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    Highlights + style I did!!
    Baylee J.

    I had an amazing experience at Baldwin!!!The instructors were incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and supportive, ensuring I gained the confidence and skills needed to succeed in the beauty industry. I went from being a quiet shy girl, to wanting every single blow out and color that walked in. The owners Randy and Wendi made me feel like family. I actually became very close to their daughter as well. To this day, they keep in touch and show a ton of love and support 4 years later! The hands-on training was top-notch, and the curriculum was well-structured to cover everything from the latest techniques to business fundamentals. The staff genuinely cared about student success, and the positive, professional environment made learning enjoyable. I highly recommend this school to anyone serious about pursuing a career in cosmetology! Attached is Highlights & a style I did while I was there!

    Her work

    Jess did my hair and it was the best experience ever! She's so kind and my hair turned out amazing. I recommend her to anyone wanting a full highlight or a big change!

    Jenny H.

    I asked for baby blond highlights and even showed them the top photograph (that I have attached to this review) as an example. I went in TWICE, for a total of SEVEN hours, and ended up with an orange shade that was nowhere near what I asked for. The owners were indifferent, and my concerns were not addressed. SAVE YOUR HAIR AND DO NOT GO HERE.

    Winter White Nails.
    Starr W.

    Emily Faught was my absolute favorite person at this school. It appears that she has graduated already, but I truly appreciated her work. She was a newbie, like a caterpillar, and I watched her grow into the beautiful butterfly that she is now. Unfortunately I won't be back since Emily is gone, but I am in touch with her, and I am sure she appreciates the education from Baldwin!!

    My hair after their dark color
    Mary S.

    They require you to redeem your Groupon BEFORE you get service. If blonde: make sure you have a swatch to compare before and after. They put dark color on my hair I did NOT ask for. I wanted a light blonde. I got a very dark reddish blonde that I have to have fixed elsewhere. I spent 3 hours in the sink them putting this that and the other trying to fix it and they never did. The instructor said "well, they are students learning after she did this and the student just smiled when asked for info. and instructor said after all that "it will lighten up at home as I wash it" and in fairness said she wasn't going to use my Groupon - I declined the offer and she didn't know that the idiot nail tech at the counter had already redeemed my Groupon. - I came in at 11am and finally got it blow dried at 2pm. Had to wait for someone to cut as we got off schedule with the color snafu. Next person was a sweet young woman who cut my hair, took way longer than I could stand. Wasn't thrilled with the cut and was shorter than I wanted in the front and I just got up and said, can't take anymore and left. Will NOT return.

    Over 1" drags EVERYWHERE!
    M F.

    A DIRTY CIRCUS! The owner Wendi FOUND MY PHONE NUNBER AND TEXT MY PERSONAL PHONE photos posted) after I called the instructor Joe after my service and told her that I wanted a refund. Service: GROUPON FULL HIGHLIGHTS and TRIM. They don't tell you when booking their definition of a full HL is 25 foils WHAAAAAT. I was told in the DIRTY broken chair it would be $45 more for my all blonde inspo pic (full bright blonde.) The stylist struggled through the whole thing, placed dragging random foils with MAJOR gaps and a clowny money piece right in the front. Didn't check my foils, used half of the toner and then cut 4.5 INCHES OFF the bottom layer of my hair when we repeatedly said HALF AN INCH. The instructor Joe SAW THE CUT LINE AND DID NOT TELL ME!!! (more pics posted!). NO REFUND JUST EXCUSES! NO hot water. BROKEN shampoo bowls. DIRTY towels. DIRTY EVERYTHING! NO appropriate oversight from instructors as advertised. Joe said she could offer me a complimentary PEDICURE WTF. Laughable. My service was 9:30am-4pm yall. Here's my response to Queen Wendi's INAPPROPRIATE texts. "Wendy how dare you message a client to give me your stories and circumstances that have absolutely nothing to do with my hair and the service or atrocious experience I encountered. There is zero excuse for these results and my hair is RUINED and you are taking no accountability for the fact that Joe and my stylist dishonestly hid the mistakes done on my hair and you are petty enough to not return my money to me so I can pay a professional to correct my entire head of hair. Posting awareness and the TRUTHFUL results that I walked of your establishment is not a threat. No need to dramatize reviews on social media as "threats." The times have changed, is isn't 2002 anymore. A client is greatly dissatisfied and her hair is ruined and for you to be more concerned and try to guilt trip me about social media than to focus on a proper solution is ridiculous and I pity you. Do not contact me again unless you will refund my $115." In the end, I payed a PROFESSIONAL $350 for the gorgeous EVEN results I asked for in half the time. This place is nasty and so is their attitude. NO REFUNDS/ NO EXCEPTIONS. AVOID AVOID AVOID!!! With love, a 15 year hair professional ;)

    Touching her face then touching client.
    Alix G.

    I really like how my hair turned out. It took longer than expected but it was a student so I forgive that part. The part I did not care for was how lax they are on masks. Joanna the teacher never wore a mask in the almost 5 hours I was there. In that time she put her hands on clients and stood instructing in very crowded groups of people. Absolutely no social distancing to compensate for the lack of mask. I saw several students walking around without masks and most of the girls had them down past their nose. Whether we want it or not we are living through an active pandemic. I want to go to a place that takes it seriously. I'm not sure if I will be back until they up their safety protocols.

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    Hair highlights toner blowout. Great job by Ella and the staff at Baldwin. Thank you.

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    They do a great job on my hair. I'm very happy with the cut. My daughter got a manicure and really liked the result.

