Joshua Bird is the best person to ever touch my hair!!!!!! OMG. He took such good care of my hair…read moreand was thorough and so skilled in the cut and styling. The prices are super good and I felt so cared for the whole time I was there. Joshua has the best energy ever and I'll never see anyone else for my hair ever again. I'm so happy with my experience and I can't wait to go back to him for color!!

I got an excellent lip wax and facial by Sammy. My experience was professional and relaxing! I will…read morebe back!

Looking for a spa/salon service, but don't want to spend too much? Well then check out…read moreContinental. Booked gel manis for my daughter and her friends to celebrate her bday. It was decently priced and they could all sit together in a small room. They loved the hand massages. Only thing that could have been better would be the nail polish colors, they were quite limited. Check out online for available services and book over the phone. It's located right inside the Southgate Plaza, so you can run some errands too... Like stopping at Paula's or Market in the Square for a fresh donut.

Love love Lisa my teacher as for the girls that went when I was there were absolutely horrible. I…read morewas older and they were rotten very sad

For a beauty school, they are expensive. Walked out after basic hair cut and root touch up cost me…read more$75. I can go to Buffalo School of Cosmology for $25

I went to school here and had such an amazing experience!! The teachers and environment are…read moreamazing! I would 100% recommend this school!!

Empire Beauty School at Walden & Union is a great place with such professional teachers and…read morestudents. Bailey was my stylist and did her first full highlight ever on me. With my long hair, she took her time, worked carefully, and checked in with her instructors whenever she needed help. They were right there guiding her and giving her confidence. I love my hair and I know Bailey has a bright future as a stylist. I'd definitely recommend the school!

Me and my grandson went to Empire Beauty School today, and from first moment we walked in to the…read morelast moment of us leaving. I truly believe in finding time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in my life. You never know when one kind act or one word of encouragement will change a life forever. The simple things are the most extraordinary things and only the wise can see them. I was scheduled with Ms Mia and my grandson with Ms Nela on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. It is an honor and a pleasure for me to submit this Thank You Letter/Letter of Appreciation for the professional achievement in the superior performance of Ms Mia and Ms Nela, who performed their duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. I was truly impressed with Ms Mia and Ms Nela being an aggressive worker, with strong personal integrity and good judgment, they effectively with their expertise to the last detail of my concerns. With their dedication, I must recognize as a Veteran, Ms Mia and Ms Nela's outstanding professionalism, personal initiative and unselfish dedicated to duty need to be reflected credit upon themselves and in keeping with the highest tradition of customer service. I believe Ms Mia and Ms Nela will always be an asset to your organization. I am writing this Thank You Letter/Letter of Appreciation for them. Thank you Ms Sanassa, Ms Kendyll, and Ms Nique (Instructor), for your amazing support. You were so kind and patient, I can't put into words how much I appreciate you for that. You are incredible at your job, but more importantly, you are incredible people. I Thank You from the bottom of my heart. This really makes a difference. No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you for going ABOVE AND BEYOND. May you ALL, always be PROUD of the work you do, the person you are and the difference you make. Thank you for going the extra, extra mile, for taking the extra time, and the extra thought. Always know how valuable and uniquely beautiful you are. A THOUSAND THANKS! Thank you so much for your exceptional service. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things. Many beautiful things cannot be seen or touched, they are felt within the heart, what you've done for me is one of them. Once again, it is my pleasure to recognize and submit this Thank You and Review of your Amazing, Awesome EMPIRE BEAUTY SCHOOL Sincerely yours, Gwendolyn Hawkins-Rutledge

If I could leave 0 stars I would. This school is totally unprofessional. I enrolled in the school…read morebefore summer for a November class. I tried following up with phone calls etc... they do not answer phone calls and the school is completely run down. I would call daily and hear nothing. I decided I was going to unenroll due to the way they ran their business and because I thought I should spend a little more money going to another school to actually learn correctly and get my phone calls answered or called back. I chose to walk in and let them know I was unenrolling instead of calling because they don't answer phone calls. I sat down with a lady and told her my situation and why I was choosing to leave there school, she looked at me as if I was crazy and said she had nothing with my name on it or anything. She said they didn't know who I was and acted like I was not enrolled. Keep in mind I paid enrollment fees and had there required background checks done and everything. I left very mad because I was enrolled and I had proof. I texted them more and called because I wanted my money back and no one has answered still. Do not go to this school. Do not waste your time with the tours or calling. They just want your money and do not care about you.

I've been attending this school for only a few months now and it's probably the worst choice in…read moreschooling anyone could make. This business is falling apart. Employees and teachers have been quitting left and right. We found expired facial products from 2013 and 2020 being used on clients. For official clients that pay money to receive a facial from us, we're told to cut the facials short instead of giving them the full 50 minutes they paid for, simply because the employee that runs the clinic wants to go home instead of doing her job. We've been using water in replacement of empty products because no one orders new batches. Half of the school's facial machinery is broken. And as a student, during class days you're legally obligated to stay in the building for 4.5 hours. The first 20-30 minutes are notes and the rest of the time we sit here staring at the wall. You're not allowed to leave the building for anything, and the only food or drink are in broken vending machines that eat your money. The lady that runs this business rarely visits the school since she's too busy in Florida or on cruise ships wasting all of our tuition on herself instead of paying her employees adequately or fixing up our equipment or buying new products for our "spa". She very obviously does not care about running a school. This feels like a money grab instead of a legit education. I would never recommend this school to anyone and the most I can hope for is that I'll pass my board exams.

