Hair foil for salon chains and academies
Salon chains and academies can have hair foil printed with their logo, in the sizes every location uses, in their own box. The minimum for a printed design is 3,000 boxes per design, and each design needs its own plates. A group that does not need printed foil can have plain foil in a branded box at a lower minimum.
Branded foil for client experience
A client sits with foil in their hair for most of a colour appointment, and often photographs it. Foil with the salon’s own mark on it turns the most visible consumable in the service into part of the brand.
Three levels of branding are available, in order of cost.
| Level | What is branded | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Branded box | The box only; the foil is plain | Box plates |
| Coloured foil | A house colour across the whole foil | A colour run |
| Printed foil | The logo or a pattern on the foil | Foil plates; a bleach test |
Print limits, artwork and plates are on custom printed hair foil, and the product itself on printed and coloured hair foil.
Standardising supplies across locations
A group gains more from one specification than from one logo. When every salon uses the same size, thickness and format, training transfers between locations, the result is consistent, and the order is large enough to be made to the group’s specification.
Decide four things once, for every location:
- The format: pop-up, pre-cut or roll.
- The sizes: usually a narrow and a wide.
- The thickness and the surface.
- The pack: the sheet count or roll length that suits a station.
The formats are compared in pop-up vs pre-cut vs roll hair foil, and the sizes on the hair foil size chart.
Training foil for academies
An academy uses foil in quantity, on mannequin heads, and the foil is thrown away after each exercise. The requirement is the opposite of a client-facing foil: the lowest cost per foil that still behaves like the real thing.
That points to plain, smooth foil on a roll. A roll is the least-processed format, and students learn to cut to length as part of the technique. An academy that teaches with pop-up sheets, because its graduates will work with them, can use plain pop-up foil in a stock size.
| Format | Thickness | Alloy | Temper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pop-up hair foil | 12–20 µm | 8011 | O |
| Pre-cut hair foil sheets | 12–20 µm | 8011 | O |
| Hair foil rolls | 12–20 µm | 8011 | O |
| Wide and extra-wide hair foil | 12–20 µm | 8011 | O |
Delivery options
A factory order travels as one shipment to one address. For a group, that is its central store, its distributor or a third-party warehouse, with onward delivery to the salons handled locally.
Two things can be done at the factory to help: cartons marked for each location, and a packing list broken down the same way. Tell us how the order will be divided when you place it.
Minimum orders and lead times are on MOQ and lead time by format. To start, request a quote with the number of locations and your monthly foil use.
FAQ
Can you print our salon logo on foil?
Yes. Hair Foil Factory prints a salon's logo on hair foil as a repeat along the foil, in up to 9 colours. The logo sits at a different height on each sheet, because sheets are cut from a continuous print. The ink is tested against bleach before production.
Can you deliver to multiple salon locations?
An order ships from the factory to one destination, usually the group's warehouse or its distributor, and is divided between salons from there. Cartons can be marked by location at the factory to make that easier. Delivery to each salon separately is arranged by your forwarder.
Is there a cheaper foil grade for training?
Training foil for an academy is usually plain, smooth foil in a lighter gauge, on a roll, which is the lowest-cost combination. Hair Foil Factory makes hair foil in 12–20 µm; the lighter end of that range suits practice on mannequin heads.
What is the MOQ for a logo foil?
The minimum order for hair foil printed with a logo is 3,000 boxes per design at Hair Foil Factory, per design. Plain foil in a box printed with the logo has a lower minimum, because only the box needs a print run.