In front of the client the question is always the same. From this base, with this much white hair, how do I get to that colour? Which shade, which volume, how many minutes, and do I need to lighten first? Experience gives the answer, but protocols change from one range to another and checking them every time takes time.
The Colour formulator is the new tool in your PRO area. You set the starting hair and the desired colour, and it suggests the mix, the doses, the step-by-step protocol and the products to order, at your PRO prices. Doses, volumes and times are those of the cliCHair product pages, based on the technical documentation of NIKA and Code Zero. It is a free tool, designed as a starting point for the professional: the diagnosis and the decision remain yours.
Where to find it
Log in with your PRO account: on the homepage, among the salon tools, right after Quick order and Explore by area, open the Colour formulator block with a click on its title. Only PRO accounts see it, because it shows your reserved prices.
How it works
- Choose the range. Grace Color by NIKA, with NIKA Activators and Blondeness, or Vibrant Color by Code Zero, with Code Zero Oxidizer and Level Out. Each range works with its own developer and its own lightener: the formulator does not mix brands.
- Describe the starting hair. Natural, already coloured with regrowth, or bleached; the level (B for hair that is all white), the percentage of white hair, and whether the hair is very porous or damaged or fragile. The level is read with the colour chart next to the hair, not from the screen.
- Choose the desired colour from the shades of the range, grouped by family.
- Set the hair length: up to the shoulders, long or thick, very long. It is used to calculate the quantities.
What you get
Indicative preview from the Colour formulator: Vibrant Color, natural base 4 with 30% white hair, lightening with Level Out and expected result 9.1 Very Light Ash Blond. For the colour, the colour chart is the reference.
- An indicative preview: the starting strand, the strand after any lightening and the expected result, with a cooler and a warmer variant, because the result changes with the porosity and the history of the hair.
- The formula: the mixes with doses, mixing ratio, volume and processing time, plus the cost per service.
- The choices that stay with you: for example the volume for lightening or for the toner, the share of natural shade in proportion to the white hair and, with Vibrant, a Pure Pigment to intensify or soften the reflect.
- The step-by-step protocol, with the manufacturer's instructions, the warnings and a few expert colourist tips, marked as such.
- The To order list: the products and the pieces you need, with the PRO price and the total. With "Add everything to the cart" you put them in the cart with one click; products that are not available at that moment are not added.
When it does not suggest a formula
Not every case can be solved with one bowl. If it is a correction (colour does not lift artificial colour), if lightening would be needed on damaged or fragile hair, if a toner is asked to cover white hair, or if the base is outside the range of the shade, the formulator does not suggest a formula: it explains why and, where it makes sense, suggests another shade or to assess the case in the salon after a strand test.
Good to know before you use it
- The shade shown is indicative. The real result can differ because of the screen calibration and the characteristics of the hair: natural colour, previous colouring, porosity, percentage of white hair.
- The formula is a starting point for professionals: check it on a strand and follow the manufacturer's instructions, including the allergy alert test before every oxidative colour.
- The tool is new and we improve it with feedback from salons. If a suggestion does not match what you see on the hair, write to us or tell clichAIr.
Why it helps in the salon
- Less time on protocols: doses, volumes and times of the range on one screen.
- A formula tied to the products you use, to their product pages and their developer, not to generic rules.
- You know in advance what the service costs you and which products you need.
- From formula to order in one click.
The other tools in your PRO area
- Cost and stock: what a colour service costs you and how much to order for the month
- Quick Order: the whole catalogue on one page, with your last orders
- Kits that pay off: what each service kit earns you
- Earn on retail: your margin on every product sold at the counter
To learn more about the shades: NIKA Grace Color guide: shade, Activator and the right amount.
FAQ
Does the formulator replace the colourist's diagnosis? No. It suggests a formula based on the data you enter and on the manufacturers' protocols; diagnosis, strand test and final decision remain yours.
Where do doses, volumes and times come from? From the cliCHair product pages for Grace Color and Vibrant Color, based on the technical documentation of NIKA and Code Zero. Indications that come from salon practice are marked as expert colourist tips.
Why is the colour on the screen not identical to the colour chart? Because every screen shows colours differently and the result depends on the hair. The preview helps you get your bearings: for the colour, the colour chart is the reference.
Does it work with other ranges? For now with Grace Color by NIKA and Vibrant Color by Code Zero.
What is the difference with Cost and stock? The Colour formulator starts from the client and tells you how to reach the colour. Cost and stock starts from your formula and tells you what it costs and how much to order for the month.
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