Software Solutions for Hair Colour Brands
Hair colour is chosen on a shade chart by level and tone, then mixed with a developer at a stated ratio. Home kits bundle those parts, while salons buy tubes and developer separately in volume. Sellers online need shade-chart data, kit contents, developer pairing and clear instructions, including advice on testing for sensitivity.
Pair every colour with its developer and keep salon and home ranges apart.
A salon colourist orders by shade number and developer strength. A home buyer orders a box with a name on it. The same tubes serve both.
Home colour kit brands
A brand sells boxed kits with colour, developer, gloves and a conditioner, aimed at buyers colouring at home.
Professional colour houses
A house sells tubes, developers and lighteners to salons and colourists, with a numbered shade chart.
Multi-brand colour retailers
A retailer lists home and professional colours and keeps the two ranges separate for different accounts.
The workflow for hair colour.
- 1
Shade picked from the chart
A buyer chooses by level and tone or by a swatch image, and the page warns that results vary with starting hair.
- 2
Developer matched
Each colour lists the developer strengths it can be mixed with, and the basket adds the right one.
- 3
Kit or components
A home kit sells as one item with every part reserved. A salon order lists tubes and developer by size.
- 4
Instructions and test notice shown
The order carries your instructions and your notice about testing for sensitivity, worded as your adviser specifies.
- 5
Salon reorder by shade number
A colourist reorders from a saved list by shade number and developer volume.
The challenges, and what they cost.
What is specific to this trade.
These are requirements we would confirm in discovery. They describe what the solution may need to handle. They are not features that already exist.
- A shade chart held as data with level, tone and number
- A pairing rule between colours and developers
- Kit components counted individually
- An approval step before an account sees professional products, with instructions and notices shown where your adviser specifies
What we would build for hair colour.
Chosen from the commerce capabilities this business needs, not a list of everything.
Who works in the system, and what each can do.
What it would connect to.
An integration is confirmed only after its API, access and scope are checked. A connection that updates on a schedule is described as scheduled, not real-time.
- A salon’s own colour and stock records, such as GullySystem’s Hair Salon Management Software, which holds colour formulas for its clients
- A courier with conditions for chemical products, reviewed before use
- Card and UPI payments for retail, and credit terms for approved salon accounts
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your shade chart with numbers and swatches
- Which developers pair with which colours
- Your instructions and notices, as approved by your adviser
Load the chart as data, not images
Shades become records, so that search, pairing and reorder lists can use them.
Approve salon accounts by hand at first
Early professional sign-ups are checked individually before any automatic rule is applied.
What you receive.
- A shade chart and developer pairing structure
- Kit composition and a professional account gate
- Saved shade lists for salons
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Orders with a colour but no matching developer
- Professional products ordered by unapproved accounts
Selling at home and abroad.
Shade numbering systems, developer strengths and the notices that must accompany colour products differ between countries. Chart and instructions are agreed with your adviser for each market in turn.
The wider requirements for haircare are on the Haircare page.
Related subcategories.
Hair Colour E-commerce & Shade Chart Software
Custom software solution
No existing GullySystem product sells hair colour with developer pairing and professional gating, so this would be custom software. A salon’s own colour formulas can stay in the existing salon product.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
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Questions about hair colour e-commerce.
Does the software tell a buyer which shade suits them?
No. It shows the chart and swatches. Results depend on a person’s starting hair, which the software cannot assess.
Does it give patch-test or safety instructions?
It shows the instructions and notices that your adviser approves, at the points you choose. It does not author them.
Can a salon reorder by shade number?
Yes. A colourist keeps a saved list and orders by number and developer volume.
Talk through your commerce requirement.
Describe what you sell, where you sell it and what is slowing you down. An engineer will reply within one business day.
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