How Phorest Uses AI and Smart Features to Boost Salon Operations

You’ve built a thriving business in the professional hair and beauty industry. But as it grows, balancing appointments, payments, staff performance, and client retention gets complicated, especially when each of those jobs lives in a different app. That’s where Phorest’s AI-powered features and smart technology come in. Phorest connects your bookings, marketing, payments, and reporting … Continued

What a “Simple” Payment Really Costs a Salon or Med Spa

On average, salon teams spend 45 hours a month dealing with payment-related admin after the client has already left. This doesn’t mean 45 hours taking payments; it’s 45 hours untangling them. That time goes on closing out the register when it takes longer than planned, on deposits that need chasing or explaining, and on tips … Continued

How to Make Your Salon, Spa, or Clinic More Inclusive for Pride Month and Beyond

For some clients, booking a salon, spa, or clinic appointment is exciting. For others, it can come with a checklist of worries: Will they use my preferred name? Will they understand what I’m asking for? Will I be stared at? Will I have to explain myself before I even sit down?  Not exactly the relaxing, … Continued

Empathy, Understanding, and Patience: The Human Connection in Customer Service at Phorest

Having spent over two decades working across the global beauty industry, I’ve seen first hand what truly shapes a client’s experience. From managing luxury department store counters to leading education for premium brands, I’ve learned that exceptional service rarely comes down to technique alone.  The most powerful moments in customer experience often come from something … Continued

The Ethical Edge: Demystifying AI in the Beauty and Wellness Industry

AI is rapidly becoming part of everyday life. Across industries, it is being used to enhance efficiency and improve client experiences. As these tools become more and more accessible, many beauty and wellness professionals may be feeling both excited and slightly overwhelmed by what this shift means for their day-to-day. How do we embrace the … Continued

How to Build Trust and Credibility on Social Media as a Med Spa

Long gone are the days when social media was an optional extra to promote your med spa. Now, if you aren’t utilising the power of social platforms, you are automatically putting your business on the back foot of your competitors. The good news? You don’t need high-budget videos or millions of followers to build credibility. … Continued

The Digital‑First Decade of Aesthetics: What the Data Says (and How Providers Can Win)

This article was originally published on MeTime and is republished here with permission. The 450-page Global Aesthetic Services Market Analysis and Opportunity Assessment (2023-2033) is quite a bedtime read. I’d say it’s a page turner, but almost everything is digital these days! And the aesthetic market isn’t any different. So what can we expect between … Continued

Celebrating the Heart of the Salon, Spa, and Clinic on Hairdresser Appreciation Day

In every salon, spa, or clinic, there’s a quiet kind of magic happening every day. It’s in the way a stylist helps someone see themselves with new confidence. In the care a therapist shows to a client who needs a moment to breathe. And in the dedication it takes to keep showing up – with … Continued

AI & The Future of Work: Lessons from Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

AI is already shaping the way we work and interact, but are we actively shaping it in return? Are we ensuring it benefits everyone? And are we still asking, with childlike curiosity, “What might happen?” In what took the shape of a keynote-meet-tech-computer-science-lecture imbued with wonder, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE didn’t just talk about AI … Continued