Colour without a skin test is how a claim gets refused.
A skin test - the allergy alert test - is an insurance condition before colour, bleach and toner. If a client reacts and you cannot show the answers, whether a test was needed, the date, the result, and both signatures, the insurer can walk away. Claims on severe reactions settle at tens of thousands. Glow records that file and will not let them book the colour if the test has expired.
Hairdressers' words, hairdressers' rules
You say skin test or allergy alert test, not patch test. Colour tests are typically valid for 6 months and done at least 48 hours before the appointment. Those are the defaults Glow starts a hair salon on. You can change them. Whether that satisfies your insurer is between you and them.
- Skin test booked as its own appointment, or paired with the colour.
- Expiry per category - colour at 6 months, cut-and-finish with no test.
- The client-facing page tells them how long a test lasts.
- Consultation and consent signed before they sit down.
- Colour and product batches on the visit, ready if anyone asks.
Not a generic till
Outside that file, Glow is just another diary. The reason it is £19 and not a race with Fresha is the record: test, consent, batch. Hair is the largest trade where that record matters.
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