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    Ask the Community - Baldwin Beauty Schools

    I'm curious as to how you all scheduled your appointments... I have a Groupon to use and called to set up an appointment but only got a voicemail recording. I left a message for a call back but the voicemail message didn't really address people…

    I called the north location and left a voicemail. I got a text from Wendi Baldwin at the school later saying they are primarily walk-ins, but she set me up with an appointment after asking what I wanted and confirming which location. When I arrived… 

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    Paul Mitchell The School Austin

    Paul Mitchell The School Austin

    2.8(111 reviews)
    1.6 mi
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    I have gone to other salons like Super Cuts and other places that charge too much for what they do…read more I had my hair cut at Super Cuts and she did not follow my instructions. I waited 2 months to see if I could do something else to style it with. I remembered that i used to go to a beauty college in arizona. When I lived there and they always did a good job with my hair. Taking their time along with the teachers. So I decided to give Paul Mitchell beauty college a try. And I was very happy with the student that actually listened to me along with her teacher and they cut my hair. The way it should have been in the first place. I was very pleased with the young lady. And I will also be going back there to get my hair colored. Their prices are so reasonable because they are a beauty college. So I highly recommend to go over there. If you want to get your hair done the proper way, then some of these other cheap places like super cuts. And great Clips, I really don't advise going to any of these places. They have raised their prices too high for what they don't do or listen. So I will give paul mitchell, a five star review, and I'll be going back there next month to get my hair colored.

    My regular hairdresser was on vacation, so I thought I would take a chance on the Paul Mitchell…read moreSchool. I went here for a basic cut. My hair is not difficult, since it is straight and fine, and I simply wanted my pixie cut neatened up. Each student consults with their teacher before starting the haircut, and the student proposes what they plan to do in the teacher either approves or amends the plan. My student did a great job for about 90% of the cut; unfortunately, the part that didn't come out that great was around my face. She kept cutting one side to make it look a certain way, which was also getting the cut to be shorter and shorter and shorter... I finally had to forcibly tell her to stop cutting! She then asked her instructor to come over, and I expected the instructor to notice that my hair was uneven, but she didn't. At this point, I had been in the chair over 90 minutes and just wanted to get out of there. I went home, grabbed my scissors, and evened out the haircut myself. I probably would not go back here, no matter the circumstance

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    Olivia made the salon experience the best, highly recommend her.

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    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute - Austin

    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute - Austin

    2.8(233 reviews)
    3.2 mi
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    Eco-friendly
    Walk-ins welcome

    Came in for a 60 min facial followed by a haircut. This is my first time coming to an Aveda school…read more Facial- relaxing and good flow. i wish there was more shoulder massage but it was professional and enjoyable. Haircut- i wanted to get a trim, long layers, and face framing strands. I loved my haircut but it took much longer than i expected. I saw the reviews and people have said it took long so I made sure to have an ample amount of time, I was just starving haha. I appreciated the students for being so diligent and careful with the service. Instructors definitely knew what they were doing and checking the haircut. Would I come back? Yes i would. For the price, its for a good cause, and close to where i live!

    I get that this is students. I was lucky enough to get a good haircut here so I wanted to get my…read moreeyelashes permed and colored too. Guess what, my lashes didn't perm at all, not even a curve. I lay down and basically the student put on the perm solution too early or did it poorly, no worries the instructor comes in and fixes it because they don't want to overprocess my lashes they don't leave it on that long that's fine. The student proceeds to do a poor hand massage and poor neck massage, that's fine, again learning. She then takes forever to clean up my eyes why because she applied the dye very poorly which required so much clean up that when I got up I still looked like a raccoon, that's fine, learning. I get up, my lashes didn't even curve. Not even a little bit. I'm upset obviously because I just spent 1.5 hours on this table to look EXACTLY THE SAME. The instructor comes in too explain what happened and again I get it but you didn't give me this explanation before I laid down? No disclaimers no nothing. She said okay my advisor isn't here but we want to make this right we want you to come in again and fix this. So NICOLE calls me this morning and is like I'm so sorry blah blah blah I was like okay I'll schedule my next appt, the instructor had mentioned complimentary. She's like no most we can do is 20% off, I was like alright please kindly leave me alone than.

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    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute - Austin
    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute - Austin

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    R&C Beauty College

    R&C Beauty College

    2.5(4 reviews)
    7.1 mi

    based on my experience, I went to do a hair color and hair cut . was not satisfied at allread more

    I use Groupon and/or go to cosmetology schools for hair services. It helps with my budget and gives…read morethe stylist hours needed for their certification. I have used: Vouge Baldwin Paul Mitchell Aveda I have had average to amazing services from each one. I tried a new one using Groupon called R & C Beauty School. The price of the Groupon was half of their regular fees which is higher than the above mentioned schools. The appearance of the school was clean and looked like a regular salon. I showed up and was greeted. One of the instructors showed me to a chair. We did our consultation and I showed her a picture of the color I would like to try. She explained that it wouldn't be possible, which made me feel good that she wasn't giving me false hope. She had 2 students start the color process. They were nice. They were communicating with each other and at one point went to ask the other instructor a question and he answered them. They were laughing as he was walking away. I thought it was a little rude because from what I could understand they were not being nice about the first instructor. The other issues I had were; one of the students dropped her comb that she was using reached down picked it up and continued to use it and the second was that when the student was starting to blow dry my hair she didn't use any heat protection before she began drying my hair. I understand that it isn't cheap to run a business. However, without Groupon the school would have been close or the same as some salons I've used. I am happy with my color, not the cut.

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