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#7 Salonch
Salonch is a mobile app connecting businesses, beauty
professionals, and clients. As an owner, you can create a
complete business profile on the app, including a description,
photos, a "Meet the Team" profile, products used and
sold, a service menu, and more. Salonch allows beauty
professionals to create a free profile for discovery by new
clients or new career opportunities. Potential clients can
learn about your business and book appointments. Salonch
also gives owners a free detailed business profile and an
affordable job listing ad option. Android and iOS. Free
app with additional upgrades. www.salonch.com. ASCP
members receive a 30 percent discount on job listing ads.
CLIENT APPS
Using your clients' interest in looking and feeling great,
why not promote the use of the following apps? These
might actually encourage your clients to follow through
with your skin care suggestions! Here are a few to try.
#8 RYNKL
Wrinkles on the face are a great predictor of age, and
cellphones take really good pictures. Sometimes the pictures
are too good—thus the popularity of photo filters. Your
clients are looking for real results, though, and that's where
the RYNKL app can help you. By using pictures taken with a
mobile phone or tablet, RYNKL uses face-aging biomarkers
to give an objective picture of skin appearance and changes.
RYNKL then uses Deep Learning, one of the latest advances
in artificial intelligence (similar to the amazingly accurate
Microsoft How-Old.net website), and allows clients to keep
a log and track the progress of their skin care regimen.
The RYNKL app is a great tool for clients to track and
really "see" the success of their skin care treatments.
Android and iOS compatible. Free. www.rynkl.com.
#9 Think Dirty (Shop Clean)
Buying safe skin care products has never been easier! The
Think Dirty app is the easiest way for your clients to learn
about the potentially toxic ingredients in their cosmetics
and personal care products. As an independent source,
Think Dirty allows clients to compare products by scanning
barcodes to get easy-to-understand info about products,
including dirty ingredients—or ingredients you suggest
they avoid. Clients can also track their own personal care
products, learn their current rating, and track their progress.
Android and iOS compatible. Free. www.thinkdirtyapp.com.
#10 sunZapp
Created by scientists with funding from the National Cancer
Institute, sunZapp makes it easier for your clients to enjoy fun
in the sun without the worry of sun damage. The sunZapp app
uses the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
hour-by-hour forecast to provide real-time sun protection
advice. The app then times UV exposure and sends alerts for
sunscreen reapplication or advice for when to get out of the
sun. Android and iOS compatible. Free. www.sunzapp.org.
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