Trying out a new salon can be a daunting task. For one reason or another you make the choice to…read moreleave your current stylist in search of greener pastures, and keep your fingers crossed that you're not walking into something worse. It doesn't always matter that the library of photos is impeccable and makes you wish you could pull the trigger on vibrant colors that you definitely won't have the brain space to maintain... There's still something unknown. But you book anyway (best to do so through their website and varago). You cross your fingers, eyes, legs, and toes for a good experience, and wait for your appointment. I can confidently say, I was not disappointed. Stephanie of Bettie Bangs met me at the larger salon door, walked me back to her studio, and instantly made me feel welcome. We talked through my previous experiences, discussed future ideas I had, and she gave me a fabulous cut and style quickly and very reasonably priced. The salon itself was clean, cozy, and felt like a place full of friends - as the two stylists chatted between client conversations, interjecting stories and shared experiences. Excellent vibes all around. I'll be booking again for sure. Thanks for making the transition between stylists easy and pain free :)

Stephanie is fantastic. She listens to what I need and delivers in a super kind way. Easy to…read moreschedule in advance and is very flexible.

I got the second worst haircut of my life here. Imagine being postpartum, with tiny baby hairs…read moregrowing back, and the stylist cuts your actual hair to match the postpartum regrowth. It's so bad that every morning I look in the mirror and genuinely want to cry. The stylist also gave me bangs -- even though I explicitly did not want bangs. Now, with the real postpartum hair coming in mixed with the trimmed front pieces, I wake up every day looking like Kim Jong-un with these awkward little sections hanging down. It is so bad. The outcome was clearly due to a lack of communication. The stylist could not speak English, which made it impossible to clearly explain what I wanted or didn't want. This isn't about race -- I'm Asian as well -- it's about basic communication. If we can't communicate, the result speaks for itself. I won't name the stylist because I don't want anyone personally targeted, but I will not be returning. I'd rather pay double to work with a stylist I can clearly communicate with.

Quality haircut that won't break the bank. I only trust Jessica with my haircut. She's skillful. My…read morehusband also goes to Jessica. Highly recommend.

Kathy was fantastic. She made my 16 year olds daughter hair look so great!! I love it so much, I'll…read morestart seeing Kathy for my hair too. She's very pleasant and friendly, too. Great experience and great price too for a great woman's cut, shampoo & style included.

After many years of looking for a salon that offers great hair service at a reasonable price, I…read morefinally found Styles Hair Studios based on recommendations from several friends. Ming has been cutting and coloring my hair for the past 2 years and I've always left the salon with beautiful, healthy hair. She's an amazing stylist and have always gone above and beyond to make sure that I leave happy. The other stylists are super friendly and deliver the same quality service. The price is extremely fair; I've paid much more at other trendy salons for similar cuts and colors. Styles Hair Studios is definitely a hidden gem!

I found my forever hairstylist! Madison is the BEST! Super talented, plus kind and hilarious! I…read morealways look forward to my appointments. Every time i get my hair cut or dyed, I always get compliments all because of her. I also wanted to add, I've been seeing her for 3 years now. I'm notorious for jumping from hairstylist to hairstylist, but Madison has been my favorite by a mile!

Madison is wonderful! She cuts and styles my hair and has my hair feeling and looking perfect! I…read morewalk out so happy every time.

Great hair stylist! 35 years experience, listens well and loves his work. Easy to make an…read moreappointment too!

You can believe all the good reviews. This is one of the BEST haircuts I have ever had. Faraz is…read morethe owner and he knows what he is doing. He is very nice, the salon is cute and clean, and the prices are great. I am just sorry I did not find this place years ago! Wasted time and money on the so called "high-end" fancy places that were pretty on the inside, but the stylists had no talent and you are charged a fortune for a bunch of nothing. Blonde Faith can kiss my arse.

I asked for more blending of my top, heavy layer, to go back to the long, layered haircut I…read morepreviously had, shown in pics below that I showed Ariel. Ariel cut four inches off my hair and cut short, choppy layers into my hair. I also showed her pictures of my hair with plenty of contrast with my natural hair. She left my hair generally with a diffuse, all over blonde, even blonding my lowest layer of hair, which clearly was left natural in my pictures. When she started, I told her the backcombing/teasy highlighting method she was using repeatedly had not worked for me hair. She said it was the only method she knows to blonde hair, and, unsurprisingly, it again produced results I don't like. At the end, Ariel left my hair short, choppy and frizzy and bullied me by telling me that she just thinks I'm going to have a hard time finding a stylist. If she only knows one method of blonding hair, and thinks that the haircut pictured below, is the same as the blended, long layers I showed her in my pictures, I believe she needs significantly more education to justify the prices she's charging (nearly $500 for the one blonding technique she knows and cutting off years of my hair growth into an unflattering cut I'm now stuck with). Please note that, instead of taking accountability and addressing my issue directly with me, the owner decided to have affiliates post a bunch of "positive reviews." Says everything to me about how much she cares about customer satisfaction.

