This company provides a smart dispensing system for professional hair color, allowing stylists to create and accurately dispense millions of bespoke formulas via a dedicated application. The platform ensures formula repeatability for consistent client results while reducing color expenses by eliminating product waste through a pay-per-gram model. Furthermore, the system utilizes refillable aluminum cartridges to support a closed-loop, sustainable inventory management process.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Salons often face challenges with hair color formulation, including inconsistent results, excessive product waste from pre-mixed tubes, and the difficulty of precisely recreating custom colors for returning clients. Managing inventory of various pre-mixed colors also ties up capital and contributes to environmental waste.
Solution
nyuv offers a smart hair color formulation system that addresses these issues by providing on-demand, custom color mixing. The system utilizes the yuv® Lab, a dispensing unit, and the yuv® App, which allows colorists to create and save precise formulas. The pay-per-gram model ensures salons only pay for the exact amount of color used, reducing waste and inventory costs. The yuv® Lab can be calibrated to match existing color lines, facilitating a seamless transition for salons.
Target Audience
The primary target audience is professional hair salons and freelance colorists looking to reduce waste, improve color consistency, and streamline their color formulation process.
Features
- yuv® Lab: A dispensing unit that accurately mixes custom hair color formulas on demand.
- yuv® App: An iPad application that allows colorists to create, save, and adjust color formulas with precise controls, including quarter shades and pH adjustments.
- Pay-per-gram model: Salons are charged only for the amount of color dispensed, minimizing waste and reducing color expenses by up to 35%.
- Refillable Cartridges: Aluminum cartridges designed to be refilled and reused, reducing salon and landfill waste.
- Automatic Labeling: A compact, battery-operated thermal label printer automatically tags mixing bowls for easy identification.
- Formula Storage: Digital storage of client formulas and notes for consistent results and easy re-dispensing.
- AI-Powered Restocking: The system tracks color usage and automatically reorders colors when inventory is low.
- Professionally Crafted Palettes: Access to pre-designed color palettes created by industry-leading colorists.