AI & AUTOMATION FOR NAIL SALONS

AI for nail salons: more bookings, less admin.

From answering client messages to organizing receipts and staff payouts, we build AI and automation around the work that takes up your day.

For nail salons, lash and brow studios, and other appointment-based beauty businesses.

Example: your AI booking assistant Sample conversation · simulated booking
Do you have any gel manicure openings Saturday?
Yes—11:00 am or 2:00 pm. Will you need removal?
2 pm, with removal.
Appointment booked Saturday · 2:00 pm · Gel manicure + removal
Demonstration — fictional salon, sample prices & policies
What your client sees — text / DM
Hi! Could I get my nails like this? 💅 What should I book? inspiration.jpg
Gorgeous choice! Two quick questions: what length and shape would you like, and is there anything on your nails now that needs removal?
Medium almond please. I’ve got gel on from another salon.
Perfect. That design fits our Gel‑X Full Set with hand‑painted art, plus a soak‑off removal. Custom art is priced by our nail artist rather than guessed—I’ve sent your photo to Maya for a confirmed quote. Want me to hold Saturday 2:00 pm with her while you decide?
Yes, hold it! 🙌
Done—Saturday 2:00 pm is held for you. Maya’s quote is on its way!
What you see — owner view
ClientJasmine T. — new client
RequestedGel‑X full set + custom art
Length / shapeMedium almond
RemovalGel — other salon
InspirationPhoto attached
TechnicianMaya (art specialist)
Standard services matched from your menu
Custom art — quote needs technician review
Removal time added to the slot length
Your review Maya sees the photo, length, shape, and removal details together, and replies with a confirmed price in one tap. The assistant never invents a quote. Quote sent by Maya — Saturday 2:00 pm held
Appointment held pending client confirmation (booking simulated in this demo)
What your client sees — text / DM
Hi, do you have anything available this Saturday?
We do! Which service are you thinking of—and is there a nail tech you prefer?
A classic gel manicure. Anyone is fine.
Saturday openings for a gel manicure (45 min): 10:15 am with Priya, 1:30 pm with Maya, or 4:00 pm with Priya. Which works best?
1:30 pm please!
Booked—Saturday 1:30 pm with Maya. Your confirmation and the $15 deposit link are on their way. See you then! ✨
What you see — owner view
ClientDana R. — returning
ServiceClassic gel manicure
Duration45 min
TimeSaturday 1:30 pm
TechnicianMaya
Deposit$15 — your policy
Only real openings from the sample calendar offered
Deposit and grace‑period policy explained up front
Confirmation and Friday reminder queued
Your view The appointment lands on your calendar with the client’s notes attached. You can adjust the time or reassign the technician at any point. Booked — Saturday 1:30 pm with Maya
Confirmation sent; reminder scheduled for Friday (booking simulated in this demo)
What your client sees — text / DM
Hey, something came up—can I move my appointment? 😩
Of course, Ava. I found your Thursday 3:00 pm builder‑gel fill with Priya. Our policy: reschedules are free up to 24 hours before; inside 24 hours the $15 deposit carries over to your new time.
You’re outside the 24‑hour window, so there’s no fee. Priya also has Friday 11:00 am or Saturday 9:30 am open—would either work?
Friday 11 works!
All set—moved to Friday 11:00 am with Priya. Your reminder is updated. 💜
What you see — owner view
ClientAva M.
OriginalThu 3:00 pm — builder‑gel fill
New timeFriday 11:00 am
TechnicianPriya — unchanged
PolicyOutside 24 h — no fee
Freed slotThu 3:00 pm reopened
Your policy applied exactly as you wrote it
Freed slot offered to opted‑in waitlist clients
Calendar and reminders updated
Your view The change appears in your schedule with the reason noted. You can override any policy call, and step into the conversation at any time. Moved — Friday 11:00 am with Priya
Waitlist client offered the open Thursday slot (simulated in this demo)

The salon, services, prices, and calendar are fictional, and simulated bookings stay inside the demo. Custom designs are routed to your technicians for a confirmed quote—never a guessed price—and you can step into any conversation at any time. Your own assistant is built around your real menu, policies, and booking software.

SALON SOLUTIONS

Where could your salon use a helping hand?

Some owners need help keeping their calendar full. Others need their evenings back. Start with the part of your business that needs the most attention.

Bookings & returning clients

“I’m answering messages all day, and cancellations leave gaps.”

Service questions, booking assistance, rebooking follow-ups, and suitable waitlist offers.

Sat 2:00 pm cancelled Offered to 3 matching waitlist clients
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A client cancels Saturday 2:00 pm. The opening is offered to opted-in waitlist clients who match the service and time, the first to accept is booked, and your calendar stays full. You set who gets offers and when—and the same assistant answers questions and books new appointments, like in the demo above.

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Admin & bookkeeping preparation

“I finish with clients, then spend my evening catching up on paperwork.”

Receipt extraction, suggested expense categories, invoice organization, and daily sales summaries prepared for review.

receipt.jpg Supplies · $42.80 · categorized for review
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You snap a photo of a supply receipt. The amount, vendor, and date are extracted, an expense category is suggested, and the entry waits in a review list that you or your bookkeeper approve before anything is recorded. Day’s end brings one organized summary instead of a pile.

