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Palm Beach Gardens, FL

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Avant Garde Salon

3.9 (115 reviews)
Closed 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Judy W.

I just moved to Palm Beach and I was desperate to find a hair salon to trust. I have blonde hair and finding someone who won't ruin your hair is hard. The first time I went to Avant Garde my experience was fine. My hair was highlighted differently then before but I figured I needed to learn to trust someone. Soo went back for a second time and it's my biggest regret. A trained stylist knows not to put highlights on top of highlights. It will ruin blonde hair. I went to get my growth taken care of but that did not happen. I got highlights over my highlights and now I have very damaged hair. I questioned what she was doing because you aren't facing a mirror... When they washed me I questioned the growth and roots and I was told it will lighten up once it's dry, well of course that didn't happen..When it was wet it looked like I got nothin done after three hours...The owner stepped in to try and do a quick fix since I was not very happy. They rewashed my hair and put permanent color on my roots.. and I left with a mostly wet head after four hours...needless to say I have a mess on my hands. Not to mention a cut that is not even blended...I now have very dry over processed hair with two toned roots. If you have blonde hair save your hair and do not go here!! Please! I wish I did more research! I didn't want to write this but I don't feel like I should let it go. If you do go, know your terminology and know exactly what you want. Don't leave it in their hands. I think the girl who did my hair is inexperienced and shouldn't do blondes... hope I can help someone with this review! Sorry Avant Garde I hayou a chance and now I have to spend more money to fix this! I have not had a problem in over 26 years. Mark do not turn this back to the client. Clearly you can see in the pictures fried damaged hair. I now have to do treatments on my hair three times a week to help repair the damage before I can even get it fixed. I've been told by a few professionals that I have a mess on my hands...Merideth is a very nice girl but needs additional training when dealing with blondes. I may not have known the correct terminology I did not go to school for this but My stylist should have known what to do or to make suggestions. I did give a five star review the first time, I didn't have any damage or over processed hair. This time a totally different story... my base should have never been broken and They never should have used bleach again on my hair. The front by my face has breakage... real nice. So please do NO turn this around to the client. Take the time to re-educate your stylist!

My bad experience at Avant Garde
Letty A.

I went to this salon to get a touch up on a balayage I already had with blonde hair. On their website they say that's their specialty and I have dark hair. Foils were not used on my hair causing my hair to turn orange. The owner said she did not know why her high end products were not making my hair blonde when it was clear my ends were blonde. She convinced me to glaze my hair dark and I was ok with it at first only because at one point I did have it darker and because she stated she was a master colorist. I left content until a week later half my hair turned orange and the other half turned to the beautiful blonde I already had. I told them I want to lighten my hair to blend with my blondes. Instead I got an upside down balayage. On top of that I was charged double for shampoo and conditioner and they refuse to give me my refund due to it not showing on their side even though I offered a copy of my statement to prove. They do not specialize on balayage unless your hair is light. Haircut was uneven but not so obvious unless I curl it. I was so sad being my hair means everything as I've seen a lot of loved ones lose it due to cancer. I went to my previous stylist and she was able to fix their mistake and give me the color I wanted. I will never leave my colorist again and wait until I get an appt with her. Never again will I come here again and if you have dark hair, dont bother. In response to Mark, I did tell them the first day I was unhappy about the orange. It upset me that they had to glaze my hair to cover the mistake. 11 days later I went back again and it was clear I still wasnt happy and I was told to come back in a month to re glaze and cover up more of the mistake. I showed a picture of what I wanted and the owner kept trying to talk me out of it. My hair already had the color I wanted, I just needed a root touch up and the owner not once took over Amanda's mistake. She only gave her instructions on how to try to fix. As for the double charge, I've already filed a dispute as I offered my statement as proof but it wasnt good enough. I had to pay another large amount for another salon to fix the mistake Avant Garde created. Not once have I ever had this issue in my 11 years of highlighting my hair. I was so sad for an entire month and cried because my hair color was ruined and decided not to re glaze and just wait for my stylist to return from her trip to fix my hair and give me the blonde that Jen the owner said her high end products couldn't give me. The staff was friendly and tried fixing the problem but it was obvious they weren't sure how to.

Terrible how do you let someone leave with this
Morgan B.

Jenn the owner invited me back to fix my hair. Jenn was very professional and did an awesome job fixing the spots and hair cut. She went above and beyond to make my second experience here a positive one! I will definitely be back to have jenn do my hair in the future.

Highlights and fresh layers by Vita
Meg S.

