For hairdressers

    Grow your clientele as a hairdresser

    You built the trust behind that five-star review. Keep it on a profile with your name on it, so a chair change never resets your reputation to zero.

    Create your free profileSee how reviews work
    Hair stylist finishing a client's blowout in a bright salon

    Why building clientele as a hairstylist is so slow

    You spend three hours on a colour correction, the client posts a glowing review, and it lands on the salon's Google page beside the front desk, the parking and the retail shelf. Your name might appear in the text. It never appears on the rating.

    Then you move chairs, rent a suite, or the salon closes — and the proof of six years of work stays behind at an address you no longer work at. New clients searching for you find nothing.

    The gap: a business rating answers “is this place any good?”. It never answers “is this hairdresser any good?” — which is the only question your next client is actually asking.

    How to get more clients as a hairstylist with reviews in your name

    • Verified reviews attached to your @handle, not the salon's listing
    • A link and QR code you can hand to a client in the chair
    • Your book stays full when you change chairs, suites or cities
    • Colour, extension and cut specialities listed the way clients search

    How to ask salon clients for a review after the appointment

    1. Claim your @handle

      One free profile in your name, marked as a hairdresser, with your services and area.

    2. Ask after each appointment

      Share one link or QR code while the client is still happy. It takes them under a minute.

    3. Share the proof

      Send your profile to referrals, print the QR, and let verified reviews do the convincing.

    How to grow your clientele as a hairstylist with a portable profile

    • Your services and typical price range (balayage, colour correction, extensions)
    • Before-and-after photos you own, not the salon's Instagram grid
    • Verified reviews from clients who actually sat in your chair
    • One booking or rebooking link, wherever you currently work

    What clients say when the review has your name on it

    Example reviews showing how clients talk about a hairdresser once the feedback lives on the hairdresser's profile instead of the salon's page.

    • “I followed my hairdresser here from the salon — the profile made it easy to check the work before I booked.”

      Chris B.

      Regular client · 6 months

    • “Finally a way to review the hairdresser and not just the front desk. The photos on the profile are exactly what I got.”

      Daniel K.

      First appointment

    • “Booked from a QR code at the end of my appointment. Two taps, review left, and I could see every past client's feedback first.”

      Marcus T.

      Referred by a friend

    • 4.9

      Average rating pros in beauty & grooming hold on Kleos

    • under 60s

      Typical time for a client to leave a review

    • 100%

      Reviews that stay with the hairdresser, not the salon

    Example reviews shown for illustration. Real reviews on Kleos are verified and attributed to the client who left them.

    Start collecting your own reviewsSee how to ask for a review

    Salon Google reviews vs your own stylist reviews

    No, and it should not. Google reviews belong to the business and help it get found — keep asking for them. Kleos records the part Google cannot: which hairdresser did the work. The same client can review the salon on Google and review you on Kleos in the same minute.

    If you want the Google side sharper too, our how to ask for a google review: 18 scripts covers the ask, the timing and the follow-up rules.

    Hairdressers: frequently asked questions

    Other professions

    Barbers

    Regulars come back for you, not the shop sign. Give them a profile with your name on it so they can find you, review you and send their friends.

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    Nail technicians

    Sets that hold for four weeks are why clients rebook. Put that proof on a profile that belongs to you, not the salon's front desk.

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    Estheticians

    Skin outcomes are slow, personal and worth talking about. Collect that proof under your own handle instead of the spa's listing.

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    Practical playbooks for asking, linking and tracking reviews.

    Pillar guideHow to get more Google reviewsThe 7-step ask-and-follow-up system: when to ask, what to send, how to keep a weekly flow of new reviews without breaking Google's rules.Read the review playbookReview links & QRHow to get a Google review linkWhere to find the free g.page/r/… link Google already gives you, how to test it, how to send it, and how to turn it into a trackable QR code.Get your review linkCopy-paste scriptsHow to ask for a Google review (18 scripts)Eighteen ready-to-send SMS, email, in-person and QR review request templates by industry — plus timing, reminder and compliance rules.Copy the review scripts

    Start collecting reviews with your name on them

    Claim your @handle, share one link after each appointment, and keep the clientele you built as a hairdresser.

    Create your free profile