Find model opportunities. Find the right models.
LOTACHI connects Chi Chis — the people who take part in model opportunities — with training providers who need suitable, reliable models. We're building our founding community in hair, beauty, aesthetics, nails and SPMU, starting in London.
How It Works ↓For Chi Chis
How it works, as a Chi Chi.
A Chi Chi is what we call anyone in the LOTACHI community looking for a model opportunity — you're a Chi Chi even before you're matched to a specific one.
Discover
Browse the kind of model opportunities available near you — training, assessments, portfolio work and more.
Check requirements
See who's looking, what's involved, and what's expected before you commit to anything.
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Turn up, take part, and get the aftercare and contact details the provider has given you.
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A preview of what the opportunity feed could look like.
These are example opportunities to illustrate the idea — not opportunities you can currently book. Open “See full details” on any card to see the kind of transparency a real listing is designed to give you.
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Urgent training session — balayage colour correction
- Needed for
- Training
- Location
- London
- Price
- Free (illustrative comparison: £85–£120 at standard salon rate)
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Notice
- Tomorrow
See full details
Who performs it
Final-stage hairdressing student
Supervised throughout by a qualified tutor
Provider is seeking
Looking for a range of hair types and lengths — ask if you're unsure whether yours fits
Eligibility
- Hair not chemically coloured within the last 4 weeks
Photos & video
Used for: Training records, Portfolio. Face identifiable: no.
This is asked for as separate media consent — agreeing to the treatment does not mean agreeing to this.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
This slot is last-minute — please only apply if you can definitely attend
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Free training session — chemical peel
- Needed for
- Training
- Location
- London
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Notice
- This week
See full details
Who performs it
Beauty therapy student
Supervised throughout by a qualified tutor
Eligibility
- Full consultation carried out before anything proceeds
- No active skin infections in the treatment area
Photos & video
Used for: Training records. Face identifiable: no.
This is asked for as separate media consent — agreeing to the treatment does not mean agreeing to this.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
At least 24 hours' notice requested
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Discounted training session — Russian lip filler
- Needed for
- Training
- Location
- London
- Price
- £40 (illustrative comparison: £180 standard clinic rate)
- Duration
- 45 min
- Notice
- Flexible dates
See full details
Who performs it
Aesthetics practitioner in training
Supervised throughout by a qualified aesthetics tutor
Eligibility
- Full consultation carried out before anything proceeds
- Not currently pregnant or breastfeeding
Photos & video
Used for: Clinical notes, Training records. Face identifiable: yes.
This is asked for as separate media consent — agreeing to the treatment does not mean agreeing to this.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
At least 24 hours' notice requested
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Free training session — microneedling
- Needed for
- Training
- Location
- London
- Price
- Free (illustrative comparison: £120 standard clinic rate)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Notice
- This week
See full details
Who performs it
Aesthetics practitioner in training
Supervised throughout by a qualified aesthetics tutor
Eligibility
- Full consultation carried out before anything proceeds
- No active skin infections or recent sunburn in the treatment area
Photos & video
Used for: Clinical notes, Training records. Face identifiable: yes.
This is asked for as separate media consent — agreeing to the treatment does not mean agreeing to this.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
At least 24 hours' notice requested
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Newly qualified practitioner — BIAB application on hands
- Needed for
- Newly qualified practitioner
- Location
- London
- Price
- £20 (illustrative comparison: £45 standard salon price)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Notice
- Next 2 weeks
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Who performs it
Newly qualified nail technician
Salon owner available on-site throughout
Eligibility
- No known nail or skin conditions affecting the treatment area
Photos & video
No photos or video are taken for this opportunity.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
Please give at least 24 hours' notice
Illustrative example — not a live listing
Portfolio session — nanobladed brows
- Needed for
- Portfolio
- Location
- London
- Price
- Free (illustrative comparison: £150–£250 typical studio rate)
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Notice
- Last-minute
See full details
Who performs it
Newly qualified SPMU practitioner
Working independently as a newly qualified practitioner; academy remains available for support
Provider is seeking
Looking for a range of brow shapes and skin tones for portfolio variety
Eligibility
- Not currently pregnant or breastfeeding
- No previous SPMU in the treatment area
Photos & video
Used for: Portfolio, Social media. Face identifiable: yes.
