Cinta Aveda Institute

305 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

Address:	305 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
Phone:	+1 415-989-4400
Site:	cintaaveda.edu
Rating:	4.3
Working:	9AM–8PM 9AM–8PM 9AM–8PM 9AM–8PM 9AM–8PM 8:30AM–7:30PM Closed

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Reviews 4

Jessi A

Dont go here, I wish I did not. I walked in to make an appointment. I told the front desk that I wanted to work with a gamma stylist, the highest level of stylist in training. The person they supposedly were booking me with was a beta, second tier, but she is from a foreign country where she has her cosmotology license in, but that license is not recognized here in California. When I arrived for my appointment today, I looked through the look books and chose several pics that showed how I wanted my naturally dark blonde hair with 6 months of grown out highlights to become natural looking highlighted and lowlighted hair. The stytlist myself and the "educator" all spoke IN DETAIL about this. The last thing the (first) EDUCATOR said to the stylist was NO CHUNKY HI LITES. Well he didnt supervise her AT ALL. While she was doing the color, she told me she was an engineer in the Ukraine, before she moved here, which struck me as odd being that I was told my stylist has a hair license NOT an engineering license in her home country. Another (second) educator comes over to check in about the cut, there were some communication issues which we ironed out and in the end the cut came out pretty good.....She started blow drying my hair and oh gosh now I can see the color. I now had incredibly CHUNKY highlights, that were PLATINUM blonde in front and dark dark blonde on the sides. Another (third) educator came over, as at this point I am in tears, and she agreed to waive the fees for today and I can make an another appointment to fix it. Why they couldnt fix it then and there, I am not sure. My schedule is tight and no I cant come back tomorrow. She is finishing up the blow dry and I am still visibly upset, so now the fourth educator comes over, and says dont worry, we will fix it I cannot refund you but we will fix it for free. I said thats funny, I was already told I did not have to pay for my services today since I was so unhappy". Fourth educator says "maybe a school isnt the right place for you to come" to which I replied "Maybe the first educator, who is no longer on the floor, should have stayed and supervised my entire process". The stylist finished the blow dry and to be honest, it wasnt even a good blow dry. My naturally wavy hair, was now straight like i asked, but pretty damn frizzy. When I went downstairs to reschedule, it turns out the gammas are only taking appointments from 315 to 415pm I work in fitness which means I always have to be in work by 5pm, during the week and I work on Saturdays, so my only option was to go with a beta stylist. I passed. So yeah I did NOT pay with money but trust me I am paying with S----Y streaky chunky likes its 1999 highlights. And Ill have to pay to have this fixed by a pro. The thing is I have gone to schools before, and there is usually ONE educator or master instructor, who actually stays with the stylist the entire time THAT SAME EDUCATOR checks in periodically. I understand that part of me getting services cheaply, is that they may not get it 100%, I am helping someone gain experience in their learning environment. But the skill-less-ness and the attitude and unprofessionalism here is solely from educators who have no supervisory skills and zero responsibility for the people that come in. If you want chap hair servicesr, there has to be a better deal on lifebooker or groupon or go check out the Paul Mitchell school on Folsom St

Mayra Kadesh

Had a great hair cut here. The shampoo, cut, and style took just under an hour. I went on a Saturday and given other Yelpers parking warnings, I parked about a 10-15 minute walk away (at Howard & Hawthorne) and paid the $2/hr meter for a couple hours. I didnt even waste time trying to drive into the heart of the beast, just parked when I saw a spot after exiting the 101. It proved to be a good strategy, traffic was insane near the salon. Since the hair cut only took an hour, I had some time to shop at the nearby Union Square! The haircut cost $24 + tip (the sign says $18-$24 and Im not clear what changes the price, my actual hair cut lasted 9 minutes, I timed it!). The cut was exactly what I wanted. Ive had the same haircut my entire life (except the time when someone accidentally cut it to shoulder length when I was 15 and I cried). So, for me its actually a good thing if my hubby cant notice anything different about my hair. What can I say, I know what I like. That said, I also dont place a lot of dollar value on my hair cuts. Its a really simple style and totally not worth the ~$100 most salons around SF seem to be charging for hair cuts. The only thing I tend not to like about training salons is the the length of time it takes to get the service, but this one was right on track. The shampoo and cut were done in 20 minutes, and then the style took about 30 minutes. She did a really nice job on the style, and gave me some fun volume and big curls that I rarely take the time to do myself. Ill definitely be back and would recommend to others. The receptionist said Saturdays fill up 4-5 weeks in advance, but I got in same day on a cancellation

Tiana Olivia

I never had problem in here before. But this time i had a bad experience with my haircut. I asked for a little trim, all same length, just 1 inch trim. When she just started cutting my hair it was ok, the length was just fine. But as she continued cutting my hair, i feel like she trimmed more than 1inch and my haircut is slightly shorter than what i imagined. I can make peace with that. But the thing is, her work is not good. I asked for all the same length, and what i got is there are some hair that arent trimmed perfectly. Some are longer than the rest of my hair, so theyre sticking out. Now, it looks like i cut it myself. The thing is, the instructor did check her trim and i dont know how on earth he didnt notice that some hair are longer than the rest. Also, I asked her to cut my bangs into a side bangs. It ended up being too short, again im ok with that because it can grow again. But when she blow dry my hair, she made my bangs all puffy, definitely not looking like side bangs at all. She tried to fix it but nothing works and she just gave up. She was kinda in a rush and seemed to ignore that her work isnt perfect or at least good. I know theyre all students, but im pretty sure theyre supposed to be able to do a simple all same length 1 inch trim. Its not like i asked for a really complicated haircut.

Michelle Vu

I went to Aveda after a friend recommended the institute to me for the reasonable prices and I was just going in for a trim/clean-up cut. I didnt have high expectations or anything but I definitely left worrying that my hair was cut uneven in the back. The girl who cut my hair was nice and asked me what I wanted and I was very specific that I just wanted a trim/cleanup on my ends. What got me a little worried to start was that she washed my hair and then styled it... full style with curls... To those who may not understand where I am coming from, I have straight hair naturally, and Ive never had a hair dresser curl my hair before they trim or cut the hair... the hard part is I have no clue is my hair is even from the trim since my hair was curled and will only know once I wash and dry my hair. To add it wasnt very reassuring that she did a good job since she didnt ask her instructor to look at my hair until afterwards. When the instructor asked if I had any questions or comments, I addressed my concern about the possibility of an uneven cut, and she had mentioned that if I notice anything wrong to give them a call since the stylist did miss a few steps.. not sure what that meant but I definitely left feeling really uneasy about my cut.