Building a Booking App for a South Asian Mehedi ArtistBuilding a Booking App for a South Asian Mehedi Artist
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Here's my submission for the Contra x Lovable challenge. It's more of a story than a design showcase.
I'd never used Lovable before this. I spent 3 days inside it, and it was an amazing first experience.
How I built it: I planned everything with Claude, created the images with GPT, and then built and structured the whole app in Lovable.
The problem: In Bangladesh, India, and across South Asia, brides book a mehedi artist to come home and apply henna before the wedding. I created an imaginary artist, Tisha. While she works, her hands are covered in mehedi for hours. She can't pick up a call or reply to a text, so she badly needs a booking system that works without her.
What it does:
Customers pick their service, number of guests, and design style from multiple options, then choose an open time.
Customers get a booking confirmation by email, and Tisha gets an email for every new booking.
A backend keeps every customer and every booking in one place.
Tisha sets her schedule once, and customers can book her any time based on it.
Thank you, Lovable and Contra, for organizing this.
Soumitro's avatar
Here is the walkthrough video..
Goutham's avatar
Loved the website !
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you so much...
Saiful's avatar
Amazing! ✨ How did you create this Final project video?
Soumitro's avatar
I used Claude Design
Shreyansh's avatar
Great Project , well presented. I liked the little walkthrough you gave , it was so clear. Best of luck ✨
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you... Wish you all the best too...
Vara's avatar
Love the thoughtful UX details especially the step-by-step guest counter, local Dhaka area selection, and held-time countdown for deposits. How does the app handle travel time and traffic buffers between different locations?
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Thank you for visiting the app and experiencing it. Yes I got some initial steps for handling travel time and traffic buffers. There is a backend where the owner can go and set up times based on the day or based on her preference.
Umar's avatar
Amazing work
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you very much.
Farhad's avatar
Great work brother!
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you very much, brother.
Aditya 's avatar
Her hands are busy, your booking isn't is a killer line, it names the exact problem for a solo service pro in six words. Telling it as a story instead of a design showcase is the right call, and three days from zero Lovable experience to something this polished is impressive.
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Thanks man. I found the concept nice because I never saw a henna artist have a website and a proper business structure. Most of them are through calls and personal connections but I think it's a good niche. If any serious henna artist really wants to start doing business...
Jos's avatar
Good work
Soumitro's avatar
Thanks brother!!
Tabish's avatar
Love that you told it as a story. Three days in a new tool and shipping something like this is impressive. Good luck!
Soumitro's avatar
Thanks man. Though I have been using other tools to build websites and systems, this is my first time using Lovable and I found it quite easy to use, to be very frank
MD Robin 's avatar
Good work and nice to see
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you very much. What did you find unique about this?
Nouman's avatar
this is a great use case. the problem is real, not invented. a solo henna artist can't manage bookings while her hands are literally covered. 3 days with Lovable to ship something with confirmation emails and a dashboard is a solid result. did you run into anything unexpected during the build?
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I actually faced a couple of unexpected things. First I was trying to connect via WhatsApp because most of us do WhatsApp but to connect WhatsApp properly I need to get a lot of API keys, add a payment method, and do a lot of other things. I decided to go with just email. I also...
Nouman's avatar
Both hit the same wall. Most 'free' APIs need active billing enabled before you can even run a test, which you only find out after you've already built the flow. The WhatsApp Business API situation is particularly rough, you need Meta account approval plus billing before the...
Salome's avatar
Wow, this shows you too your time, and effort was so much put in, cos to think you mentioned your first experience was 3 days ago
Soumitro's avatar
Thank you so much. Though I built apps and websites before with Codex, Antigravity, and other Ai native tools, this is my first time using something like Lovable.
Sujon's avatar
Nice work
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Afnan 's avatar
Good work
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Thank you...
Prashant's avatar
great work !!! But I missed that contest ☹️🙁
Rafee 's avatar
Building around a mehndi artist who can't pick up her phone is a sharp problem to pick.
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