Brisbane City Council licenses higher-risk services such as tattooing and body piercing, but not cutting, styling, colouring, waxing or nail work. The Brisbane-area Royal Queensland Show holiday falls in August, and 77.3% of Greater Brisbane used English only at home in 2021. Salongram keeps the diary, staff hours and payment records on one phone.
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Salongram is a free salon booking app for Brisbane salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one Android app.
Which services you offer decides the paperwork. Hair, wax and nail work needs no council licence, but infection control rules still apply, and tattooing or piercing does need one. Brisbane also has its own August show holiday, and a mixed Greater Brisbane population.
Brisbane City Council says no licence is needed for cutting, styling or colouring hair, or for waxing, nail sculpting, electrolysis and applying cosmetics. Those services must still follow Queensland Health's infection control guidelines, and the council may inspect after a complaint or as part of an inspection program.
Tattooing, body piercing and some skin needling or cosmetic injectables count as higher risk and need a council licence. A new licence costs $1,105.95 and a renewal $592.60 (both excluding GST), and licences renew every 12 months. The council says it will contact you with an outcome within 40 business days.
The Queensland Government lists the Royal Queensland Show as a public holiday for the Brisbane area only, on Wednesday 12 August 2026. Labour Day was Monday 4 May, King's Birthday Monday 5 October, and Boxing Day on Saturday 26 December brings an additional holiday on Monday 28 December.
In the 2021 Census, 77.3% of Greater Brisbane residents used English only at home. Mandarin was the largest other language at 2.5%, then Vietnamese at 1.1%, Punjabi and Cantonese at 0.9% each, and Spanish at 0.8%. These are regional figures for Greater Brisbane.
The 2021 Census counted 2,526,238 people in Greater Brisbane, with a median age of 36, and 68.3% were born in Australia. These figures describe the whole Greater Brisbane region, not one council area or suburb.
Hair, wax and nails need no council licence, while tattoo and piercing do. List each as its own service, with its own staff and time, so the diary shows who does what.
The Royal Queensland Show holiday applies to the Brisbane area only, so it is a Brisbane-area holiday, not a statewide one. Mark your own team's time off each year.
A new higher-risk licence costs $1,105.95 excluding GST. Salongram is free to download on Google Play, so downloading it does not add to that figure.
Mandarin, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Cantonese and Spanish each appear in the census figures. Salongram is available in English, Arabic or Spanish, but not Mandarin or Vietnamese.
Someone searching after closing can ask for a time through your link or QR code. The ask arrives as a request, and whoever opens in the morning accepts, moves or declines it.
We found no official data on how Brisbane clients book, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep walk-ins, calls and link requests in one diary per person, and it warns about an overlap before you confirm (a warning never blocks you), so a small team can follow one plan.
Each stylist, therapist or tattooist has their own days, hours and time off, so a booking lands with the right person.
The scheduleA fringe trim, a full colour and a three-hour tattoo session each have their own price and duration, so the diary sets aside the right amount of time.
ServicesPeople who find you online can send a request for a free time through your link or QR code. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
The booking linkAn illustrative Thursday, not research: a small Fortitude Valley studio with a hair chair, a beauty room and a tattooist, open five days, where the owner cuts and each person keeps their own client list.
The owner opens the diary: the tattooist has a three-hour session at noon and the therapist has a free gap at eleven.
A walk-in asks for a brow wax; the therapist's gap at eleven fits it and it goes straight into her column.
A colour appointment cancels. A client on the waiting list who wanted a Thursday afternoon takes the time.
Two requests arrive from the booking link for Saturday. The owner checks each person's hours and accepts both.
Type in your own numbers. A no-show is a slot nobody else could take; reminders and a waiting list are how most salons win part of it back.
An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Add hair, beauty and any tattoo or piercing services separately, each with a price and how long it takes, so the diary blocks the right time.
Give each person their days, hours and breaks, plus any time off for a holiday such as the Brisbane show day.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then put it on your socials, Google listing or shop window.
Not for hairdressing. Brisbane City Council says no licence is needed for cutting, styling or colouring, or for waxing and nail services, though infection control guidelines still apply. Tattooing and piercing do need one. Salongram does not handle council paperwork.
Yes. Salongram is free to download on Google Play for Android. Add hair, beauty and tattoo work as separate services, link each to the right person, and the diary books them together. It does not hold or check your licence.
Brisbane City Council lists $1,105.95 for a new licence and $592.60 for a renewal, both excluding GST, with licences renewing every 12 months. The council says it contacts you with an outcome within 40 business days. Salongram does not deal with the licence.
In the 2021 Census, 77.3% of Greater Brisbane residents used English only at home, with Mandarin next at 2.5%. Salongram runs in English, Arabic or Spanish only, so check that your team can use one of them.
Yes. The Queensland Government lists the Royal Queensland Show as a holiday for the Brisbane area only, and this year's was Wednesday 12 August 2026. Check the Queensland Government list for next year's date, and mark it as time off for your team in Salongram, which does not calculate holiday pay.
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