Online booking system for hair salons
The simple booking system for hair salons.
Clients book themselves in around each stylist's real hours, the patch test is asked before the colour, the formula is on file for next time, and the whole salon runs on one live diary.
- Reduce no-shows
- Set up in minutes
- Get more bookings
Free for 20 bookings a month. No card, no contract, no commission.
The phone rings mid-colour
Gloves on, phone ringing again
A salon appointment is long, personal and expensive to lose. The admin around it should not be fighting you for attention.
Answering with your gloves on
Every booking call interrupts a client in the chair. The client on the phone gets rushed, the one in the chair gets ignored.
A no-show on a colour slot
Three hours held for a balayage that never arrives. That is not one lost booking, it is an afternoon.
Five stylists, one book
Different days, different hours, different services. One shared page cannot hold it.
Try it
Book yourself in, the way your clients will.
Four taps on the phone, and watch the booking land in the diary beside it. That is all your clients see: no app, no account, no password to invent.
Salt & Sage Hair
4 Kinnoull Street, Perth
What would you like?
Booking by FullDiary
The salon's diary, Mon 28
What the salon seesBook on the phone and watch it land here. Nothing is saved - it is a picture of the real thing.
The diary
The screen your salon lives on.
Every stylist is a column in their own colour, a colour appointment holds its real three hours, and the salon runs from the screen at the desk.
Someone running late? Drag their booking to another column or time and drop it. The diary updates and the customer gets the new time by email. (A real screen recording.)
- Drag a booking to a new time - the emails follow it
- Draw across an empty space to book a walk-in
- Done, no-show or cancelled, marked as you go
- One tap makes it full screen for the tablet by the till
Set up in minutes
Three steps and you are taking bookings.
- 01
Answer six quick questions
Pick your trade on screen one and the services, hours, forms and words hair salons use come filled in. Change anything, then go live.
- 02
Share one link
In your bio, on WhatsApp, or as a printed QR card. Your clients only ever see times that are genuinely free.
- 03
Run the day in the book
Every booking lands in the live diary. Drag to move, draw to add a walk-in, mark done as the day goes.
Filled in for hair salons on screen one
- Cut and finish, colour, blow dry and highlights, with deposits on the colour work
- The patch test form, attached to colour and highlights
- Colour formula, processing time and products used on every visit record
- A rebook reminder eight weeks after a visit
- Photos on the booking page, so the work sells the salon
Every one of these is a starting point. Change the prices, the hours or the words on the screen where they live, and the booking page updates as you type.
Six questions with hair salons' answers filled in. Live in minutes, no card.
What comes with it
Everything FullDiary handles for hair salons.
Before they arrive
- The patch test, asked before the colourAttached to colour and lashes, asked on the booking page with a typed-name agreement. Answered once, on file with a PDF.
- Deposits on the long appointmentsA deposit on colour and treatments, charged through your own Stripe account. Held hours become committed hours.
- Reminders that end no-showsThe day before and the morning of, by email, and by text on Pro. Cancelled and moved appointments sort their own reminders out.
- A page that looks like your salonYour logo, colour, photo and page style, with each stylist's photo and services. One link in the bio.
On the day
- Every stylist, their own diaryPer-stylist columns, hours, services and prices. Clients only see times their stylist actually works.
- The formula, on file for next timeColour formula, processing time and products used, filled in from the diary card and there at the next visit.
- Cut and colour in one bookingTwo services, one visit, the combined time held. A full day takes a waiting list.
- Messages, both waysRunning ten minutes behind? One tap. They reply from their booking page, into your inbox.
After
- Eight weeks on, a rebook reminderOne email with a link to book when the roots are due, and a review ask after the visit.
- The six-weekly regular, on repeatSet a regular's slot to repeat every six weeks and the diary keeps it topped up.
- The numbers, without a spreadsheetTakings per stylist, deposits held, busiest hours and what is in the book for the month.
Every feature above is live today, and because invoices and quotes are built in, they are on the same login. See every feature.
Forms
The patch test, answered before they arrive
Attach the patch test to colour, highlights and lashes and it is asked on the booking page before the client confirms: whether they have had a patch test with you, any reaction, any skin conditions, with a typed-name agreement. Inside its validity window they are not asked again.
- Asked on the booking page, before the appointment is confirmed
- The answer sits on the client's profile with a PDF
- The diary card shows who has done theirs
Their side
Your page, on your clients' phones.
Your name, your services, your prices, in your colours. This is what opens when one of your clients taps the link in your bio or scans your QR card. No app, no account, booked in under a minute.
