Why hairstyle booking is still guesswork

Finding the right hairstyle and hairstylist is mostly guesswork. People scroll through social media, show up to a salon, and hope the stylist understands their vision. There’s no easy way to visualise a style on your own face before committing, and no reliable platform combining discovery, personalisation, and booking in one place.

The Solution

BladeRoom combines AI-powered hairstyle recommendations with a full booking and marketplace platform. Users scan their face, receive personalised suggestions, then use the TryOn feature to virtually see how any style looks on them before booking.

Two user types, one platform

Regular users discover styles and book appointments. Hairstylists apply to join, get approved, and their interface adapts to reveal management tools, while keeping the familiar core experience intact. Both users share access to wallet, marketplace and product ordering.

Key Design Decisions

Leading with the AI feature

The AI face scan and TryOn is the most unique part of BladeRoom. I designed it as the primary action on the Explore Styles tab which is the first thing users see when they’re ready to find a look, so it reads as the core of the app, not a buried feature.

Permission-based interface upgrade

Instead of a separate app for hairstylists, BladeRoom gives them an interface upgrade once approved. The core feels familiar, but stylist-specific tools appear naturally, reducing confusion and making onboarding seamless.

Why property marketplaces split the experience in half

Most property marketplaces force sellers and customers into separate products: separate apps, separate accounts, separate visual languages. A seller who occasionally wants to buy has to sign up all over again, and the whole experience feels disjointed instead of like one connected marketplace.

The Solution

Mesh removes the split. It is a dual-sided property marketplace app that lets sellers list properties and customers discover them, all inside one product with one account, one visual language, and one toggle between Seller and Customer throughout.

One account, two modes

Instead of building two separate apps, Mesh keeps a single account and a single toggle. Users flip between Seller and Customer without losing their context, their saved details, or their sense of where they are in the product.

Listing that feels effortless

For sellers, the flow is designed to feel light: pick a location, add the property, and confirm the listing in a few clear steps. For customers, discovery works the same way, with the same visual language carrying both sides of the marketplace.

Why finding the right expert still feels like guesswork

Finding and vetting a skilled professional for a specific job, a designer, a contractor, a consultant, is scattered across word-of-mouth, generic freelance marketplaces, and unverified listings. Customers have no fast way to compare experts by category, see real portfolio work, and pay securely in one place.

The Solution

A single app that takes a user from browsing categories to a completed, paid booking in a few structured steps: discover experts by category, view a detailed expert profile with services and portfolio, select a service, pay.

A dark, premium visual identity

The dark, high-contrast UI signals a premium, trustworthy service rather than a generic gig-marketplace feel. A consistent cyan accent drives the interactive elements, while yellow is reserved specifically for primary conversion actions like Get Started and Hire.