Douglas J Aveda Institute

I had a wonderful 5 star experience receiving my first professional facial in their quaint spa. It was delightful and i even learned a lot about skin care regimens that I didn’t know before. The educator and the student who worked on me was very knowledgeable and helpful as well as very friendly and i will definitely be back.

I felt I should share my previous experience here to echo the other curly-​haired lady here and say that students just don’t know enough to do a proper cut on curly hair yet — let them experiment on others instead of you!
I participated in some event where the cuts were technically free of charge, but sounds like other people haven’t been happy with paying for a cut here, either. I haven’t had my hair cut *at all* since going here 4 years ago now, the haircut was that bad it has scared me away from trusting anyone — and it was that straight across cut that must work for straight hair but leaves curls looking like Oprah ’93 or the Dilbert cartoon lady with triangle hair. At the time I thought «oh well, got what you paid for, fool» but the lady cut so much it’s taken years to get back, so at a cost of zero dollars it’s been way more expensive in time to regrow and feeling bad about the way I looked than I could have imagined.
I really like Aveda products and wish there was some less traumatic way for people to learn — can’t we 3D print things now for students to practice on before using real humans? I know you have to practice to learn, but that can mean some rough times for you as guinea pig, be warned.

They were courteous, but be prepared to wait up to a half an hour passed your prescheduled appointment time. I have no idea if they are any good with hair. My time, it turns out, is more valuable than a haircut.

CURLY GIRLS BEWARE: Never going back. I was very specific in my instructions and now — 3 weeks before my wedding — I have an «Oprah in ’93» bad, triangle cut. The cheap price was NOT worth the extensions I have to get to make my hair look good for the wedding photography. I have got to quit having faith in people with straight hair. Just go to a curly. …heed my warning.

Aveda Thank You for your great service from 2 Great students Charlie & Aleey!
2^nd time visiting CHARLIE and I have to say I LOVE MY HAIR every visit!
1^st visit Color
2^nd visit Color, Highlights, Haircut
She takes time to listen to what I want and executed every aspect of it!
Returned for a spa treatment as a model given by Aleey and wow for a 1^st timer for me it’s was amazing! I had a 90min. session and received many services from a foot cleansing, great facial which brought life into my skin with great organic products that brought a glow to my face, to a hand, feet, scalp, and upper body massage. I wish I would of done this sooner! I will be returning to your spa and Cosmetology departments!

This school o s absolutely gorgeous. The staff are very friendly and helpful. I was there for a red chocolate class on consultantation formulation and best practices for aveda!

I come here for the stress relieving treatment and to get my eyebrows waxed. I also use a few different Aveda products, so it is nice to have an Aveda that is walking distance to my office.
I look forward to my visits here, but you have to keep in mind that everyone is a student. This can make your visit time consuming, waiting for the teacher and such, but it is still worth it.

Have an urge to spend twice as much time, and JUST as much money… for dice-​rollin’ results? Greetings, pilgrim– your search is over.
My fiancée went here for coloring and a pedicure, a Groupon in hand. We knew that this was a beauty school; we knew that that meant that things might go a little slower, results COULD be uneven, and that the price typically reflects those compromises. NOT here, baby…
Time spent on her color and foil highlights: 3 hr 45 min, vs what a hairdresser friend said would rarely take more than 2 hrs. No cut/​style/​curl, just a color/​highlight job. So, the extra time spent due to the student being methodical must result in either a job well done, or a lower price for the not-​yet-​professional craftsmanship, right? NOT here, baby…
My fiancé wasn’t particularly pleased with the results, but all that could’ve been done would have been for her to invest another couple hours of her time while they tried to fix it (as they offered to do, per their guarantee). She wasn’t displeased enough to do that, especially since (including the 1 hr pedi), this would have had her there for ~7 hrs (for what, again, should typically take 3 if done by an experienced pro).
So, time to check out. At least it will be less expensive than if it were a full-​on pro salon instead of a school with students practicing their future craft, right? NOT here, baby…
Color and highlights (no cut, and even using a curling iron would be extra): $ 95.
Pedicure: $ 34. They also «gave» her the bottle of nail polish that was opened and used on her… but charged another 3.50 for it, we learned when reviewing the bill. So, the pedis apparently don’t include nail polish?!? (Polish started coming off on the way home, since the «supervised student» didn’t use any sort of drying light as other salons do, but felt that the polish was sufficiently air-​dried.)
Even with $ 25 Groupon savings, we still spent about $ 110…and did mention all the extra time spent? Oh, yes. I did.
Reviewing prices on their website (after the fact, unfortch), it appears the haircuts are indeed student-​labor-​priced at $ 12 – 16. It would also appear, per our experience, that the savings over hiring experienced pros stop right there on the menu… let alone the expense of spending so much extra of that resource of which you cannot produce more: your time.
Why you might want to take TWICE as long, to spend every BIT as much, for LESS-​than-​professional results is unclear to me, but it’s something you’d do well to figure out before scheduling an appointment here, IMHO.

Complete waste of money. It cost me about $ 37 to get Gel nails removed and manicure and polish nails. It took 2 hours. The young lady was a senior student but appeared to not know how to remove gel, or manicure nails. She did not manicure my nails correctly. She did not shape then and she was not coming to clean them until I asked her. My polish was put in messy as well and the polish did not even hold the next day. The young lady was very kind but not good. I was not assisted right away and I waited 20 minutes for her to collect me. She says business has been slowing down, I think it’s due to there service.

The haircuts are typically very slow. But it is a process: your stylist is a student and they have to learn, so it takes time. I’m ok with that! Got a great haircut for $ 16 — hard to beat that. Just bring a magazine. Clean, nice, with a great cup of tea while I waited. Good break for me.