Describe your services and new-client routine. Makeform creates an editable intake for contact details, service preferences, allergies, and nail notes.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, adapt it to your menu, or send it to the builder. Each example is a starting structure, not a live result.
Audience
New clients booking a manicure or gel service
Format
Mobile-friendly intake with conditional follow-ups
Prompt size
287 chars
Example form structure
Mobile-friendly intake with conditional follow-ups
Name and contact details
Requested manicure service
Preferred shape and length
Any product or latex allergies?
Current nail concerns or sensitivity
Suggested routing tags
New clients
Allergy review
Service preferences
Ask clients to describe allergies and nail concerns, then have the technician review their answers before service.
Step 1
Identify
contact details and appointment
Step 2
Choose
service, shape, length, and style
Step 3
Flag
allergies, sensitivities, and nail notes
Step 4
Review
technician checks answers before service
A smoother first appointment
One response gives the technician the service request, removal needs, style preferences, and reported sensitivities.
Require reliable contact details and a preferred communication channel.
Show allergy details only after a client selects yes.
Capture design, existing product, and removal needs early.
Fits your nail business
Replace the sample service list with your menu and choose which answers need review.
Share one intake link with booking confirmations.
Route each response by technician, location, or service.
Add address, access, group size, and setup requirements.
Branch for extensions, art, repairs, removals, or sensitivities.
Build your intake
Describe your workflow, check the questions, and publish the form where clients book.
List your services and the details every new client should provide.
Require essentials and add follow-ups for allergies, removal, or concerns.
Explain useful photos and when clients should contact the salon.
Share the form and route responses to the person preparing.
Intake options
Direct messages work for one quick question, but a repeatable intake makes sure every new client sees the same prompts and every technician receives organized answers.
Field guide
Use these six sections as a practical blueprint. The goal is to prepare the appointment without asking for unrelated personal information.
Client profile
Collect the client's name, contact details, and preferred channel for appointment updates.
Appointment context
Ask for the appointment, location, and technician when your booking system does not supply them.
Service preferences
Ask about finish, shape, length, color, art complexity, and inspiration images.
Current nail state
Current-product and removal questions help plan the visit; an optional photo adds context.
Allergies & sensitivities
Ask about product, adhesive, latex, or fragrance sensitivities and route details for review.
Review & confirmation
Add an open note, explain what happens next, and request an accuracy confirmation.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for nail artists and salon teams preparing a consistent new-client intake.
It is a pre-appointment questionnaire organizing contact details, requested service, preferences, current products, removal needs, reported sensitivities, and nail notes.
Include contact and appointment details, service, current product, style preferences, removal needs, known allergies or sensitivities, nail notes, comments, and an accuracy confirmation.
Use yes, no, or unsure, then require details after yes or unsure. Preserve the client's wording and flag it for staff review rather than interpreting it.
Yes. Use service selection and conditional logic. Pedicure clients can see comfort questions; extension clients can see shape, removal, and upload fields.
Yes. Add optional uploads for current nails, enhancements, repairs, or desired art, and explain what images are useful.
Yes. Makeform supports unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect new-client submissions without a response cap. A paid tier is available only to remove the Makeform badge.
Put it in booking confirmations, reminders, your website, or social profile. Request completion early enough for staff review.
Use the full version for first visits and a short update form for changed contact details, services, products, sensitivities, or nail notes.
Prepare every first visit with better context.