Since moving to Austin, it was hard to find someone to trust with my hair - I had tried a few…read moreplaces before finally finding my girl Ariel! She is a complete professional and knows so much about her craft. She takes time to listen carefully during consultation, and provides an honest and expert assessment and recommendation of the best methods to address your personal needs. She is willing to go above and beyond to meet your hair goals. Her styling work for special events absolutely beautiful. She is also the sweetest human and I look forward to visiting with her every time I come in! Please do not hesitate to book with this amazing stylist!

Just got myself the best hair cut by Hanna! She is very friendly, her studio space is clean,…read moreintimate and she knew the aesthetic I was hoping to achieve when I showed her some pictures of the cut I was after. I showed up with SUPER duper long grown out hair but she was meticulous and fast in getting me sat in the chair, layers cut for days, and even asked if I wanted to lighten up the thickness of my hair. It feels so healthy and refreshed since it's been some time I've sat down for a hair cut. And the fact that it's a reasonable haircut and right by my house in NW Austin/Cedar Park proximity, I love everything about her, the zen. She can talk to you or you can keep it low energy to recharge as she was playing the great British bake off for me and it was absolutely divine to just have peace and quiet for my hair goals on NYE! I can't wait to return and see her again, she has my loyalty and love! Thank you for a wonderful haircut Hanna!

I scheduled an appointment with Hannah on a whim. I've been to many Korean salons in Austin you…read morename it CNN, Soha Hair Salon, Bono and the likes but they all lacked the genuine customer service that we all hope for rather you are treated like just another body on their salon chair to make a quick buck. Hannah was different from the outset she listened to what I wanted to achieve and gave her honest feedback as to whether that style would look as pictured or whether it would be a high maintenance hairstyle. I trusted her opinion and went with more layers to give my hair some movement and I have to say I am beyond pleased. Not only is Hannah down-to-earth but her prices can't be beat also her private salon space is clean and tidy. If you are looking for an experienced hairstylist who listens to you and executes precisely then search no further than Hannah!

Just to preface -- I speak pretty good Korean and have very stereotypical Asian hair (dark, stick…read morestraight), which is definitely a plus for this kind of salon with a largely East Asian customer base, and definitely helps with communication. If you have different needs, or a drastically different hairstyle/hair type, I would recommend finding a salon that suits your needs better because obviously Asian people cut Asian hair well. All said, I loved being there. It felt like the Korean salons back at home (I'm from Chicago) but a large amount cleaner and way better organized. I had a great and super fun conversation with my stylist Younie and she did an excellent job with my hair, cut off no more and no less than what I wanted and she gained a customer for as long as I'm in the Austin area. If you're looking for a Korean salon and know exactly what you want, I highly recommend this business. Extra recommendation if you have Asian hair.

I had my haircut with younie Kim almost after a year. She did it as it is shown in my reference…read morepicture. It was really good. I'm going back!!

Really horrible first/last experience. I told Wendy numerous times I did not want my hair shorter…read morethan my shoulders, but I wanted dead ends cut off. Period, end of story. Not over the shoulders. I wear my hair up a lot. Admittedly, my hair was fried but the thing to do would be to get to where you can and have a conversation before continuing if it's going to not be what the customer wants. This didn't happen. She very easily could have cut 2 inches and said we should take more off - is that ok? Nope. Instead, she cut off a good 5-6 inches of my hair without saying a word. When I saw how much she cut off I freaked out a little and she just said "sorry". Half my head was already cut. She kept going. I went with it because at this point, what am I going to do? Leave with my left side 5 inches shorter than my right and still have to have it evened out somewhere else? Walk around like a crazy person until I can get an appt? I gave the benefit of the doubt, let her finish (like what choice did I have?) - even went so far as to pay cash and left a 20% tip bc she shared some personal things with me which made me feel bad for her, not because she did a good job. It's been a couple of days and I just washed & styled my hair as I normally do and it's just a mess. It's shorter than my shoulders and frizzy as heck. I contacted her to let her know I was unhappy and ask for a partial refund. She told me no refunds while repeatedly admitted she needs to work on her listening skills (as a hairdresser???). She also proceeded to insult me personally, tell me it would grow out, blah blah blah. So here's the lesson - treat your customers with a modicum of respect. I wasn't going to post a bad review until she started telling me my hair was the problem and not her lack of attention. I've had literally 30+ curly cuts from other stylists and never had this issue before, so this isn't just me being difficult to please. This is a hairdresser simply not listening to the customer and then being obstinate and insulting on top of it...despite admitting they weren't listening. Heck no. I look like a Q-tip.

