FairChair

For braiders, stylists & the people in their chair

Price the hair,
not the argument.

Four quick selfies. YouCam Hair AI measures curl pattern, fullness and length — and FairChair turns that into an honest price, an appointment that fits, and a preview of the stylist's own work on you. Before anyone books.

Get my honest quoteSee two heads, two quotes

Try it with your own selfies or a demo client · no sign-up

Nia previewed with medium knotless braidsNia, natural 4C hair (AI-generated demo client)TodayHer braids

Amara Braids & Co. · knotless, mid-back

$240–245

5 h 30 m – 5 h 45 m in the chair

Measured by YouCam · priced by the stylist's own rules

Drag to compare · AI-generated demo client · recorded YouCam results

The 11 pm DM

Every braider's FAQ lists what changes the price. Nobody measures it.

6–12 h
how long many braided styles take source
“from”
how studios price, because length and fullness vary source
$200 → $250
a text quote that became a day-of surcharge — and a police call source

Tuesday, 11:04 pm

how much for medium knotless, mid-back? 🙏🏾

starts at $220, send a pic — depends on your hair

[blurry selfie]

ok should be around $220 😊

Saturday. Fuller, longer hair than the selfie showed. Two extra hours. “It's $50 more.” The next client waits.

How it works

From a selfie to an honest quote, in about a minute.

  1. 01

    Four quick selfies

    YouCam's guided camera checks framing, angle and light, and takes each photo itself — straight on, turned right and left, chin down.

    YouCam JS Camera Kit

    Maya, straight on (AI-generated demo client)
    Straight on
    Maya, turn right (AI-generated demo client)
    Turn right
    Maya, turn left (AI-generated demo client)
    Turn left
    Maya, chin down (AI-generated demo client)
    Chin down

  2. 02

    Measured, not guessed

    Each angle feeds a YouCam hair measurement. The same photos always give the same result — so the same hair always gets the same price.

    YouCam Hair Type · Density · Length · Frizz

    Maya (AI-generated demo client)
    Curl pattern
    3B–3C · Medium to Tight Curls
    Density
    Full / thick · 2.57 / 3
    Natural length
    Collarbone to chest
    Frizz
    Slight frizz

  3. 03

    Priced by the stylist's own rules

    Measured differences become minutes of chair time at the stylist's rate. Every line says what caused it.

    Deterministic pricing · fairness guard

    Amara Braids & Co.

    Knotless · medium · mid-back

    • Parting and feeding, by hair fullnessHair Density+45 min
    • Working with your natural lengthHair Length+15 min
    • Stretch and detangle prepHair Type+15 min
    • Smoothing so parts stay crispHair Frizziness+5 min
    $270–2756 h 30 m reserved

  4. 04

    See the stylist's work on you

    The client previews the stylist's own portfolio photo on themselves before paying a deposit. Not a stock style — this stylist's braids.

    YouCam Hairstyle (hair-transfer)

    Maya previewed with knotless braidsMaya, natural curlsTodayPreview

  5. 05

    A slot as long as the hair needs

    Only start times that fit the whole appointment are offered. Both sides keep the same receipt.

    Booking · hashed receipt

    Saturday · Maya's appointment

    8am
    10am
    12pm
    2pm
    4pm
    6pm

    Maya · knotless, mid-back

    9am – 3:30pm · 6 h 30 m reserved from YouCam measurements

    a flat 5 h slot ends here

    +1 h 30 m the day would have run over without measuring.

Same style. Two heads.

The curlier head isn't the one that costs more. The fuller one is.

Both clients asked for medium knotless, mid-back. With real YouCam measurements, fullness and length drive the difference — texture only ever adds prep time.

See every line of both quotes
Maya (AI-generated demo client)

Maya

3B–3C · full / thick density

$270–275

6 h 30 m in the chair

Nia (AI-generated demo client)

Nia

4B–4C · medium density

$240–245

5 h 45 m in the chair

Fair by design

Texture changes time. Never the rate.

Coily hair can take longer to stretch and detangle — that's real work, priced as minutes at the stylist's rate. A flat “+$25 for 4C” is a texture surcharge. FairChair won't apply one; it flags it and offers the time-based equivalent.

Rule check

“+$25 if hair is 4C” is a texture surcharge

At a $40/h rate that's about 40 minutes. Price it as prep time instead?

Stretch & detangle prep · Coily (4a–4c) · +70 min

Shown to every client with the measurement that triggered it.

For hair-extension & wig stores

Opened hair can't be returned. Match it before checkout.

The same measurements answer every extension shopper's question — which texture, what length, how many packs. “Find my match” picks the right variant of your Shopify product, previews it blended into the shopper's own hair with YouCam, and sends them to your checkout.

  • • Texture from curl pattern, packs from density, length with shrinkage allowance
  • • Extension try-on that keeps the shopper's own texture (YouCam hair extension)
  • • Paste a product link to connect — no Shopify app, one Custom Liquid block
See it on a storeConnect your Shopify product
Extensions previewed on Nia (AI-generated demo client)

Nia's match

Kinky Straight / 24" / #1 Jet Black

5 packs · $645

  • Texture Kinky StraightHair Type: 4B to 4C
  • Length 24"20" wanted + 2" for shrinkage (Hair Type: 4B…
  • Shade #1 Jet BlackYou chose: Black
  • Packs 5Hair Density: Medium Density — medium hair

→ /cart/900056:5 on the store's own Shopify checkout

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