Free · about 3 minutes

Before the Chair

See your next haircut before you book it. Answer six quick questions, add a selfie, and see yourself in four cuts picked for your colouring and face shape.

You also get your colour season, the hair colours that flatter you now, and the exact words to say to your stylist.

Free. Before the Chair opens as soon as you sign up, and your photo is never saved.
A smiling woman with a silver bob sitting in a salon chair
Sound familiar?

We've all walked out of a salon wishing we hadn't.

  • You showed a photo and left with something else.
  • You've had the same cut for ten years because changing feels like a gamble.
  • You're letting the grey grow in and have no idea which cut goes with it.
  • Colours that used to suit you now make you look tired.

Our colouring shifts after 50. Skin softens, hair lightens, and a cut that worked at 40 can start to work against you. Trying it on first takes the guessing out of it.

See it on you first

One face, three new cuts.

This is what you get back, except it will be your own face. Same photo, same smile, only the hair changes, so you can see what suits you before you book.

Soft textured bob in warm honey
Soft bob, warm honey
Short silver pixie with a side fringe
Silver pixie, side fringe
Long layers with a curtain fringe in caramel
Long layers, caramel
What you get

Your own face, four new cuts.

One

Your colour season

Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter, and what it means for your hair today.
Two

Four cuts on you

Your selfie styled four ways, chosen for your face shape and how much time you want to spend.
Three

Colours to try

Five shades that flatter you and two to steer clear of.
Four

Words for your stylist

A line for each cut you can read out or show at your appointment.
Why I made this

Your hair should suit the woman you are now.

Most hair advice is written for 30 year olds. I wanted something that starts with your colouring and your face as they are today, and lets you try a change before anyone picks up the scissors.

It's free, and your selfie is never stored.

Good to know. The looks are AI previews to help you decide. Your real cut will depend on your hair and your stylist, so take the stylist notes with you and talk it through at your appointment.