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Confirm the hidden history
Use the first 45 seconds to confirm previous color and chemical services that could change the plan.
Made for Colorists
Run a Five-Minute Pre-Color Risk Check
Also useful for: people in Beauty, people in Hairstylists
5 min
Intermediate
Decisions
Make a Decision
Need to Make a Decision
Run a timed pre-color check that turns visible and reported risks into a clear service decision before you mix color.
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Make Your Play
Give us the situation. We’ll build the prompt.
You can catch weak hair, scalp concerns, hidden color history, banding, and timing problems before they become breakage, uneven color, or a client misunderstanding.
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What you'll do
This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.
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Check the scalp and surface condition
Use 60 seconds to part through the main service zones and look for reasons to pause chemical application.
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Test elasticity and porosity by zone
Use 60 seconds to compare the strongest and weakest areas rather than judging the whole head from one strand.
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Map color, banding, and obstacles
Use 45 seconds to mark where the starting level or artificial pigment changes.
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Match the goal to today's limits
Use 45 seconds to compare the requested result with the hair's condition, known history, required tests, and available appointment time.
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Decide, explain, and record
Use the final 45 seconds to choose one outcome before any color is mixed.
Make Your Play
Run a Five-Minute Pre-Color Risk Check
Tell us what the prompt needs to know
Start with the questions below. Each answer personalizes the playbook and builds the prompt you’ll use at the end.
Your situation
Describe the result requested today, including the amount of lift, tone, placement, and any reference-photo expectations.
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List known color, lightener, relaxer, texture service, henna, metallic dye, and at-home product history, including dates when known.
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Record what you observe about dryness, damage, elasticity, porosity, shedding, breakage, and differences between hair zones.
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Record visible irritation, cuts, sores, redness, tenderness, burning, or other concerns without trying to diagnose them.
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Map the starting level, artificial pigment, banding, uneven lift, gray pattern, and different zones from roots to ends.
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State the time available, tests already completed, product restrictions, and any result the client won't accept.
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What you'll do
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01
Confirm the hidden history
Use the first 45 seconds to confirm previous color and chemical services that could change the plan.
02
Check the scalp and surface condition
Use 60 seconds to part through the main service zones and look for reasons to pause chemical application.
03
Test elasticity and porosity by zone
Use 60 seconds to compare the strongest and weakest areas rather than judging the whole head from one strand.
04
Map color, banding, and obstacles
Use 45 seconds to mark where the starting level or artificial pigment changes.
05
Match the goal to today's limits
Use 45 seconds to compare the requested result with the hair's condition, known history, required tests, and available appointment time.
06
Decide, explain, and record
Use the final 45 seconds to choose one outcome before any color is mixed.
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Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
Set a five-minute timer and follow the steps in order. Record what you can see, feel, and confirm. Use neutral descriptions such as “low elasticity when wet” or “visible darker band at the mid-lengths.” Don’t guess at products, dates, or scalp conditions. If you find a stop flag, pause the chemical service and follow salon policy.
Advanced instructions
Use the same observation terms across appointments so your decisions stay consistent. Compare current findings with previous service notes, identify which zone creates the greatest risk, and separate what can be changed today from what requires a strand test or later appointment. Treat the AI output as decision support, not a replacement for your hands-on assessment or product instructions.
Use this when
Use this after the consultation and before mixing, especially for lightening, corrections, new clients, major changes, or incomplete color histories.
You'll need
- Requested result
- Hair and color history
- Condition observations
- Scalp observations
- Color and banding map
- Service limits
You'll get
- The scalp checked
- The condition checked
- The elasticity checked
- The porosity checked
- The banding checked
- The previous color checked
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- The scalp checked
- The condition checked
- The elasticity checked
- The porosity checked
- The banding checked
- The previous color checked
Examples
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