Colour Bar: Day-to-Day Use

10 minutes

Tutorial 20.10: Colour Bar: Day-to-Day Use

Introduction

This is the stylist's daily companion to the Colour Bar — how to use the Today list, pick between appointments, and move through the filter chips. It assumes the iPad is already set up and on Colour Bar mode (Tutorial 20.9).

Who this is for: Stylists / colourists working at a Colour Bar station What you'll learn:

Navigate the header: stylist picker, date picker, scale status
Use the status filter chips (Mine / All / Pending / In mix / Applied / Leftovers due)
Read appointment rows
Move between Today and individual appointments

Time to complete: 10 minutes

Prerequisites

Colour Bar mode selected on the iPad (Tutorial 20.9)
Logged in as a staff member

The Colour Bar layout

Every Colour Bar screen shares the same layout:

Top header — logo (returns to main app), Stylist picker, Date picker, and the scale status (a Pair scale button when nothing is paired, or a green connected pill once a scale is on)
Main content — screen-specific (Today, Appointment, Edit, Mix, Reweigh)
Bottom footer — Switch mode (native only) or Back to Luminate (browser), and a dev scale simulator in development builds

The header stays across every page so you always know which stylist and which date you're working on.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Pick your stylist

Tap the Stylist picker in the header — a grid of stylist faces opens ("Tap your face")
Tap your own tile to make yourself the active stylist
Your choice is remembered on this iPad — it survives refreshes and reopening the app, per device

If you're working with an assistant or covering for someone, pick the colourist whose appointments you want to see. All stylists shows the whole salon's colour schedule.

The Stylist picker dialog — a grid of stylist tiles (

Step 2: Pick the date

Tap the Date picker next to the stylist
Select today (default) or any other date
The Today list refreshes for that date

Date defaults to today when you open the Colour Bar.

Step 3: Read the Today list

The Colour Bar Today screen — shared header with stylist picker, date picker and connected-scale pill, the filter-chip row, and a list of appointment rows showing time, customer, service and a status badge

Each row on the Today list shows:

Customer name + service name
Start time on the left, with a short meta line underneath: "in 12 min" for a pending appointment starting within the next hour, or "applied 18 min ago" for a formula waiting to be reweighed
A status badge that tells you where the formula is in its lifecycle:
- Pending — no formula planned yet; tap to plan one
- In mix — formula planned or in progress; tap to continue
- Applied — formula just finalised (the first 5 minutes); tap to check in
- Leftovers due — finalised more than 5 minutes ago and not yet reweighed; a standing prompt to weigh your leftovers. It stays here until you reweigh or skip — there's no time limit
- Done — leftovers reweighed (or skipped); no further action needed

Tap a row to open that appointment.

Step 4: Use the filter chips

Above the list, filter chips narrow what you see:

Chip	What it shows
Mine	Only appointments assigned to the selected stylist
All	Every colour appointment on this date
Pending	No formula planned yet
In mix	Actively mixing (plan saved, not finalised)
Applied	Just finalised (first 5 minutes)
Leftovers due	Finalised, not yet reweighed (waiting on leftovers)

Only one chip can be active at a time — picking a new chip replaces the current one. Mine uses the Stylist picker to narrow the list; the status chips (Pending, In mix, Applied, Leftovers due) ignore the stylist picker and show every matching appointment for the selected date.

Step 5: Open an appointment

Tap any row to open that appointment's hub. From there you'll Plan, Edit, Mix, or Reweigh depending on state (Tutorials 20.11–20.13).

Step 6: Check the scale status

The top-right of the header tells you whether a scale is paired:

Green connected pill — shows the scale's name and its battery % (with a small green dot). The scale is on and ready to weigh. Tap the pill to open the scale dialog (rename, disconnect, forget).
"Pair scale" button (outline, Bluetooth icon) — no scale is paired. Weighing is disabled; tap it to open the pairing dialog (Tutorial 20.14), or carry on weighing manually.

Glance at the battery percentage before you start mixing — a low scale is best recharged between appointments, not mid-pour.

Step 7: Return to the main app

When you need to switch contexts (check a customer profile, run POS, look at reports), tap Back to Luminate in the footer (browser) or Switch mode (native iPad). Your Colour Bar position is not preserved — you'll come back to the Today list next time.

Common Pitfalls

"I can't see today's appointments"

Check three things: (1) the date picker is on today, (2) the Mine chip is active and the correct stylist is picked (or switch to All), (3) the service is flagged as a colour service (Tutorial 7.1).

"My assistant's appointments aren't showing"

The stylist picker filters one stylist at a time (and only when the Mine chip is active). Either switch the picker to the assistant's stylist record, choose All stylists, or tap All to see everyone.

"The scale status says 'not paired' but I paired it earlier"

Pairing can drop if the iPad was asleep or the scale went to sleep. See Tutorial 20.14 for the pairing flow (when the BLE driver ships) and Tutorial 20.15 for troubleshooting.

"I accidentally tapped an appointment — how do I go back?"

Every screen has a back affordance in the top-left. The browser/iPad back gesture also works.

Tips and Best Practices

Set the stylist picker once at the start of your shift — it persists through the day.
Use the Mine chip by default — less clutter, fewer mis-taps.
Glance at the scale status badge before you start mixing — catching a disconnect before you pour saves a minute of frustration.
Clear Leftovers due between appointments — formulas sit there until you reweigh or skip, so weighing leftovers while the bowl's still in front of you keeps your overage billing honest and your list tidy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does changing the stylist picker affect anything other than the list filter?

No. It's purely a client-side filter. Your login identity doesn't change.

Can I see tomorrow's colour appointments?

Yes — use the date picker. Useful for pre-planning formulas the evening before (Tutorial 20.11).

What does the dev scale simulator do?

It's a development tool for the Luminate team and appears only in development builds. Stylists will not see it in production.

Why is my appointment not showing on the Today list at all?

Either the service isn't a colour service (Tutorial 7.1), the appointment was booked after you opened the Colour Bar (refresh the page), or it's for a different date.

Last Updated: April 2026