–$400, one-off. You scan barcodes with the tablet camera.
Yes. Color Lab already includes colors from many brands and recognizes them by barcode. If the barcode on a tube can't be read, you pick the color 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 Color Lab scales the formula down to what the client actually used. Less color goes in the trash, and the statistics show how much you throw away.
No. Color Lab has no online booking; the salon enters appointments. You can keep your booking system: Color Lab shows appointments from selected systems.
Yes. After the first sync the tablet app works without the internet: weighing, formulas, client records, the calendar 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 $19 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@colorlabapp.com.
In an online demo we'll walk you through a color service with the scale and work out what your salon could save.