This is asked for as separate media consent — agreeing to the treatment does not mean agreeing to this.
Aftercare & support
Written aftercare from the provider is attached once your booking is complete, along with how to contact them if you have a concern afterwards.
Cancellations
This slot is last-minute — please only apply if you can definitely attend
Why Chi Chis choose LOTACHI
One place to discover model opportunities.
- Discover opportunities in one place
- Find discounted and free opportunities
- Filter by location, price and availability, as the opportunity feed develops
- Hear about last-minute opportunities during the pilot
- See clear provider information
- Only receive opportunities relevant to your interests, where possible
The provider problem
Still finding models through WhatsApp, Instagram, spreadsheets and old databases?
Most providers recruit models the same fragmented way: a post here, a message there, a spreadsheet nobody keeps up to date. It works until it doesn't — an unsuitable enquiry, a specialist requirement nobody in your database fits, a cancellation the night before a session.
- Unsuitable enquiries
- Hours spent replying to people who were never going to be a fit.
- Difficult-to-fill requirements
- Specific hair, skin or treatment needs your usual channels rarely cover.
- No-shows and late cancellations
- A session at risk with no quick way to find a replacement.
- Staff time
- Recruiting models manually instead of running your business.
- Fragmented communication
- Enquiries scattered across DMs, group chats and inboxes with no shared record.
LOTACHI is being built as the model recruitment and workflow layer that sits alongside how you already run training — not another database to maintain, but a way to reach more of the right people, faster.
Why providers choose LOTACHI
A wider, more organised pool of models.
- Being built to reach a wider pool of potential models
- Structured model information
- Being built to match more precisely against your requirements
- Support with last-minute or difficult-to-fill appointments during the pilot
- Aiming to reduce repetitive admin
- A pool of returning models — planned for later
- Eventually, more systematic management of model opportunities
Trust & safety
What LOTACHI does — and what it doesn't.
LOTACHI helps people discover and connect with opportunities. Treatment suitability, consent, supervision and clinical decisions remain the responsibility of the relevant provider or qualified professional.
- LOTACHI is not the treatment or training provider — that responsibility sits with the provider you connect with.
- LOTACHI does not make clinical suitability decisions, and never infers suitability from photos or appearance.
- Providers remain responsible for consultation, consent, supervision, delivery and aftercare.
- Photo/video consent is always requested separately from treatment consent — never combined.
- Providers will be required to meet LOTACHI's onboarding requirements for their service and location.
Model transparency
Being a model can mean different things at different providers.
Know what you're agreeing to before you book.
What 'being a model' involves varies a lot — who performs the service, how it's priced, whether photos are taken and what they're used for, what aftercare looks like. LOTACHI's goal is to make those differences clear on every listing, before you book, not after.
- Why a model is needed
- Training, assessment, demonstration, portfolio, content creation and more — shown plainly, not left for you to guess.
- Who performs it, and supervision
- Whether it's a student, newly qualified practitioner or experienced professional, and how they're supervised.
- Pricing
- The model price, and a comparable standard price where the provider has given one.
- Duration and eligibility
- How long to expect, and any requirements the provider has set.
- Photos and video
- Whether any will be taken, exactly what they may be used for, and whether your face would be identifiable.
- Aftercare and contact
- Provider-specific aftercare attached to your booking, and how to reach the provider afterwards.
Treatment consent and media consent are not the same thing.
Agreeing to a treatment or training session is separate from agreeing to be photographed or filmed. Where a provider wants to take photos or video, that's always asked for as its own, separate consent — never bundled in with anything else.
Suitability isn't inferred from appearance.
Providers can state which hair types, skin types or other characteristics they're specifically seeking or equipped to work with. LOTACHI does not infer whether you're suitable for an opportunity from photos or appearance alone — that's for the provider to assess directly.
Why LOTACHI exists
Founded by Amaka Ananti.
LOTACHI is being built from first-hand experience of the fragmented way model opportunities are currently discovered and managed — after taking part in them herself, and hearing the same story from tutors, academies, clinics and salons.
Read more about LOTACHILondon early access
Help build LOTACHI from the start.
LOTACHI is currently building its founding Chi Chi and provider community in London, while testing real model-filling workflows. Join now and help shape the platform.