Hey fellow designers and creatives! 👋

One of my favorite self-care rituals is getting my nails done. After enough appointments, I started noticing something: many of the talented nail artists and salon owners I love are immigrants, and English isn’t always their first language. Yet so much of their business still runs through one system. That’s how I found a local nail artist in my area who hand-paints art on her client's nails. Every appointment comes through Instagram DMs, and her message her in English, but she works primarily in Chinese.

So I used this challenge as an opportunity to build her a better booking experience.

I made a mockup system called Slotly where clients can upload an inspiration photo, understand the estimated price and appointment time upfront, and book in under a few minutes. On Elaine’s side, the entire experience works in Chinese. Incoming messages are translated for her, and AI helps draft replies in English while showing her the Chinese version, so she always knows exactly what she’s sending.

The best part of building this was designing for someone the big booking tools tend to overlook. Most of them are built around fixed services, English and a front desk. Her business runs on custom art, in her own language, by herself.

This is a concept demo, not a live service yet. Take a look here: https://kknails.lovable.app/ 💅

Thank you @Lovable for bringing our ideas to life! :) #lovablechallenge