I had very high hopes, but unfortunately I was extremely disappointed with both my experience and…read morethe haircut I received from Wendy. My appointment started 45 minutes late, and throughout the appointment she talked almost entirely about herself. I could have overlooked that if I had left with a good haircut, but I didn't. I arrived exactly as instructed on her website: hair freshly washed, dry, and with a light amount of product so my curls would be in their natural state for a dry curl cut. However, as soon as I sat down, she raked through all of my curls with her fingers, which completely defeated the purpose of getting a dry curl-by-curl cut based on my natural curl pattern. For someone advertising herself as a curl specialist, she treated my hair as if it were straight. I explained that I only wanted a small trim and help fixing uneven areas since I had been trimming my own hair for the last few years. I specifically remember her asking if I wanted "as little off as possible," and I clearly said yes. Despite that, she cut off approximately 4-6 inches of my hair, and that measurement is with my hair curly, not stretched straight. At that point I was honestly in shock. I didn't speak up because the hair was already gone and I assumed the professional knew what she was doing. If my ends were truly damaged enough to require that much length removed, that should have been discussed with me beforehand, including showing me exactly how much she recommended cutting. The haircut itself also felt very random and lacked any clear technique or structure. At the end, she sprayed water or product onto random sections of my hair, brushed parts of it again, and diffused it, but the final result looked frizzy, poofy, and poorly shaped. I went in hoping to finally leave a salon feeling good about my curls, especially from someone branding herself as a curl specialist, and instead my hair looked worse than when I arrived. I rarely leave reviews and I am not someone who enjoys criticizing people, but this was genuinely such a negative experience that I do not want someone else to go through the same thing. I lost years of growth that will likely take at least three years to regain, and I am still devastated over it.

Do not do the same mistake as me and mix up this salon with Windy Hair Salon Original on Burnet…read more After researching I now realize that was the salon I heard great reviews about. I previously got a cold perm with Heeja 2-3 years ago. Not any issue of note other than I wasn't a fan of the cut she did so decided to go to another salon for the following perm. I decided to give Heeja another shot and booked an appointment for a Digital Perm online with a starting price of $200. HUGE MISTAKE! Not only did I wait 40+ minutes for her to finish her previous appointment-- she told me due to the length of my hair the price has gone up to a whopping $690!! I have gotten many perms before, and adjusted price for length is not a surprise but more than 3x the original price is insanity. (We also agreed that she'd trim off dead hair so that the length would be just below my chest.) The false advertisement felt dishonest and scammy. I told her I was not comfortable moving forward as that is out of my budget. She said if I didn't want to do anything the "system" would still charge me $100. After a bit of back and forth we decided to do a cold perm for $250. I have gotten multiple cold perms, including the previous one from her. I told her as long as it's not super tight spiral curls I'm flexible. As long as it had volume, especially at the top, I didn't mind if it was curly or wavy. In the end my hair is exactly the same, if not straighter. There is a clear line of my natural straight hair growth and my old perm. There is no consistency from top to bottom. My hair is flat and straight at the top. She even said she did tighter curls on the bottom half and that hair is nearly completely straight. I waited over a year and a half to get a perm as I've been diligently applying products to make it healthier. Now my hair is drier, frizzier, damaged from the chemical treatment and I didn't even get any results! She tried to gaslight me and say that I got what I asked for. The pictures speak for themselves. Everyone I know says I don't look like I got anything done. It's one thing for the result not to come out as intended, it's a whole other thing to not take accountability and admit a mistake. Photos in black top are after appointment. Photo in gray is before appointment. Disappointment is an understatement!

Honestly, this haircut was quite disappointing. It only took about 20 minutes to finish cutting my…read moremedium-length hair -- normally it takes at least 30 minutes. The final result looked like something I could have done myself with a pair of craft scissors . I specifically asked to trim the sideburn area, but she said it would be hard to manage afterward, so she didn't touch it at all. Now, not only can I not comb the side hair properly, but even the back doesn't fall into place anymore. And to top it off, the price was even higher than other salons I've been to. Maybe I just don't get the "artistry," but I truly don't see what I paid extra for. It's kind of funny in hindsight, but definitely not an experience I'd want to repeat.