I am in Palm Beach Gardens for about 5 days while my husband is working down here. It's always a toss up situation if you need to get your hair highlighted and cut, especially when you have no clue who to go to. I found Avant Garde Salon at Legacy Place and I struck gold! My stylist, Vita, had only been in PBG for two weeks after moving here from Queens with her family. Long story short - she was WONDERFUL! I had not had my hair cut in about 8 months so it was in need of some TLC. And my highlights were fading as well. She nailed both exactly like I wanted and I could not be happier. If you live here, you should go if you are looking and if you are visiting, don't worry. You are in great hands with Vita! Actually every stylist there seemed knowledgeable and I was able to see the beautiful results on several of their clients while I was there. Beautifully decorated, clean and sanitized salon too! (And masks are optional which was WONDERFUL for me)! But thank you Vita, and Avant Garde Salon! I will be back next time I am in the area!

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Anna T.

Being a professional who comes from the Customer Service and Retail Industry, I pride myself on building client relationships for life and loyalty. Unfortunately, my last experience at AvanteGarde has not only ruined my experience with this salon, but my hair as well. I have been a loyal customer to Jenn and this salon for 3 years and have always enjoyed her work. On my last visit, I requested the same hair process I get each visit and the end result was not even close to what it usually looks like. When I got home and blew out my hair and saw the end results, I was immediately devastated and an emotional wreck. Being a woman your hair is part of your identity and confidence. I called the salon right away to see if they could get me in ASAP to fix my hair. The receptionist relayed my hair stylist (the owner Jenn) wasn't available and she would have to call me back. I called again b/c I needed it fixed. Another stylist Brittany agreed to fix my hair on Tuesday. (My original appt was Sat when this all happened and they are closed Sunday and Monday) Tuesday came, and I received a voicemail that Brittany went home sick and couldn't do it. I called back to speak to Jenn and she was "not available". I realized I was speaking to Brittany (even though the receptionist told me she went home sick??) She relayed that Jenn would call me. Wednesday morning I STILL hadn't heard from Jenn, so I called the salon that morning. As I explained to her how my hair turned out, you could hear in her voice how she couldn't careless and had no desire to go out of her way to assist in not only repairing my hair, but maintaining my loyalty to her business. When asking if she could fit me in her schedule for the week because my hair is not appropriate for my business office, she answered with "well I can't cancel someone else's appointment to put you in." I completely understand not canceling another client's appointment, but she did not even offer an alternative or ability to try to squeeze me in between appointments or offer to see if another stylist could assist as well. (I would have heavily tipped someone to fix Jenn's mistake) At the end of the day yes I am very upset over my hair, but what hurts more is the stylist could careless at trying to maintain my business and my loyalty of continuing to utilize her services. I had to get a consultation from another salon and the OWNER stayed until 9:45PM to fix my hair. Response to Jenn's reply 7.14.17 : Regardless if I misspoke the name from Brittany to Nicole, those pictures were taken on Saturday less than 1 hour from leaving the salon. Left salon at 5:31pm. pic of the back of my hair was taken at 6:09pm and at the beach from the side at 6:25pm. This IS your work. Those photos are dated and time stamped for proof. Also, you did NOT offer me an appointment on Wednesday after work with Nicole, otherwise I would have accepted it. If you remember our conversation Wednesday morning, I told you that someone said you had availability open on Wednesday evening and you told me that you didn't. You offered me an appointment on Friday at 5:30pm which I would have happily attended if you would have handled this situation differently. I did call (with proof on my cell phone) on Friday at 12:48pm to cancel my 5:30pm appt with you as I had to go elsewhere to get my hair fixed on Thursday evening. By the way, whichever Nicole was going to fix my hair on Tuesday and was supposedly home sick, verbally told me on the phone that she was the one who was going to fix my hair, but you didn't want anyone else to do it, that's how I knew the receptionist lied. I've been coming to you longer than 5 months......so your March 2017 dates are incorrect. You literally have a photo on your instagram of my before and after dated March 3rd 2016. This was not my first visit to you. And yes, you absolutely did do a great color correction on me. You did suggest a blow dry this visit, but you also charge extra for it, which doesn't change the service you performed. You were booked anyways and wouldn't have been able to fix it from what you replied. You obviously weren't listening when I FINALLY got ahold of you on Wednesday b/c I did not relay to you that there were 2 stripes? Not sure where you got that from. End of story, I truly would have liked to give you a chance to fix it, but you handled the whole situation so poorly. For this to happen on Saturday and me call your salon on Tuesday twice and again on Wednesday to finally speak with you is ridiculous. All I wanted was a sense of urgency and some compassion.

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I travel from boca raton to have my high lights and cuts done by the incredibly talented owner, Jen.

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