If I can give this school a 0 I would. The program that I attended is Esthetics evening class. I…read morewill say everything started off great then 2 1/2 month into the program our teacher start getting overwhelmed due to her having two job. This is something she communicated to staff as well as the class. She was talked into staying 2 days a week and the school will hire another teacher for the other two days. We'll, this worked for maybe 2 weeks. So then the teacher that came on for two days to help our original teacher which was a cosmetology teacher start working 4 days and then got switched to another class. Now the Daytime teacher Christina started teaching our class certain days and times. Don't get me wrong she knows her stuff and she is a great teacher to her class only. She came to evening class half teaching us, she was set to leave a certain time and would leave earlier then that time. Our class pretty much felt her vibes of her not caring to teach our class. So once the school found us a permanent teacher it was not a esthetic teacher. The last two and a half months of the program we we're barely taught anything and we had a cosmetology teacher who couldn't help us with understanding anything as far as equipment or just all in all skin care question which is real bad. The class taught ourselves hoping that we were correct with answers. Then the last couple weeks everyone in the class dreaded going because we literally had to find something to do. We have done every practice test that the school has provided, if we wanted to work on each other we would have to hope that we had the supplies an that the machines worked. They never had supplies and machines were always broken. Christina would hide supply from the night class, and for makeup classes for us students to make up for classes that was missed she canceled the last week because of rumors her sneaky daytime students told her. All n all she showed how unprofessional she can be. So now this program is 600 hours but you are scheduled 630 hours they play with your time put you down for time you never missed, it was a joke. All students were told we only had to complete 600 hrs the extra 30 hours is to basically use for emergencies. Then when it's time for everyone to graduate the tell us we have to makeup the extra 30 hours. After all the bs only thing I can say I'm proud to walk away with is my certificate of completion. The school charges a $300 seat fee to hold your seat as class feel up. The program was $9000. Night class have expressed to the coordinator several time that this program was not worth it we didn't even get proper supply. We received 4 text books, a smock, and a makeup kit with cheap makeup in it. No lash products no facial product. The school sent everyone a email saying that they will reimburse the $300 seating fee. Ok that's okay in all but that let's you know that this school and all the big people that is connected to the program knows this was wrong and they literally know that what we was taught was not worth what we paid for to attend this school. This school should've been giving students way more then $300 back. It such a slap in the face knowing how much we paid. I started my reviews off here but I have way more sites to go to and report this school to the board of education. This school will learn from all this when all the night students come together and take the school to court. I recommend anyone who is looking to get into the esthetics program to go to another school. I hope this helps someone make the correct choice when it comes down to attending this school. Only program that I would recommend is the LPN OR WELDING PROGRAM THEY RUN THOSE VERY SMOOTH.

If I am going here - its for a forced work conference, which will ultimately put me in a bad mood…read more The presenters that work for Boces are not good at commanding a room which makes the conferences all the more time wasting (and time sucking).

Want to get dirty?…read more This is the place to come play with mud. Sanctioned for adults no less. Seriously, located in the old Pierce Arrow Building (which houses many many things, BTW), on Great Arrow and Elmwood (across from Carriage Trade Pastries), is a ceramics studio. You can take classes here, which are small and offer personalized service. You will learn a lot in the six week beginner class. You will learn how to "throw clay", make a bowl or perhaps a mug, glaze it and actually use it! How cool is that? Already know how to throw a bowl? You can also join here and come as often as you like. Its a monthly membership I think, and you pay for firing of course. Clay is priced reasonably, the space is nice, all the tools are there. All thats missing is you.

Buffalo clay art center is amazing To the chick named Cherie…read morethat gave a one star review, get the hell out of here with that noise. You didn't even visit the center or have any experience with the staff or the facilities yet you're leaving a one star review because you couldn't manage to have the problem-solving skills to contact the owners. I know for a fact that the guys at Buffalo Clay art are not hard to reach. in fact one time I contacted them a few days before Christmas because I wanted some suggestions on which kind of pottery wheel to buy and they got back to me right away. I was shocked at such a quick response time on the most hectic day of the Christmas season . They had nothing to gain no funds to earn from answering my question. Again they are not hard to reach but some part of me is glad that Cherie wasn't able to reach them because she sounds like an ass. I guess that's how you become yelp elite by posting comments for businesses you don't have any real experience with. In terms of my experience with the actual business, because I've taken at least two classes there and several members of my friends and family have taken classes there I can say that buffalo clay art center is a wonderful place to learn about pottery the people that teach the classes are experts they truly love what they do and they are amazing at it I cannot suggest a better place to learn from!! Chill vibe place.