Design first. Manicure after.
Design-inspiration walls, technician availability, product up-sell and gel-cure timer displays across every nail-salon station.
Nail salons sell the design first. Signage is where the design comes from.
A nail-salon visit starts with a design question: 'what am I getting today?'. Pinterest and Instagram boards are where clients discover nail-art inspiration; salons that surface that inspiration on their walls convert undecided walk-ins measurably better. Hangar.Media integrates Pinterest and Instagram design-feeds with salon booking (Fresha, Booksy, Phorest) to turn waiting-area screens into design-discovery and turn the manicure-chair adjacent screens into gel-cure timers and retail up-sell.
Built for how nail salons actually run.
The capabilities that matter in this sector — concrete, specific, and backed by the integrations your team already uses.
Today's trending: French-tip with floral accent.
Waiting-area and entrance screens rotate through Pinterest and Instagram design-feed content tagged with #nailart, #gelnails, #acrylicnails and salon-branded hashtags. Walk-ins undecided on design see options; booked clients finalise their design before reaching the chair. Salons running design-feed integration report 20%+ higher take-rate on design up-sell (ombre, accent nails, foil).
Undecided walk-ins see designs. Chair-time starts with decisions already made.
- Pinterest integration for design-inspiration curation
- Instagram hashtag aggregation (#nailart, #gelnails, #acrylicnails)
- Salon-branded hashtag content with moderation workflow
- Seasonal-design rotation (Christmas, Valentine's, summer, autumn)
Chair 3: Anna free in 12 min. Chair 5: walk-in welcome.
Reception screens surface alias-only technician availability — which technicians are with clients, which are free, walk-in-welcome slots. Regulars booking with their usual technician see their wait-time; walk-ins are directed to available technicians. Includes technician-specialism flagging for clients seeking specific expertise (nail-art specialist, acrylic extension, pedicure-focus).
Regulars find their technician. Walk-ins are routed to someone available.
- Fresha, Booksy, Phorest booking-system integration
- Alias-only technician-availability display
- Technician-specialism flagging (nail-art, acrylic, pedicure)
- Walk-in routing for undecided-service customers
Gel cure: 45 seconds. Base coat complete.
Manicure-station screens show real-time gel-cure and acrylic-dry timers with stage-specific countdowns (base coat, colour, top coat, cure). Technicians work efficiently when timers are visible; clients understand treatment-stage progress. Gel-application-inconsistency reduces when cure-times are standardised and technician-visible.
Gel timing becomes consistent. Technicians don't guess at cure-times.
- Per-stage timer (base, colour, top, cure) with audio alerts
- Multi-client station-timer tracking for multi-tasking technicians
- Acrylic-dry countdown with extension-specific timings
- Quality-control flag for inconsistent cure-time logging
The hand-cream Anna used. Take-home kit at checkout.
Treatment-end and checkout-area screens promote retail products — hand-creams, cuticle-oils, nail-strengtheners, at-home maintenance kits with technician-endorsement context. POS-synced pricing with member-discount flagging. Take-home product attach climbs measurably on salons running technician-endorsed retail promotion.
Clients take home the cream that made their hands feel looked-after.
- POS-synced retail product promotion
- Technician-endorsement context ('Anna's pick')
- Take-home maintenance kits for specific treatments
- Member-discount flagging for loyalty-club clients
Chain brand. Local-star technicians.
Nail-salon chains (Townhouse, Paintbox, regional-chain operators) run centralised design-feed and retail promotion with per-salon autonomy for local-technician showcases, community-event signage and salon-specific loyalty milestones.
Group-wide brand moments. Local-salon technician stars. Both visible.
- Group-wide seasonal-design rollout with per-salon dry-run
- Per-salon local-technician autonomy
- Shared loyalty-programme with per-salon tracking
- Role-based permissions for chain-operators
Every screen in the building.
From customer-facing walls to operational dashboards — the scenarios that make the platform worth running day-to-day.
Seasonal-design campaigns
Window and entrance screens with seasonal-design promotion, new-client-intake QR and walk-in welcome content.
Design-inspiration walls
Waiting-area screens with Pinterest and Instagram design-feeds, trend-rotation (minimalist, bold, seasonal) and moderation-managed salon-hashtag content.
Technician availability and walk-in routing
Reception-counter screens with alias-only technician availability, walk-in routing and treatment-type-to-technician matching.
Gel-cure timers and treatment progress
Station-adjacent screens with live gel-cure countdowns, stage-specific timers (base / colour / cure) and treatment-plan-in-progress visibility.
Relaxation-mode content and timers
Pedicure-station screens with soft ambient content, acrylic-dry timers and spa-adjacent wellness-content rotation.
Take-home-kit promotion
Checkout-area screens with technician-endorsed retail product promotion, take-home maintenance kits and next-appointment booking prompts.
The integrations that actually matter here.
Every integration is included in every plan. These are the ones nail salons operators reach for first.
Meeting Room Booking
Appointment-flow and technician-scheduling for booking-data.
Learn More →Design-inspiration feeds for nail-art and seasonal-trend content.
Learn More →Technician portfolios, transformation content and hashtag feeds.
Learn More →Taggbox
Multi-platform UGC aggregation for cross-platform design walls.
Learn More →Google Reviews
Salon-level review aggregation for waiting-area trust content.
Learn More →Common questions. Straight answers.
Which nail-salon booking systems do you integrate with?
Fresha, Booksy, Phorest, Timely, Salon Iris, Shortcuts and Vagaro. We pull live appointment flow (alias-only by default), technician-assignment and specialism-tagging (nail-art, acrylic, pedicure). Integration is included in the flat per-screen price. Walk-in-queue-ticket module available for salons running paper-diary systems.
How does Pinterest design-feed aggregation work?
Salons configure relevant hashtags (#nailart, #gelnails, #frenchtip, #chrome, #ombrenails, seasonal tags like #christmasnails, #springnails) and Pinterest / Instagram feeds pull tagged content into the design-wall rotation. Moderation workflow blocks brand-unsafe content. Salons can curate their own hashtag content (#yourSalonName) to prioritise their technicians' work alongside trend-setting content.
Can gel-cure timers integrate with salon equipment?
Yes — for salons running connected gel-cure lamps (CND, OPI, Harmony Gelish equipment), we integrate via manufacturer-specific API or Bluetooth gateway for per-station real-time cure-timing. For salons running manual timers, our software-based timer-module runs from the station-screen with technician-initiated stage-tracking. Quality-control logging identifies inconsistent cure-times for training conversations.
Pricing for a nail salon?
£5 per screen per month. A boutique nail-bar with 3 screens pays £15 per month. A 6-salon regional chain with 5 screens per salon pays £150 per month. A 40-salon national chain with 4 screens per salon pays £800 per month. All-in. No nail-sector or equipment-integration premium.
Adjacent sectors.
Operators in nail salons frequently borrow patterns and playbooks from these neighbouring verticals.
Hair Salons
Appointment boards, stylist portfolios and product retail promotion.
Spas & Day SpasSpas & Day Spas
Treatment schedules, therapist introductions and wellness content.
Barber ShopsBarber Shops
Chair availability, barber introductions and loyalty programmes.
Skin ClinicsSkin Clinics
Treatment education, consent-managed results walls and consultation rooms.
One price. The whole platform.
That's how we think signage should work. Content editor, screen management, and 200+ app integrations — all included from day one.