- Real times, not requests: slots come from the live diary's actual gaps
- Nothing to download and no password to invent
- Confirmation lands by email, with add-to-calendar and a link to move it
Businesses using FullDiary
Built for people who are busy running a business.
"FullDiary makes managing bookings simple, organised and completely stress-free."
"Finally, a booking system that doesn't feel complicated. I set everything up in 5 minutes and my clients were booking straight away."
"Our customers love booking online, and we love the simplicity."
Switching is simple
Already using a booking system?
Switch in a few minutes.
Bring your customers with you, answer six quick questions and share your new link. No retyping, no starting again.
Bring your customers
Export your list from your old system and drop it in. We match up the columns and show you before anything imports.
clients.csv
312 customers
- Client nameName
- MobilePhone
- EmailEmail
Works with exports from Fresha, Booksy and spreadsheets.
Set up your page
Six quick questions: what you do, your hours, your services and prices, then go live and make it look like yours.
- Skin fade30 min£22
- Kids cut20 min£14
- Beard trim15 min£10
- + Add a service
Start taking bookings
Share your link on Google, Instagram and WhatsApp, and customers start booking themselves in.
Free to start, no card required.
Why FullDiary
Your business. Your customers. Your money.
No commission.
Keep what you earn. FullDiary doesn't take a percentage of your bookings.
No marketplace.
Customers book directly with your business.
Your customers stay yours.
No competing businesses or marketplace listings getting in the way.
Simple pricing.
One simple monthly price. No surprise booking fees.
Simple pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need to.
No commission. No contracts. No surprise booking fees.
A stylist renting a chair on their own starts free and moves to Pro when the book passes 20 a month. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP for the whole salon: every stylist gets a login, the diary, the forms and the messages.
Free
£0 forever
20 bookings a month
- Booking page
- Live diary
- QR card
- Reminders
- Messages
- Forms
- Customer import
Pro
£9.99 a person, a month
Never more than £39.99 a month, however big the team
Everything, for you and your whole team.
- Unlimited bookings and stores
- As many people as you need, each with their own login
- 50 text reminders a month for each person
- Packages, discount codes, gift vouchers, gallery and social links
- Unlimited invoices and quotes, card payments and QuoteChaser
- Send with your own branding
- Priority support
Every plan starts free. No card required. No commission on any booking, ever. See the full comparison
FAQs
Questions from hair salons, answered straight
What it costs, what your clients see, and how FullDiary fits the way hair salons actually work.
Something else on your mind? Ask a human.
Can clients book a specific stylist?
Yes. Your booking page lists who does what, with a photo and a line about each stylist. Clients pick their stylist, or take whoever is free, and only see times that stylist actually works. Each stylist keeps their own hours, services and prices where they differ.
How do patch tests work?
Add the patch test form under Your shop, Forms, one tap from the salon template, and attach it to colour, highlights and lashes. When a client books one of those, the form appears on the booking page before they confirm. The answer sits on their profile with a PDF, the diary card shows done, and inside the validity window they are not asked again.
Does the price keep climbing with every stylist?
No. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month for each person, and it never goes above 39.99 GBP a month, so from the fourth stylist on, everyone else is free. Every store and every login is included, there is no commission, and you never pay more for being busier.
Can I keep colour formulas on each client?
Yes. The salon setup gives every visit record a colour formula, processing time and products used. Fill it in from the diary card as you go, and it is on the client's profile the next time they are in the chair.
Do reminders really reduce no-shows?
Email reminders go out on the schedule you pick, the day before, the morning of, or both, on every plan including Free, and on Pro they can go by text as well. Cancelling or moving an appointment automatically re-times its reminders, and a client can move their own booking from the confirmation while it is outside your cancellation window.
Does it work for mobile hairdressers?
Yes. Pick Mobile hairdresser when you set up and the booking form asks for the client's address from day one, with a maps link on the diary card. On Pro, add a travel charge under Your salon, Booking rules: your own price per mile after any free miles, worked out from the real driving distance and shown before they book.
Is it really free to start?
Yes, and it is not a trial. Twenty bookings a month, with the booking page, the live diary and the QR card included, for as long as you like. No card, nothing expires, and there is never commission on bookings. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, when you outgrow it.
Do my clients need an app?
No. Your booking page is a link. It opens in their browser, they pick a service and a time, and the confirmation lands by email with an add-to-calendar file. Nothing to install on either side, and no password for anyone to forget.