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    3.8 (112 reviews)
    Closed 8:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Sunyoung Y.

    Natalia gave me a Bob cut for the summer. I loved how lighter my hair got so that I can spend less time on the maintenance. It is chic and cute.

    Adriana H.

    They are awesome, they're super friendly and I recommend them for friends and family. I'm glad I went there. Tino is really a great Barber and I even dyed my hair there they were amazing. I got a lot of compliments thanks

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    I would not reccomend this salon. I have had my hair done by a cosmetology student before so I understand they are learning, but my stylist J DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING. Every cut he had to ask for instructor assistance. He brushed my hair so hard, my head is sore. He didn't hold the hair at the roots to prevent pulling. I arrived at 9:30 and was told they accidentally made my appt for Friday instead of today. I told them I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow (Thursday) so there's no way I would have made it for Friday. Thankfully they had an opening, so they took me right back. By 11:30 I had to tell them I needed to be out by noon to pick up my child from school. At this point the haircut still wasnt finished. I was told I could give up the remaining services or come back. I returned after a couple hours (hour round trip). J went ahead and completed the blow dry. However my hair does NOT look like the picture. I questioned them before I left and they told me they did long layers. I had shown J the picture since the beginning but apparently he didnt tell his is to his instructor. I wouldn't have driven back for just a blow dry, I thought they were going to fix my hair. I have attached the requested hairstyle and the end product. I gave a two star review since my hair isn't embarrassing, but definitely not what I asked for. Furthermore when a client is in the seat, they should be the priority. J constantly was asking other student how their lunch/break was, what were their weekend plans or other off topic questions. I did not feel like a priority which clearly delayed the service rendered for multiple hours. I would be willing to return to have this fixed at a later time, but at this time I will reccomend friends & family stay away.

    Ericka R.

    Ariana did an amazing job on my nails for my birthday! I would follow her around to any shop she worked for! Attentive to my needs, answering questions and a wonderful attitude!

    Love my experience Andrew did a great job I'm very happy with my hair color my hair looks beautiful.Andrew.He is ve professional he is the best. I will definitely going back The conversation was great and the hair color even better. Thank you Andrew!!

    Elaine R.

    First time here and I had a wonderful experience. Adriel did a wonderful job on my hair. Instructors were very knowledgeable and available for all questions and concerns. I highly recommend.

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    I had my hair done with Grace loved it , as always I will be back again to get my hair done

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    Kate did an amazing job cutting and styling my hair. Although she is a student, I highly recommend her.

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    I had an amazing experience, Mark took his time to complete every step of the process and my hair came out lovely!! Thank you!!

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    I got my nails done by Emily and she did such an amazing job!! 10/10 recommend Emily for the nails!

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    Chris L does excellent men's and boys' cuts! Highly recommend him--he's friendly, skilled, and really knows his stuff

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    Best salon experience ever! The students/staff are extremely welcoming and professional. Makaila…read morewas everything you could ask for in a hairdresser. She listened to my request and delivered a great haircut. Everything from the wash to the blowout was executed better than what I have encountered at a much higher price point. I tried this option out of desperation when my regular stylist cancelled at the last minute, but I will definitely be a return customer. It is not very often that you find a spot that meets your expectations, today, Makaila, and the front desk guy, exceeded mine! Thank you.

    PLEASE READ!! I graduated a few months back and I have had some time to reflect on my experience…read morehere. I want to go ahead and say Ms. Shaunda, Ms. Cindy, and Ms. Blackshear absolutely made my entire experience here worth it. Their professionalism and wisdom helped me through so much and I want to think they are the reason I stayed at this school. The other staff members at this school were at times unprofessional, childish, rude, unreasonable, and disrespectful. They proved time and time again that they were inexperienced and truly didn't understand cosmetology. On multiple occasions they were completely unhelpful on client services as well as teaching services on our mannequin heads. At one point in my time here our instructor Ms. Megan was teaching us Men's haircuts (and I use the word "teaching" loosely) and as we did each assessment and got our results back each time it would say "good but needs more blending" but never explained what blending was or how to achieve the look she was talking about. On a separate occasion Ms. Megan brought gifts and cupcakes for a group of students who stayed the day before because a group of us left early. She told a student that stayed that they better show up the next day because she was going to bring gifts in order to humiliate those of us that left that day. That next morning they had a whole assembly with the entire school where they presented these gifts and cupcakes in an attempt to embarrass and humiliate those of us that left. Ms. Megan also discriminated against my gay friend Ishmael. She refused to say that he did drag when having us do an ice breaker activity where we all made up 2 truths and 1 lie. When she got to Ish's she read it out loud and instead of reading "I do drag" she read "I do dress up" as if she was disgusted by the idea. If that wasn't enough she wrote him up multiple times for reasons she couldn't explain saying that he was making comments that was "making others uncomfortable" . How is it acceptable to be this disrespectful, inappropriate, and unprofessional? Ms. Megan had no passion for teaching she was only there for the pay check. Ms. Neyda was our instructor for our Hairstyling Module. She had no idea what she was doing. She didn't teach us at all, she read the book to us and added no information or commentary that made the lecture more interesting. As someone who is 24 years old, I know how to read so it was very unnecessary. She also couldn't teach us most of the concepts in this module such as braiding, updos, pin curls, and finger waves. Instead of teaching us she showed us YouTube videos or had other teachers show us. If she didn't know how to teach the module then why did she. When we needed help she was no where to be found and when we tried to help each other she told us that wasn't allowed. So how was I expected to learn the concept if no one would help me. As well as not knowing how to teach us she also made it her mission to make every student's life miserable while they were here. She was completely unreasonable for certain rules that made no sense. At one point a student checked the time on their phone for literally one second so they could sign out and she told them to go home. The rule was we weren't allowed to be on our phones but it seems pretty unreasonable that we couldn't even check the time. The school also requires us to carry our entire kit in small shoebox sized plastic containers up 2 flights of stairs every morning due to the fact that there are not enough lockers in the school. As a result many of us were late multiple days due to having to carry multiple boxes up the stairs and only being given 5 min to do so. Overall, my experience at this school was horrific. Ms. Megan and Ms. Neyda are completely unprofessional and disrespectful to students and clients. I would like to reiterate that i had a wonderful experience with Ms. Shaunda, Ms. Cindy, and Ms. Blackshear but unfortunately that was completely overshadowed by Ms. Megan and Ms. Neyda. I would not recommend coming to this school it is not worth the energy. In the amount of money you save by going here you lose sanity from dealing with unreasonable instructors.

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