Regency Beauty Institute Student Salons

This place is AWESOME! I came in last week to get my hair dyed for the first time and the students and instructors here exceeded my expectations! My girl’s name was Christina and she was so sweet. I wanted my hair to be balayaged (similar to an ombré) and she did a fantastic job! The instructors came around often and were very helpful with the consultations and letting me know each process and steps to achieve the desired looks.
The best part about the whole appointment was that it only cost me $ 50! This is unheard of since I have really long hair and my appointment lasted a good 3+hours. I had the full foil with toner added at the end.
I am really thankful that I found this place and can’t wait to go back! Also, remember to bring cash for tips!

As a pretty low-​maintenance female, I have an extremely tough time justifying $ 25 for a trim. I can’t tell the difference between a $ 9 haircut and a $ 50 haircut, as long as those split ends are gone. I’ve paid for expensive haircuts, and they all come out looking the same as the cheap ones.
I’ve always been pleased with Regency Beauty Institute’s haircuts, however the stylists are hit or miss. It was the first day on the floor for the most recent stylist I had. She talked my ear off for an hour and a half about politics, her personal life, and other things I didn’t want to get involved with. I usually like being chatty, but when you tell me what a great president «Mick», (yes, she thinks his name is «Mick,») Romney would make, that’s where I draw the line. Discussing politics with a client is probably not the greatest idea. I didn’t get a word in edgewise, and I found myself staring at my hair, afraid of what she was doing with those scissors as she was yapping away.
HOWEVER, the instructors always come over to make sure the students are doing a good job by checking in with how the progression is going. And at the end, the instructors come over to go over the haircut, and touch up anything that needs to be finished. *side note* I was very pleased with my haircut– for her first day on the floor, there was little to be touched up… the instructor was impressed, and I was too.
Another cool thing they do is to GIVE you the entire bottle of OPI nail polish (which run about $ 8) when you get a pedicure– They said it’s more sanitary that way. So when you get a pedicure (and I assume they do it for manicures also) they are opening a brand new bottle of nail polish to use for your service, and gifting you the rest. That’s worth it right there!

I usually love beauty schools and I always go in knowing my hair will not come out perfect since they are students who are learning. I went in to get a full strawberry blonde with a few red low-​lights that would be a couple shades darker than the strawberry blonde (I went in with dirty blonde hair). I left with the top of my head being burgundy and the bottom of my hair being a mousey brown color. It looked horrible, apparently I wasn’t being overly dramatic cause first thing my neighbor said was that my hair looked like crap. My stylist/​colorist was about to graduate in a couple weeks so she wasn’t fresh onto the floor. She kept on saying «oh I LOVE this color!» as if she was trying to convince me.
Also I noticed there were no disinfecting jars anywhere on the floor and when my and other stylists would drop their comb or a clip they simply picked it up and keep working on hair. When I left I realized I still had dye on my forehead. This place is like what you would see on «Tabitha’s Salon Takeover» before the takeover. I would go back and try to get it fixed, but the whole experience was simply not pleasant so I am going to try and correct it on my own.

I had an excellent haircut today for 9 dollars. I was a walk-​in on a saturday and they fit me right in, even during everyone’s lunch. I love going to this beauty school because they have an excellent reward program, use OPI for their nail polish (and get a free polish to take home), the prices are awesome, and I feel that they take customer service seriously. Keep in mind, this is a beauty school. It is a student who will be taking care of you and they may need help and direction from time to time. Give yourself extra time (especially if you are getting color/​highlights) as they will not be working as fast as a normal salon. I like the fact that the student must do exactly what I tell them to do and they have to clear it with a teacher before they start. The teacher will check in from time to time with them, and the students don’t have the power to just start cutting and doing whatever they want because they are getting graded on what they said they would do!!! I have gotten maintenance cuts here, and also have gotten new funky hairstyles here. If you are not super brave, maybe you might just want something basic. The male teacher today who assisted my student stylist was very helpful and checked my haircut very methodically. I have had all good experiences at Regency and recommend them to everyone! (Especially because I get $ 5 off my next service if you tell them I sent you :-)

It was summer last year when I went in for my first-​ever pedicure. Being 7 months pregnant and really swollen, I couldn’t really do much up-​keep with my feet. I walked in, made an appointment, then came back around 2 hours later for my appointment. I checked in and had to wait. And wait. And wait. When I was finally taken back, all the seats with the built-​in foot spas were taken. So my technician sat me in a regular chair and brought out one of those foot spas you can buy at Walmart. When one of the permanent foot baths became available, the technician had me walk over there. By giving me flimsy disposable flip-​flops for my wet feet. It was any wonder I didn’t fall by slipping on the floor or tripping in the footware.
For a first time pedicure, it was nice enough. It felt great to get a foot massage on my swollen feet. However, I noticed the techs who did other patron’s feet did more things with their clients than mine did with me. Like the buffer thingy they use to get rid of rough spots. I don’t know if I needed to ask for it, or if she was running out of time, or what.
She did a pretty decent job of painting my nails. I have to admit that my feet did look pretty good and I stared at them a lot while I was in my hospital bed a few weeks later (baby-​related, not pedicure-​related!). I will come back, because it’s a good price and there are new-​to-​me students who are able to do my pedicure in the future.