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Beauty studio
Every treatment in your salon, managed in one place
Online booking by team member, room and device, deposits, courses, treatment cards with photos, simple product sales, TWINT and QR-bill: a web app for beauty salons in Switzerland.
For now, it is an idea.
The problem
In a small beauty salon a facial takes an hour and a brow appointment a quarter of one, and both need the right person, the right room and sometimes a particular device. The appointments sit in the diary, the products and settings of the last treatment on an index card, the course cards on paper and the sale of care products at the till. Whoever does the accounts in the evening puts all of it together by hand.
Our approach
We are developing a web app that mirrors the administration of a beauty salon and nothing more: appointments, treatment cards, courses, product sales and billing. It will work in CHF, create QR-bills, know the public holidays of your canton and work in German, French, Italian and English. The data will be stored on infrastructure in Switzerland. Simple on purpose, so that the time stays with your clients.
Who it is for
For beauty salons, cosmetic institutes and beauty studios in Switzerland and for self-employed lash and brow artists, whether alone in a rented room or with several specialists and treatment rooms.
What is planned
One catalogue for your whole offer
Facials, waxing by zone, lashes, brows and nails: you will record each service with its duration and price in CHF, plus extras such as a mask or a tint. For lashes and nails, the price of a refill will depend on the days since the last set.
Online booking with a deposit
Your clients will choose treatment, person and time on your booking page or in a widget on your website. The app is meant to offer only the time slots in which team member, room and device are free. You set a deposit and cancellation rules; a reminder goes out by e-mail before the appointment.
Courses and packages paid in advance
The app will sell a facial cure of several sessions or a package of five manicures in advance and keep count of how many sessions are still open. A minimum gap, such as two weeks, can apply before the next session.
Treatment cards with photos
For each visit you record what you used: products, device settings, for lashes length and curl. "Same as last time" pre-fills the next card. Before-and-after photos are taken only with the client's consent, and a notes field is visible to the team only.
Simple product sales
The care products you sell after a treatment go on the same receipt, or you sell them at the counter, even without a name. Products can be recorded with name, price and barcode; the app deliberately does not keep a stock count.
TWINT, receipts and QR-bill
Clients pay by TWINT, cash, card terminal or QR-bill. The app will create a receipt showing VAT if your salon is VAT-registered, and what is paid and what is open is meant to be visible at a glance.
Your data in Beauty studio
The same commitments apply to every app that grows out of our ideas.
Data in Switzerland
Our apps store your data on infrastructure in Switzerland. Where exactly is stated on one page – not spread across several documents.
Your data is not for sale
We do not sell, rent or pass on your data. We earn from the app, not from what you entrust to it.
No AI training on your data
Your data is not used to train AI models. Not ours, and not anyone else’s.
Swiss data-protection law as the standard
We design to the Swiss Data Protection Act and build privacy in from the start – not as an adjustment at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not answered here? Write to us – we read every message.
ContactWhere will my salon's data be stored?
The app will store appointments, treatment cards, photos and invoices on infrastructure in Switzerland. Reminders and notices go out by e-mail and, for people using the app, as a notification on the phone. This website itself runs on our own server at Infomaniak in Switzerland; what is stored where is set out in the privacy policy.
Will the app store skin type, allergies or health information?
No, the first version has no fields of its own for them and no health questionnaires. There is a simple notes field per client that only the team sees; what you enter there is up to you. Clients can have their data deleted through the app.
Which treatments is the app not meant for?
It is not intended for hairdressers and barbers, for doctors' aesthetic clinics, or for treatments such as IPL, laser, permanent make-up or microneedling. It is meant for cosmetic treatments, lashes, brows, waxing and nails.
Will my clients' data be sold or used to train AI?
No. We do not sell, rent or hand over data, and we do not use it to train AI models. The booking page will come without advertising and without tracking.
Will the app suit me if I work alone or offer only some treatments?
Yes. You record only the treatments you offer, and if you work alone in one room you simply use one room and one calendar. More rooms, devices and team members are meant to be easy to add as the salon grows.
When will the app be available?
There is no date yet. We are working on this idea; at launch we will tell you once, if you wish. How many people are waiting for an idea helps us decide the order in which we build.
What will it cost?
The price is not set yet. It will be shown in CHF and be clear enough that a small salon can decide without long deliberation. We will name a figure only once it is right.
Does signing up commit me to anything?
No, signing up is non-binding. You receive a single message as soon as this idea becomes an app, and nothing else. We use your e-mail address for that alone; what we store is described in the privacy policy.
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