Does the preview account for my client's natural level and previous colour history?

Yes. You enter the client's current level (on the standard 1-10 scale), tone, and relevant history — box dye, keratin treatments, a previous colour that hasn't fully grown out — before generating, so the model works from real underlying pigment instead of assuming virgin hair. This matters most on colour correction cases, where banding or leftover warmth changes what a lifted result actually looks like.

Can it show a multi-session lightening plan, or only the final result?

It shows the target result for whichever session you're planning. If a level-4 client needs three lightening sessions to reach platinum without compromising hair integrity, you can generate the realistic outcome for session one alongside the eventual target, so she understands the roadmap and commits to the plan, not just the photo.

Does it work on curly and textured hair, or just straight hair?

Yes. Because the preview is generated from the client's own photo, curl pattern and texture carry through — colour reads differently on coils and ringlets than on straight hair, with more light refraction and more visible dimension. The preview reflects her actual texture instead of mapping colour onto a straight-hair reference image.

Are client photos stored on your system, and does that meet salon privacy requirements?

That's your call, not ours — it's your software. We build the storage and retention policy around what your salon needs and make sure it meets GDPR, CCPA, or any other regulation that applies to how you handle client images. No training on your data, ever.

Can it distinguish between balayage, foiled highlights, and single-process colour?

Yes. Placement changes the result as much as the colour itself — foils, balayage, babylights, and a root shadow or melt all distribute lightness differently. The preview reflects the placement technique you specify, so a client can compare a full foil look against a lower-maintenance balayage grow-out before you pick up a brush.

How is a grey coverage preview different from a grey blending preview?

They're different services with different formulas. Full coverage deposits solid pigment through the grey; blending, often with a demi-permanent gloss, softens grey into lowlights for a lived-in salt-and-pepper look. You can generate either, which is useful for the client who's afraid full coverage will look flat and wants to see the blended option before she decides.

How is this different from consumer hair-colour try-on apps?

Consumer apps overlay a filter-like swatch on a photo and ignore level, porosity, and placement technique, so the output looks like a tinted photo, not a colourist's formulation. This tool is built around your actual service menu, so what the client sees in the chair is what you're actually capable of producing with your colour line and technique, not a generic filter result.

What does a hair colour preview tool cost?

There's no off-the-shelf plan, so there's no published price list. Share your details and we'll discuss project scope and pricing on a free consultation call — see /pricing for details.

Hair

Show clients their new colour before you mix a single formula

Photograph the client's current hair. Makeover generates a photorealistic preview of the target level, tone, and placement in seconds — on their real hair, their real texture, their real length, not a celebrity photo that doesn't match.

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What is a hair colour change preview?

A hair colour change preview tool uses AI to generate a photorealistic image of a client's hair after a specific colour service — full colour, balayage, foiled highlights, or grey coverage — before the colorist mixes a single formula. The stylist photographs the client's current hair, and the tool renders the target level, tone, and placement on that client's actual hair, texture, and length, not a celebrity reference photo or a swatch ring. Salons use this at the consult chair to confirm the formula and get sign-off before color goes on the client's head.

Why it matters

A full balayage or dimensional colour service runs $150 to $400+ in most markets, and a colour correction out of box-dye damage or a botched previous service can run $300 to $700+ across multiple sessions. Chair time for a single-process colour is two to three hours; a full lightening or foil service can run all day. The friction isn't the price tag. It's that clients arrive with an Instagram photo of someone with a different natural level, texture, and colour history, and every consultation starts with the colorist translating that photo into what's actually achievable on this specific head of hair. A preview built from the client's own photo closes that gap before the consult turns into a "let me think about it."

Who uses this

Colorists and colour specialists use it at the consult chair before opening a single tube of lightener. Salon owners running a team of stylists use it to standardize how colour consultations happen across every chair, so a client gets the same visual confirmation whether she's with the owner or the newest colorist on the floor. Extension and blonde specialists use it to walk clients through multi-session lightening plans without losing them to sticker shock at session two.

Heard this from a client?

A client points to a Pinterest photo of a celebrity with a completely different base level, texture, and hair length and says "I want this exact colour" — and you have no way to show her what it actually looks like on her own hair before you commit to a formula.

A client with virgin level-4 hair wants platinum in one visit. She doesn't understand that lifting that far without breaking her hair off takes three or four sessions spaced weeks apart, and she feels ambushed when you explain the timeline and cost chairside after she's already picked her colour.

A grey-coverage client has been putting off a colour change for months because she's afraid full coverage will look flat, harsh, or "too dark and ageing," and no swatch ring has ever convinced her otherwise.

How hair colour change previews work

Three steps. Under 10 seconds. No design skills needed.

Photograph the client's current hair

Roots, mid-lengths, and ends in normal salon lighting — the same documentation you'd take for any consultation. No colour meter, no studio lighting rig. A phone photo is enough for the AI to read level, tone, and texture accurately.

AI generates the formulation preview

The model renders the target level, tone, and placement — full colour, balayage, foiled highlights, root shadow, or grey coverage — on the client's actual hair and length. Not a stock swatch, not someone else's reference photo.

Present it before you open a tube

The client sees her own hair in the target result while she's still in the chair. Sign-off happens before the cape goes on and before you've mixed a single formula, not after the colour is already processing.

Common questions about hair colour change

Straight answers. No jargon.

Let's build the version made for your business

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