Henna by Sakina: Booking App with AI Quotes for a Bridal Studio
Mujahid Hussain
Before: every booking started on WhatsApp, one message at a time.
Quotes by hand, double bookings and lost advances in wedding season.
Brides ask in Roman Urdu and get an exact quote from the real price list.
One tap holds the date for 24 hours with a booking reference.
The bride uploads her advance screenshot, and the status updates automatically.
The owner’s day at a glance: bookings, advances and follow-ups.
Approve the advance in one tap. No spreadsheets.
Unbooked quotes in one list, with a WhatsApp message already written.
One bride per day, enforced automatically on the calendar.
Before and after: less WhatsApp, more mehndi.
THE CLIENT
Henna by Sakina is a real bridal mehndi business in Lahore. Brides and their families book for weddings, mehndi nights and events, and most of them message in Roman Urdu.
THE PROBLEM
Every booking happened in WhatsApp. The same questions came in all day ("bridal mehndi kitne ki hai?", "15 December free hai?"), and each one needed a manual reply with prices, dates and details. Replies were late when the artist was busy at an event. Dates were tracked in chats and memory, which risked double bookings, and advance payments were confirmed by scrolling through screenshots. Leads went cold simply because nobody replied in time.
WHAT WE BUILT
A complete booking app, live at hennabysakina.lovable.app:
AI booking assistant: customers ask in English or Roman Urdu and get an exact quote from the real price list. It understands the date, number of guests and area from a single message.
Live availability: if a date is taken, it says so and suggests the nearest free dates. A booked date can never be booked twice.
One-tap booking: the customer confirms and the date is held straight away, with no waiting.
Advance payments: the customer pays the advance and uploads proof inside the app; the owner approves it in one tap.
Owner dashboard: all bookings, dates, payments and customer details in one place.
Follow-ups: pending bookings are flagged so no lead goes cold.
HOW IT WAS BUILT
Designed mobile-first, because brides book from their phones
A warm, elegant visual style that matches a bridal brand
AI trained on the business's own services and prices, so quotes are accurate
Built and published with Lovable
THE RESULT
The business now has one place for every booking: customers get instant answers at any hour, dates are protected from double booking, and advances are tracked without digging through WhatsApp.
This was also my entry for the Contra × Lovable Challenge.
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Posted Oct 16, 2026
Booking app for a Lahore bridal mehndi studio: AI quotes in Roman Urdu, 24-hour date holds, advance uploads and an owner dashboard. No more double bookings.
