Hair Colour Product Cost Tracking
TintLedger calculates direct product cost from the quantities entered in a formula and the saved unit cost of each Backbar product.
Save the formula to a client, keep its recorded cost values in history, and start the next visit from the mix you used before.
Mix this again starts a new draft with these saved quantities and recorded unit costs.
Fictional example only. Product names and prices are illustrative, not typical.
Direct product cost is straightforward in principle, but an appointment can combine changing prices, several products and quantities recorded in different units.
The unit cost you remember from an earlier order may no longer match the package in front of you.
Colour, developer, toner and treatments can each add a separate line to the bowl cost.
Working through several price-and-quantity calculations while serving a client is inconvenient and leaves room for simple mistakes.
Without a saved record, it can be difficult to recover the products, quantities and recorded costs used in an earlier formula.
This is the connected paid-product flow. The free calculator provides a separate one-off calculation without saving products or formulas.
Enter purchase price and container size for a priced Backbar product.
TintLedger works out and saves the price per unit.
Record the quantity measured for that product in the formula.
The recorded quantity is costed from its saved unit-cost value.
The rounded product-line costs are added into one direct product-cost total.
Recorded unit costs and line costs stay with the saved formula history.
For the complete formula, conversions and rounding sequence, read the product-cost calculation guide.
Product price, quantity, cost and client history stay connected without turning TintLedger into a full salon operating system.
A formula can include the products you actually use across the colour service. These examples are not an exhaustive catalogue or a manufacturer endorsement.
Inside the authenticated product, formula lines record quantities in supported units, including grams, ounces, millilitres and count units where appropriate.
Recorded as a weight unit.
Recorded as a volume unit.
Saved formula history
Saved formula history preserves the recorded cost snapshot. It is not automatically rewritten when a Backbar price changes later.
Historical records keep the unit costs and line costs recorded with that formula. A revised Backbar price is used in future costing when you select that product afresh; it does not silently change prior formula history.
Mix this again
Mix this again creates a new draft with the saved products, quantities and recorded unit-cost snapshots. It does not automatically refresh those values from the current Backbar price.
TintLedger can provide a recommended-charge estimate when a supported pricing mode is configured and the required inputs are present. It is based on the pricing mode and inputs you configure, such as time and direct product cost.
TintLedger stays focused on formula memory, direct product cost and client recall for independent colourists.
Start with one priced Backbar product, record a real formula, and keep its direct product cost ready for the next client visit.
