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This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.
Be on-trend and empowered this summer with GlossGenius' new Barbie-themed website templates.

The new Barbie website themes available in GlossGenius
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From highlights to nails to makeup and more, this summer’s hit Barbie movie has us swooning over Barbie-inspired looks and trends that put the beauty industry at the center of it all.
Leading the trend on the tech side, GlossGenius just launched fun and fashionable Barbie-core inspired accent colors alongside its new website templates. GlossGenius’ new customizable booking site templates enable professionals to stay current with summer trends and elevate their craft. Further, GlossGenius is enabling salons to build their unique brand and direct dialogue with clients, truly leaning into the independence and individuality of what the new Barbie movie is all about.
“Barbie-core empowers individuals to feel confident and in control, values that strongly resonate with the entire GlossGenius product, community, and client experience,” said Danielle Cohen-Shohet, GlossGenius Founder and CEO. “Having done makeup artistry myself, I strongly believe that creativity and inspiration are critical ingredients for professional success, which is why GlossGenius prides itself as being a platform that enables professionals to lean into that with customizable, easy-to-use brand-building tools across booking, payments, and marketing needs.”
GlossGenius' new templates give professionals and salons the ability to join the Barbiemania, stay on top of trends with clients, and most importantly, express themselves fully. After all, a website is more than an interface: It’s a first impression. Now, beauty professionals can update their website in a few taps to engage with clients as the trendsetters who no doubt have a critical role to play in this summer's dream client looks!

This template will help you keep on trend and feeling like a Barbie boss.
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GlossGenius makes it easy to access these new Barbie website templates or any of GlossGenius’ other customizable themes, with setup in just a few taps. You don’t need to be a website designer to stay up-to-date on the latest trends. It takes seconds to set up a website with the GlossGenius app, and if you’re new to GlossGenius, their dedicated white glove service will transfer over your entire book for you, free of charge.
The websites are perfect for booking as they also have deposits, forms, waivers, waitlist, full point of sale, and client management instantly built in. With GlossGenius, you’ll be able to run your website and every other element of your business through one seamless, stylish app.
Originally posted on Modern Salon

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