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Build the consultation reality check
You give the AI the reference, starting point, history, condition, budget, upkeep limit, and available time. It turns those details into a conservative plan and client-ready talking points.
Made for Colorists
Turn an Inspiration Photo Into a Realistic Color Plan
Also useful for: people in Beauty
10 min
Beginner
Communication
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You compare the client's inspiration photo with their current hair, color history, budget, and upkeep limit, then prepare a realistic color plan for the consultation.
We'll use them to write your prompt.
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Make Your Play
Give us the situation. We’ll build the prompt.
You can explain what is achievable before mixing color, separate same-day options from longer transformations, and avoid promises that could lead to damage or disappointment.
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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.
Make Your Play
Turn an Inspiration Photo Into a Realistic Color Plan
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
Upload the inspiration photo or describe the result, including what the client says they like most.
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Describe the client's current level, tone, texture, length, density, visible regrowth, and color pattern.
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List known home color, salon color, lightener, vivid color, henna, smoothing, straightening, perm, and other chemical services with approximate dates.
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Describe visible dryness, breakage, uneven porosity, scalp concerns, elasticity, strand-test findings, or other limits you noticed.
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Enter the client's comfortable spending limit for today's visit and any known budget for later visits.
Select the most frequent maintenance schedule the client will realistically keep.
Enter the time available today and any service limits that affect the plan.
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What you'll do
Check a step when you finish it.
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Build the consultation reality check
You give the AI the reference, starting point, history, condition, budget, upkeep limit, and available time. It turns those details into a conservative plan and client-ready talking points.
Fill in the fields above to generate your prompt preview.
Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
Fill in what you know before the consultation. If you don’t know part of the client’s history, write “unknown” instead of guessing. Upload the inspiration photo if you can, but also describe the parts the client likes. Read the result as preparation, then confirm everything in person before mixing.
Advanced instructions
Add your own observations about porosity, elasticity, density, banding, previous lift, artificial pigment, and any strand-test findings. Use the response to compare service paths, not to replace your technical judgment or salon safety process.
Use this when
Use this before a color appointment when a client brings an inspiration photo, especially for major lightening, color correction, vivid color, or a result that may exceed the client's budget or upkeep limit.
You'll need
- Inspiration reference
- Current hair
- Color history
- Condition observations
- Budget
- Maintenance limit
- Appointment limit
You'll get
- A clear same-day option, a possible staged direction, specific results you won't promise, unresolved questions to ask, risk points to check, and a short script for confirming the plan before you mix.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- A clear same-day option, a possible staged direction, specific results you won't promise, unresolved questions to ask, risk points to check, and a short script for confirming the plan before you mix.
Examples
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