Cosmopolitan Beauty & Tech School

$ 5.99 for a haircut is too good to be true! I went in with my mom and she had nice curly long hair. We went in for layers and a V shape (possibly cutting 2 – 3 inches) and the woman who was assisting my mom kept saying «yes, yes, I can do it». Moments later my mom is panicking because I turned over and my moms long hair is now up to her shoulders. The «supervisor» came and looked at my moms hair and we asked her to at least «fix it» by styling it better but she ran her fingers through my moms hair and said «I can’t help you» and walked off. So after, another Asian lady came and sat my mom down and fixed the terrible short hair that the other woman did. We didn’t get no apology, or anything so it was quite frustrating. I guess we get what we paid for, but seriously don’t say you can do a cut of you can’t. From my moms long hair to what she has now… She can’t even tie it up. But how far can you cut a persons hair until you realize you can’t cut it and asked for help?

This place is hit or miss depending on the person cutting my hair since this place is cut by beauty school students. Usually a supervisor will come at the end and review the work as well as fix any mishaps. ⁸⁄₁₀ times I came out with a decent haircut for $ 6 that looked just as good as Bubbles or other more upscale salons. ²⁄₁₀ times I ended up looking like someone hacked my hair with a butcher knife. Regardless, I always end up coming back. So caveat emptor.

I went in for a simple trim on my split ends and to get my hair thinned out since I have really thick hair. I told the woman I wanted about 2 inches off and even showed her on my hair. She immediately asked why my hair was so damaged at the ends… a question I found both rude and unanswerable since I don’t own a blow dryer, shampoo and condition as instructed and use heat on my hair MAYBE 5 – 6 times a year. She started cutting away and roughly moved my head around while being given some instruction. It took FOREVER. I realize I have a lot of hair but I’ve gotten it thinned/​trimmed at many other places and it was done in a fraction of the time it took here. I had to have my glasses off obviously but I could see my hair getting uncomfortably short. The end result was about half a foot of my hair gone when I’d asked for 2 inches. I spent years and years finally growing out my hair and this woman ruined all that effort within 40 minutes. Cheap place, but cheap service as well. Would not recommend to anyone. I know I’m never going there again! Oh and they constantly speak in Korean and laugh — even though most of the customers such as myself are of other ethnicities. This is highly unprofessional and rude. Instead of engaging with the customer, the stylists engage within themselves and laugh away while we feel as if they’re laughing at our expense. One of the other stylists also poked my 7 year old cousin in the eye with a hairbrush because she was so busy watching TV. Ridiculous.

Went in for a simple bob, my hair was super long and i just wanted it gone. Paid the six bucks up front and immediately sat down for the cut. The woman who cut my hair was very sweet and showed concern about cutting so much of my hair off, but she gave me exactly what I asked for. I was very happy overall and I think she did a great job. I’d like to go back and see how they do with color…

Never had my hair cut at a beauty school but — like Donald P. — $ 5.99 haircuts?
Clearly inflation has no effect on personal grooming because the going rate remains the same 5 years later. What can you expect? You walk up to the counter, ask for a haircut, and hand over $ 6.00. You’re assigned a student, which is no different than a typical walk-​in experience, except that this feels like a game of Russian Roulette with your hair. I got Tim. The place is clean but somewhat spartan. No frills here except the sign disclaiming their right to deny service if you have lice or contagious scalp conditions.
It was a tolerable experience. Probably took longer than most haircuts and it lacked the finesse of an experienced hair stylists but Tim did a solid job (not that there’s much that he could mess up). Tim fumbled a little bit with the extension cords and I hoped that he uses a new towel with each guinea pig. But the take away is that my $ 5.99 haircut ended up being just as good — if not better — than some $ 20-​$ 30+ haircuts I’ve had before. Maybe some of the hair stylists at Bubbles, Hair Cuttery, and other chains could use some additional schooling.
I’d probably come back and spin the barrel again. Come on, it’s just $ 5.99. Again, it’s not like I have that much hair for them to screw up. [Original Visit: April 2014]

$ 5.99 haircuts!!!
I just couldn’t pass up that offer. After all it’s a school of trained beauticians, so I figured it can’t be that bad. And if the Korean sign in front didn’t give it away, just about all the trainees here are Korean, although most of the patrons were not.
I’ve been cutting my own hair since I was in college. I just got sick of spending $ 10 — $ 15 for someone to screw up my hair and I figured I could screw up my own hair at home by myself for free. After a decade of cutting my own hair it’s fairly easy to do. The only thing is that it’s a hassle to do.
Anyway I got this guy that sort of lacked finesse… being rough with the clippers, and the hair brush for brushing away cut hair felt more like a straw broom being swatted back and forth on my neck and face like he was swatting a fly. Stung a little but for $ 6, what can I expect.
With very little instructions on my trim, he did a relatively good job. I had to ask him to shorten it up on the sides a little more, but he skillfully obliged. If you are looking for a cheap trim, I would definitely recommend this place.