Ok - I just received the WORST manicure and pedicure I've ever received here!! I understand these are students but it was ridiculous- that's being polite! A girl named Anastasia worked on me and it was horrible !!!!' Let's begin-- I had a deluxe pedi along with a manicure -- there is polish everywhere on my hands and toes, it's like a five year old painted my nails ! She ran through everything- no attention to detail and the best part is she stopped to do her own nails in the middle of it, she was more concerned about her nails than doing mine ! COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL , HORRIBLE WORK , WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY!!! DO NOT LET ANASTASIA TOUCH YOU!!!! I basically just paid to have my feet washed-- just washed! If I say the experience was half ass , that's an understatement!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!! read more

I had a confirmed via text appointment, booked a month in advance with available therapist. I get there early, and am told they had no way to contact me to say my therapist couldn't be in today. I watched 3 other clients check in after me with no problem. I drove one hour on my only day off, and when I expressed my frustration, had 2 managers tell me I was out of line. I have been a regular, and have promoted this place. They could only hope someone didn't show for their next appt so I could get it? Total BS. I drove an hour back home, and wasted an entire morning. So many excuses, but none admitting they made a mistake. Never again. read more

Instructors really care about the students. I finished the esthetics program relatively quickly. I'm now a professional freelance makeup artist and stay booked up with clients. It was a great choice for me! read more

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If I could post a zero, I would. Stay far away from this school. As a parent, I am highly disappointed at the treatment these kids get at this school. The instructors are very disrespectful, and look for ways to keep you from getting your hours, so at the end they may charge you extra for days/hours you missed. They change the "Rules" all the time, so the students never know what is accurate, especially for attendance and assignment turn ins. The owners are both partial to the massage students since that is their background. Just look at their FB page, you can see how much the massage school promos outnumber the other two courses just in the. There is no Esthetician specific instructor, it is a cosmetology instructor, and this changes all the time. The current student instructor does not questionable things that the current students know are not right. My daughter has gone through about 7 instructors in 7 months. There is no stability for these students in this program. They are pretty much forced to teach themselves, and beg the instructors to test them out for weeks or a couple months in some cases, so they may work these specific tasks on clients. There is no organization here at all. Beware, they try to make you feel like it is an honor to be "accepted" in to this school. When actually they take mostly everyone who applies it appears. They will charge you about three times as much as other schools (over 17k) so they can get their hands on federal funding. Alabama licensing law requires 1000 hours, Blue Cliff forces you to go for 1500. Although the commission allows you to test at 1000 hours even if you are still in school, Blue Cliff must sign the permission, which they will not. (because they may lose money if you decide not to finish, I am sure). We were told at the signing we would have NO other out of pocket expenses, EVERYTHING was covered in that extraordinary amount of tuition. Well surprise, surprise, that was not accurate. They tell you what you want to hear in order for you to sign on the contract. They will sneak more papers in the first day when the parent is not there to advise the student. They will not be allowed to bring these home either. My daughter has had to purchase all of her supplies for her state board kit in order for them to practice in class. She is now being told they have to purchase their own products to work on clients!!!! WHAT?!! They are making ALL of the money off of the client services, the students get absolutely no commission or credit for their products used. My daughter also has medical problems which was stated at the beginning of this course, and letters were turned into the office from doctors stipulating this. Now they tell her when she missed, if she does not have a doctor's excuse for that day, then she cannot return for three days!!! (another changed rule, obviously) There is plenty of favoritism here and teachers love to gossip about students. They cluster up in the Admin office and laugh and gossip about students and parents for that matter if you happen to go up there to defend your student for unfair treatment. I witnessed it myself, so it cannot be denied. There are cosmo instructors that come and listen and get involved in conversations about Esthetician students. That is none of their business, and should not be allowed. There is absolutely No confidentiality here! In closing, be careful which "good" ratings you read on some of these sites, as I skim some of these, I know there are employees making 5 star ratings on them in order to boost their ratings. If you really want to do an Esthetic school in Alabama, go north or wait a few months until their competition opens up. There may also be one across the bay now. You could seriously go to another school out of town for at least half the cost and pay for an apartment while in school and still come out ahead. This school seriously needs more competition, then maybe they will get their act together. This is all my personal opinions from my experience at Blue Cliff College. read more

I absolutely love this school. I came in their office to your the school and ended up signing up for esthetician program they offered. I didn't want to take out loans but they made the process do easy and helpful that i did it any way. I didn't even feel pressured from the staff. The teachers and office staff were so close with the students and where they needed to be as a student and where they should be. The student body is relatively an open canvas. Everyone of all ages and walks of life attend. So be prepared to get to know a lot of different people. When I was getting ready to finish they helped with my resume and gave me a list of employers that were hiring. Over all experience was amazing.. I'm a different person now than I was when I first started. I'm actually going back there for massage next test so that should tell you something! read more

This school was not very professional. I did not learn much. They had one good massage teacher and the chiropractor was pretty good too. The owners weren't that great. And some of the office people were rude. They scammed me out of my money. read more

A friend had told me about her massage and facial she got there. I couldn't believe that she received such service for that price. It took a few weeks but I finally chose to challenge her review and made my own appointment. My massage was so relaxing and I actually fell asleep during my facial. They made recommendations for my next treatments and I'll be making my appointment soon! read more

This Esthetics program is a COMPLETE rip off. Richard and Fonda are two con artists and all they care about is money! I went through (literally) 5 instructors during my time there and learned hardly anything. My classmates and I would end up teaching ourselves via internet and text book. Then they overcharged us for our student kit (which contained the cheapest of everything). I really hate that I chose Blue Cliff, now I'm up to my neck with about $20,000.00 in student loans! I know that there aren't many Esthetician programs in the area but please do extensive research before considering this school! read more