Keep track of every milliliter of dye for complex hair coloring and leftover consumables for brow architecture, so you know the profitability of each visit without manual inventory checks.
Starta.one is an AI CRM for service businesses. It combines online booking, client management, finance, team scheduling, and marketing into a single system — configured and operated by AI. Over 1,000 businesses use Starta. Beauty salons and inventory management is a combo where Starta shines: AI already understands your industry’s specifics and adapts the system to your processes.
Imagine a stylist finishing a complex highlight on a shift day and the software automatically writes off the used lightener and toner according to the tech card. When a client books a combo service via an Instagram link, you can see in advance if there’s enough favorite gel polish or lash lamination supplies. This helps avoid awkward moments when the admin forgot to order consumables and the all-rounder stylist has to improvise. You always see the real stock of professional cosmetics on shelves and in workstations.
Without automatic reminders, salons lose 10-15 clients per week. Stylists sit idle and you lose revenue along with team morale.
Color, care products, disposables — it's all money. Without tracking, you don't know the true cost of each service or where profit leaks.
The biggest challenge for modern beauty salons is unclear cost calculation for complex procedures. When a stylist does balayage or hair botox, material use often happens "by eye." Without precise tracking, every extra gram of expensive dye or keratin quietly cuts into your net profit. If your salon serves dozens of such clients monthly, losses can equal your rent cost.
Implementing inventory management turns chaos into a clear math model. Every service, whether brow architecture or bridal look, gets its own tech card. This means that when closing a visit, the software calculates exactly how many grams of lightener, toner, and care products were used. You finally see the real margin of each price list item and can adjust prices confidently.
Plus, automating inventory solves the problem of "sudden" product disappearances. When every ampoule and gel polish tube is logged in the system, staff become more responsible. Inventory stops being a nightmare and becomes a quick check easily done between appointments. This gives the owner full control over business assets and confidence that no money was wasted.
Three day-to-day moments where the difference is obvious.
Without automatic reminders, salons lose 10-15 clients per week. Stylists sit idle and you lose revenue along with team morale.
The system lets you track every unit, including milliliters of dye for complex techniques like balayage or highlighting.
Supply tracking: know the cost of each service and when to reorder
The system lets you track every unit, including milliliters of dye for complex techniques like balayage or highlighting.
Set usage for manicure or lash lamination once, and the system will automatically deduct the needed consumables after each visit.
Get instant alerts when gel polish or disposable towels run low, so you can reorder from suppliers on time.
Easily add shampoos or oils to the receipt when providing combo services, boosting average check and client loyalty.
Perform stock reconciliation in minutes to avoid misunderstandings when a new all-rounder stylist starts a shift.
Add all items — from pigments to wipes — and link them to services, for example, specify inventory usage for lash extensions or pedicure.
When a client comes for hair coloring, the system automatically reserves and writes off the needed materials according to the chosen procedure in one click.
Review reports on actual expenses, adjust service prices, and create purchase lists based on up-to-date stock data.
Clients book themselves 24/7 — choosing stylist, service, and time
All stylists' schedules in one place, no overlaps or conflicts
Auto-reminders 24 and 2 hours before — minus 70% no-shows
Real-time P&L report: profit per stylist and service
Salaries calculated automatically — commission, base rate, bonuses
Loyalty cards bring clients back — rewards for every visit
Full client history: treatments, preferences, allergies
AI will analyze your business in 5 minutes and show how tracking consumables can lower costs and increase margins.
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Yes. Starta adapts to the specifics of your industry — from services and pricing to payroll and analytics. The AI takes beauty salon workflows into account and helps you get the most out of inventory management.
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Yes. Link consumable products to services with specified quantities. When the service is completed, the required amounts are deducted from inventory automatically.
Yes. Products can be added to any order alongside services. Sales, revenue, and inventory are all tracked in one system.
Yes, the system supports any units of measurement. You can set up dye write-offs by grams, allowing precise cost calculation for each complex coloring.
You can create separate categories for professional use and retail sales. This helps you see pure profit from cosmetics sales separately from income from services.