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Stop guessing what colour costs you.
Formulas recorded to the gram, cost per bowl calculated from the product prices you enter, and leftover product visible per stylist.
- Formulas to the gram
- Cost per bowl
- Waste visible per stylist
No booking commissions, no marketplace fees, no client-poaching.
Built for colour-led salons — the more bowls a week, the more it finds.
What it does
A colour service is the one ticket where the cost of goods changes every single time. Colour Studio records what went in the bowl so the cost stops being a guess.
Formulas recorded to the gram
Log each component and its weight as the bowl is mixed, so the formula that produced the result is the formula on file.
Cost per bowl, per service
Costs are calculated from the product prices you enter, so every colour ticket carries a real cost of goods instead of an average.
Leftover product made visible
Record what was mixed against what was used, and see where product is consistently going down the drain.
Formula history per client
Last visit's formula, developer and timing sit on the client record, so a cover or correction starts from fact.
Per-stylist patterns
See which stylists routinely over-mix on the same service, and coach with numbers instead of impressions.
Cost against the ticket price
Compare product cost to what the service charged, so pricing decisions are made with the margin in front of you.
In detail
At the bowl
Log the mix while you make it, not from memory afterwards.
The record happens in the two minutes the bowl is being weighed. Nothing needs reconstructing at the end of the day.
- Each component logged with its weight
- Developer volume and processing time captured with the formula
- The mix attaches to the client's appointment automatically
- Weighed as you mix
- Attached to the ticket
Cost of goods
A colour ticket with a real cost, not an average.
Product prices you enter drive the per-gram cost, so a balayage and a root touch-up stop being treated as the same cost of goods.
- Cost calculated per gram from your own product pricing
- Cost carried onto the service ticket
- Margin per colour service visible per stylist and per month
Waste
The bowl you over-mixed is the margin you lost.
- Mixed versus used recorded per service
- Repeated over-mixing surfaced per stylist and per formula
- Nothing to reconcile at month end — it accumulates as you work
- Mixed versus used per service
- Over-mixing surfaced per stylist
Left in the bowl
Tracked in grams
Client record
Every formula that client has ever worn.
- Formula history attached to the client, not a stylist's notebook
- Visible to whoever takes the chair next
- Corrections start from what was actually applied
Last formula on file
6N + 20 vol · 35 min
The math
What over-mixing costs across a year.
Adjust the inputs to your own bowls and product pricing. The arithmetic is the point, not the defaults.
Colour Studio is for salons doing 10+ colour services a week. If colour is core to your revenue, you'll see ROI in week one.
- Recover $200–500/month in unbilled colour — one tap adds the exact cost to the bill.
- See waste percentage by stylist and by week (salons typically waste 15–20% of colour product without realising).
- Every formula saved to the client profile with automatic versioning.
- Three input methods: type the grams, voice command, or any Bluetooth scale.
Colour tracking, not a $99 add-on
Stop paying $99/month extra for colour tracking. Vish charges $99/mo. SalonScale charges $49/mo. Neither includes booking, POS, or marketing. NeonO includes colour tracking free — alongside everything else.
Metro Beauty pricing, built in
Live Metro Beauty pricing feeds the cost-per-gram calculation, so costs reflect what you actually pay your distributor — something no US or UK platform can do for a Canadian salon.
- Any Bluetooth scale — no proprietary hardware
- Any device: phone, tablet, or shared colour-bar kiosk
- Included free
- 15-minute setup
Colour Studio — live mix
Drag or use arrow keysProduct cost for this mix
$18.40
80g/ml mixedSuggested charge $27.60
One tap adds this to the ticket and saves the formula to the client profile. Illustrative distributor pricing — your own Metro Beauty costs are used in the app.
Illustrative arithmetic using inputs you set — not a NeonO benchmark and not a measured result.
Who it's for
Anywhere product cost changes ticket to ticket.
Included in your plan
Colour Studio is part of every NeonO plan. It is not a paid add-on and it is not metered by the number of formulas you record.
NeonO
$24.99per seat, per month, CAD — seats 8 and up are free
- Online booking, scheduling & reminders
- Point of sale, payments & tap to pay
- SMS & email marketing
- Free booking website & link-in-bio
- Multi-chair scheduling, commission & tips
- Analytics, reports & timesheet export
Processing is billed separately from your subscription. 2.69% + $0.25 per card-present transaction (CAD); 2.99% + $0.30 per online transaction (CAD). These are all-in rates — there is no separate application fee on top.
Questions about Colour Studio
Do I need a connected scale?
No. Weights are entered as you mix on any scale you already use. Nothing extra needs buying to start recording formulas.
Where do product costs come from?
From the product pricing you enter in NeonO. Cost per gram is derived from your own purchase prices and container sizes.
Does the cost show up on the client's bill?
No. Cost of goods is internal. Clients see the service price you charge.
Can I see waste per stylist?
Yes. Mixed versus used is recorded per service, so repeated over-mixing shows up by stylist and by formula.
Is the formula history tied to the client or the stylist?
To the client, so whoever takes the chair next can see what was applied last time.
Does this cost extra?
No. It is included in every plan rather than sold as a separate colour module.
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