Why artists join
Warm demand, not a listing
People arrive for a free color analysis and leave knowing they're a Deep Winter. They're already in buying mode when they meet you.
Tools you'd otherwise pay for
Draping, metals, shade finder, wardrobe lookbooks and branded PDF reports — run them for your own clients in minutes instead of an evening in Canva.
Booking that runs itself
Open hours, timezone-aware slots, live video room, reminders and session history. No Calendly-plus-Zoom-plus-invoice juggling.
A trust mark clients recognise
Your professional licence, verified by us, with reviews attached to your profile. Credibility you can point to, not claim.
Getting set up
Live in four steps.
01
Open your studio
Name, city, a short bio and a few portfolio images. Ten minutes, and you can save it as a draft until it feels right.
02
Price your services
Add what you offer — a 60-minute color analysis over video is a good first one — then set the hours you're happy to be booked.
03
Connect your payouts
Link your own payout account so client money lands with you directly. We never hold your funds.
04
Verify and go live
Send your licence for the Verified badge, flip your profile live, and you're in the directory.
What we take
Nothing, until we bring you someone.
20%
Clients we send you
They found you through the Color Lab directory.
0%
Your own clients
You share your booking link — we take nothing.
10%
Pro members
Halved on directory bookings while you're on Pro.
For context: booking marketplaces typically take 15–30%, and salon chairs take 37–63%.
Run your numbers
What you'd actually keep
Free plan
$864
a month, after $96 commission on 4 directory bookings.
Pro · $29/mo
$883
a month, after $48 commission and the subscription.
You keep 100% of the 4 sessions from your own clients either way.
Free
$0
Profile, portfolio, services, open hours, live video sessions and reviews. 20% on the clients we send you.
Start freePro studio
$29/mo
- Unlimited client analyses under your own name
- White-label PDF reports with your logo
- Your own booking page and calendar
- 0% on your own clients, 10% on ours
- Priority placement in your city
- Client notes and session history
Verification
Already licensed? Show us once.
We don't sell a certification course — your training already stands on its own. Send us your professional licence, we verify it, and your profile carries a Verified badge that clients can trust. It's free, and it takes about five minutes.
01
Send us your licence
Esthetician, cosmetologist, barber, or a color-analysis training certificate — upload it once from your artist studio. It's stored privately and only our review team can open it.
02
We check it
We confirm the licence number with the issuing board. Usually a couple of days, and we write back either way.
03
Badge, placement, second opinions
A Verified badge on your profile, priority placement in your city, and the option to offer paid second opinions to members.
Second opinions
Paid work between bookings
Once you're verified, members can send you a few photos and their Color Lab result and ask for your own read on their season. You reply in your studio with a verdict and styling notes — no calendar, no call. You set the price (most artists sit around $35), and we take the same directory commission as a booking. Every request is paid work — nothing is given away free.
Good to know
Questions artists ask us
Your money goes straight to you. Connect your own payout account once and every sale splits at checkout — your share arrives on Stripe's normal schedule, usually within a couple of days, and only our commission comes to us. Your bank details live with Stripe, never with us.
Ready when you are
Set up your profile today — it takes about ten minutes. Connect your own payout account while you're there and your share of every sale goes straight to you; we never hold your money.
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