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Staff commissions & tips

“Working out everyone’s payouts takes too much time.”

Draft commission and tip calculations using your salon’s rules, with refund adjustments and your approval before anyone is paid.

Maya — week of Sep 8 $612 payout drafted · awaiting your approval
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At the end of the week, each technician’s services, tips, and refunds are pulled together, and payouts are drafted using your commission rules—including split rates or product sales if you use them. You review, adjust anything, and approve. The math stops living in your Sunday evening.

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Business insights & supplies

“I have reports, but I don’t have time to figure out what needs attention.”

Weekly performance summaries, repeat-client trends, and low-stock alerts where reliable inventory data exists.

Rebookings dipped — 12 clients due a nudge Saturdays fully booked 3 weeks running Acetone low — 2 bottles left
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Each Monday you get a short summary: how last week went, which clients are due to rebook, and what’s running low where your inventory data is reliable—three things worth acting on, not another spreadsheet to decode.

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What’s the task you wish you could hand off?

Maybe it’s copying information between systems, chasing missing details, or putting together the same report every week. Tell us how you handle it today, and we’ll explore whether it’s worth automating.

Talk through my salon’s workflow
YOUR EXISTING SOFTWARE

Start with the tools you already use.

We review your booking, payment, and business tools first. Then we use the features you already have and connect or automate the work they leave behind.

  1. Review your current setup including features you may not have switched on yet.
  2. Confirm which connections are possible before anything is promised or built.
  3. Define what runs automatically and what waits for your approval.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Meet the team building your salon’s automation.

Myrrh

Founder — systems & delivery

Designs and builds the workflows: the assistant, integrations, dashboards, and the review steps that keep you and your technicians in control.

Kenji

Founder — operations & client work

Runs the strategy calls and implementations: learning how your salon actually works before anything gets built, and scoping a first project that pays for itself.

HOW A PROJECT WORKS

Start with the task that would make the biggest difference.

That might be booking messages—or it might be the receipts pile, payout math, or the weekly report you rebuild every Monday. You start with one workflow, see whether it earns its keep, and only then decide what’s next.

Nothing goes live until it’s been tested with sample cases—real messages, real receipts, a past pay period—and you’ve confirmed the approval steps.

  1. Find the bottleneck review the task, how often it happens, and what it costs in time or missed opportunities.
  2. Define the first project agree on scope, price, required connections, and what a useful result would look like.
  3. Build, test, and launch test the workflow with sample cases, confirm approval steps, and introduce it into the business.
FAQ

Common questions.

Can you help if bookings are already handled?

Yes—bookings are just one starting point. For many owners the bigger time drain is what happens after closing: receipts and bookkeeping preparation, commission and tip payouts, or the weekly numbers. If your booking side already works, we start where your time actually goes.

Can this work with my existing software?

Usually—but we verify before we commit. We review what your booking, payment, and accounting tools already do and what they let us connect to. Direct booking and messaging depend on the platform, so we name specific integrations only after we’ve checked them for your setup. Where a direct connection isn’t possible, automation can still prepare the work for you to confirm in one tap—and if your software already covers a workflow, we’ll tell you that instead of selling you a duplicate.

Is this worthwhile for a solo nail technician?

Often the most useful case. When you’re solo, every message arrives while your hands are busy and every bit of admin lands on your evening. The assistant answers questions and collects booking details so nothing goes cold, and the same approach can prep your receipts or weekly numbers. You’d start with one small workflow, not a big system.

Can my bookkeeper or manager keep reviewing the work?

Yes—that’s the default. Automation prepares drafts: categorized expenses, payout calculations, reports. Your bookkeeper or manager reviews and approves them, and nothing is recorded or paid without sign-off unless you decide a step is safe to run automatically.

What happens when something needs my attention?

It’s flagged and held rather than guessed at. An unclear client message is handed to you with the conversation and details gathered so far; an unusual receipt, refund, or payout is held for review. You choose how you’re notified—and you can take over any conversation at any time.

What determines setup costs and ongoing fees?

Two parts, quoted separately: a one-time setup for building and testing your workflow, and a smaller ongoing cost for running and maintaining it. The quote depends on which channels and tools are involved, what your platforms allow us to connect to, and how many workflows you start with. You get a defined price for a defined scope before anything is built—discussed on the strategy call, with no obligation.

How much involvement will you need from me?

We do the building and testing. Your part is the strategy call, sharing the relevant rules—your service menu and policies for bookings, or commission rules for payouts—and reviewing the results before anything goes live. Typically a few hours in total, spread over the setup, not days out of your salon.

PROOF FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES

Similar systems we’ve built in other industries.

These builds come from other industries—local services and lending. They’re shown as evidence of how we build and integrate systems, not as salon case studies. We’ll publish salon results once we’ve measured them.

THE FREE SALON STRATEGY CALL

Let’s find the best starting point for your salon.

In a free 20-minute call, we’ll review your biggest time drain, look at your current tools, and discuss a practical first project.

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Send a note and we’ll reply with whether—and how—we can help before you schedule anything.

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