Frequently asked questions.

FinBeauty is a financial and business education platform built specifically for beauty professionals — salon owners, working stylists, booth renters, independent operators, cosmetology students, and esthetics students. It covers the business side of the industry: pricing, cash flow, taxes, hiring, marketing, client retention, and career planning.

Every lesson, tool, and piece of content on the platform is built around one belief: career durability comes from a strong financial foundation. The earlier you build it, the better.

FinBeauty serves beauty professionals at every stage:

• Beauty and wellness students in cosmetology and hair, esthetics, nails, massage, and barbering programs
• New professionals navigating their first compensation structures, tax obligations, and pricing decisions
• Established professionals who want to understand their numbers or evaluate a new business model
• Business owners who want structured education on hiring, cash flow, leases, and operations
• Schools that want to add financial and business curriculum to their programs

FinBeauty was built from experience in beauty education, salon work and consulting. Its focus is the financial knowledge beauty professionals need throughout their careers. Read the founder story at finbeauty.app/our-story.

No. FinBeauty is an independent educational platform. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any salon brand, product manufacturer, or industry association. The curriculum is neutral and focused entirely on financial and business education.

The FinBeauty curriculum is organized into career-path tracks. Topics include:

• Personal finance fundamentals for beauty professionals
• Understanding your compensation structure — commission, booth rent, and independent models
• How to price your services profitably
• Cash flow management and forecasting
• Tax obligations for self-employed beauty professionals
• Hiring, team building, and compensation for salon owners
• Salon marketing and client retention
• Reading and negotiating a salon lease
• Chair and treatment profitability analysis
• Career longevity and financial wellness

Each track is structured to match where you are in your career, so the content is relevant whether you're a student or a 15-year veteran.

FinBiz Core provides an ordered financial foundation with quizzes and applied planning. Every student seat also includes dedicated tracks for Cosmetology & Hair, Esthetics, Nails, Massage, and Barbering. Professional career-path content remains a separate catalog for eligible professional users.

Yes. Each module includes a quiz to reinforce the material. Progress and quiz scores are tracked in your dashboard. For schools using FinBeauty, instructors and administrators can view student progress and completion data.

Yes. A free lesson preview is available at finbeauty.app/preview — no account required. You can see the lesson format, content quality, and platform experience before choosing a paid plan.

FinBeauty offers two individual plans:

• Student Access — $125 one-time. FinBiz Core, all five specialty tracks, quizzes, progress tracking, and the Core certificate path. No recurring charge.
• Pro — 7 days free for eligible new members, then $9.99/month or $100/year. For working professionals. Includes Professional curriculum, finTRACKER and the Professional Toolkit. Student curriculum is separate. FinBeauty is available on the web, iOS and Android.

A payment method is required to begin the Pro trial. Cancel before it ends and you will not be charged. For school seat pricing, submit an inquiry at finbeauty.app/schools or contact support@finbeauty.app.

The two plans serve different audiences at different career stages.

Student Access — One-Time Purchase includes FinBiz Core and all five specialty tracks for cosmetology and hair, esthetics, nails, massage, and barbering.

Pro is for working professionals and business owners. It includes Professional curriculum, FinTracker and the Professional Toolkit, including cash flow, service economics, lease, retention and chair-economics tools. FinBiz Core and the five Student specialty tracks are not included in Pro.

Both include quizzes and progress tracking. The FinBiz Core certificate is awarded under its published completion requirements.

Yes. Eligible new Pro members receive 7 days free. A payment method is required at checkout, and the plan you select begins when the trial ends unless you cancel first. Student Access remains a one-time purchase.

Refund terms are available at finbeauty.app/legal/refunds. If you have questions about your specific situation, contact support@finbeauty.app.

The professional toolkit is a suite of financial calculators and business tools built specifically for beauty professionals. It includes:

• Revenue & Cash Estimate
• Cash Flow Forecasting Tool
• Average Ticket Target Tool
• Retention Cohort Analyzer
• Growth Scenario Planner
• Monthly Close
• Lease Feasibility Screen
• Chair Economics
• Service Economics

Revenue & Cash Estimate is the beginner monthly estimator; Monthly Close remains the detailed actuals record. Service Economics combines treatment-cost analysis with frequency-weighted mix and productive-time analysis. Growth Scenario Planner uses owner-entered capacity, retention, cost, and timing assumptions rather than predicting a ramp. Lease Feasibility Screen organizes owner-entered opening cash, financing, occupancy, and operating cases without recommending whether to sign. These tools are designed to be used alongside the curriculum — not just to learn concepts, but to apply them directly to your own numbers.

The Real-Rate Calculator is a free tool that estimates hourly take-home using the time, pay, costs and tax assumptions you enter. Use it to explore your own numbers; it does not predict earnings or calculate an individual tax bill.

It takes about 2 minutes, requires no account, and is available free at finbeauty.app/real-rate.

Yes. FinBeauty is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Sign in with your FinBeauty account. Your Student, school-issued or Pro access determines which curriculum and tools you can use.

No. Sign in with the same FinBeauty account on the web or in the mobile app. Your account access still applies; downloading the app does not unlock a paid plan.

Yes. Download FinBeauty from Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finbeauty.app. You can also use FinBeauty in a mobile web browser.

Yes. FinBeauty offers a school integration program where institutions purchase seat codes for their students. Each seat code gives a student access to FinBiz Core and the five Student specialty tracks.

School administrators get a dedicated dashboard to track student progress, quiz scores, and lesson completions across their student body.

Schools purchase seat codes in bulk at a per-seat rate. Contact us at support@finbeauty.app or submit an inquiry at finbeauty.app/schools for pricing and to get set up. We will discuss your student group, seat quantity, setup and timing with you before any purchase or enrollment.

School administrators can view student progress across all modules, track quiz scores and completion rates, generate and distribute seat codes, and manage their student roster. Owner/director accounts have full visibility across the school; admin accounts have the same access within their campus.

No. FinBeauty is a supplement, not a replacement. It is designed to fill the business and financial education gap that most cosmetology programs don't cover in depth. Technical training, state board prep, and hands-on hours remain the school's core program. FinBeauty adds the financial literacy layer on top.

FinBeauty works on any modern web browser — desktop, tablet, or mobile. Mobile apps are available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and on Google Play for Android. No software installation is required for the web version.

No. The curriculum is designed to build on itself, but you can navigate to any lesson at any time. Most users follow the structured order, especially on their first pass through the curriculum.

If you cancel a Pro Monthly subscription, your access continues through the end of your current billing period. After that, access to the curriculum and tools ends. Student Access is a one-time purchase with ongoing access and no subscription or renewal required, subject to the Terms of Service, account standing, and continued operation of FinBeauty.

Email support@finbeauty.app. We respond to all inquiries — typically within one business day.