Xenon International School of Hair Design Salon

Devan did an amazing job adding some subtle peek-​a-​boo highlights for me! My haircut was tailored perfectly to my curly hair and styled to my liking. It was cool to see her and the fellow student-​stylists cheering each other on with their first cut & color.

I have gone here to many times to know I shouldn’t return. I have had my hair cut here and facials and everything always turns out really bad. Some students are good or other one are just bad. I got a hair cut and she left my hair horrible I asked for Side bangs and I got bangs full on bangs. That I went home crying not even the instructor (teacher) could fix my hair. And after some time I went to a facial and it was horrible too the girl didn’t know what product to use for my face and then brought another student to help her and she smelled like cigarettes! So much for relaxing! I’m sorry. Knowing how much these students are paying for going there it just seen like a ripoff and waste money. For student and clients!

Worst pedi/​mani of my life! Spent no time working on the heals at all. An hour and a half for nail polish. Then I got rushed out so stylist could go out to lunch so my nails were no were close to dry and ruined in the two mins it took to pay. Truly not worth the 25 dollar special or even $ 5 if you ask me. Supposed to have instructors but I never saw one. No one checked the work that was done. This place is awful. And the guy had a wart and this morning I had the first wart of my life!!! So not worth it!

The students really care about their work. I had my color done by Kristina and I absolutely adored it. Thank you so much!

I have been going here for over 15 yrs now and I love it. The students really care about their skills that I feel so comfortable with coming here over and over. For my wedding 7 yrs ago, my entire bridal party had our hair and makeup done the morninf of and there were no complaints.

When I schedule my appointments, I request a ‘super senior’ ready to graduate to do my hair! The student I got to cut my hair, was 1 month away from graduating and she didn’t know how to cut my hair!!! The instructor practically cut the whole time and was showing her, which took WAY TO LONG to sit there!!! The next day, the haircut did not feel or look right, so I had to get it redone while I was out of state! VERY IRRITATING experience!!!

Love the location of the place and all of the students are very friendly. Unfortunately, every time I’ve paid for student service, my hair has NEVER come out the way I wanted it. Not even close. I’ve had to pay for overpriced mediocre results and always gone home to self-​fix my bad haircut/​color job. When asked for dramatic layering on my long hair, I’ve only gotten what appeared to be a safe trim on the ends. The coloring experience has been atrocious. They never dye my hair the color that I want it, or they miss a few spots and I find out after my hair is fully dried. I’ve paid $ 80+ several times for something I didn’t want, and gone directly to Sallys to buy hair dye to fix my hair for under $ 20 the next day. I’m no professional and have never gone to school for cosmetology, but somehow I manage to get my hair colored right and thoroughly on my own for less money than I pay at Xenon. I gave them 5 chances hoping to get a student with superb skills, but alas there have been none and I will only be returning to buy some of the hair/​nail products that they sell.
A big red flag is the fact that every time I’ve gone there, the students constantly complain about how overpriced the school is, all Xenon cares about is money. I’ve slowly come to find out that this is true after paying the amount of money that they charged me for something I was able to do myself at home for less than half the price. 2 stars for the students efforts.

Being a college student and on a budget I decided to go here for some highlights in my hair. I was a little scared because I didn’t know what to expect with a student doing my hair.
I was so surprised at the amazing job she did with my hair! It looks great and I will definitely be going there again. The atmosphere is very welcoming and the students are very professional. My experience was great there! I absolutely encourage you all to try them out!

I purchased a bunch of special offers for microdermabrasion and chemical peels for over several hundred Dollars since there is no experience date on those cards. I have been using the those treatments but since I purchased so many cards loaded with the money for those treatments I still have services left up to use. Last week Saturday the supervisor told me I have to use all the services by June 2013 or I will only be able to use the actual money left on the cards!!! The reason I purchased those offers was because there is no expiration date on them and I wanted microdermabrasion and chemical peels. Now the supervisor is changing the rules on me by forcing me to use all the treatments up by June — what is she losing by honoring the original offer? This is wrong and once I use up the treatments I won’t go there ever again and I will tell everybody to stay away from this place!
The last time I was there for microdermabrasion the student did not do a good job, she missed a lot of areas and rushed to get it done. I used to go to Pickens Technical College — they are a lot cheaper and do a better job — that is where I will be going to again!

Absolutely the worst «salon» experience I have ever had. I made an appointment for foils and a haircut. The stylist that was assigned to me was clearly not ready to be on the floor experimenting on real people. I actually felt sorry for her.
However, when I left I had a yellow/​orange streak on the right side of my head and the most uneven haircut you can possible imagine. I won’t mention names, because again, I felt sorry for her. She actually did a pretty good job on the color in the foils across the top of my head, but didn’t get all the way down to the scalp. Thus leaving dark roots… the whole reason I went in the first place.
After I got home and did my hair myself, I was really upset. I called back to Xenon and spoke with Debra, the Cient Services Manager. She asked me to please come back in and they would make it right. So, like a fool, I did.
The next morning I went back in and was assigned a different stylist. She did a much better job on getting the blonde highlights down to the scalp, but then the lowlights weren’t really showing anymore. One of the instructors came over to help with the haircut and had to chop quite a bit of hair off just to get evened up. It still didn’t seem right to me and I didn’t like the way it had been dried. I asked if I could dry and style it myself and the instructor said yes. Just as I was about to start, the director of the school, Patricia, came over and informed me in a very condescending manner that I was not allowed to dry my own hair because, after all that is what the girls were there to learn.
At that point I took the drape off and left the school. I was extremely upset and in tears. When I got home (the second day in a row, mind you) I wet down my hair, dried and styled it only to find out the color still isn’t right and the cut is horrendous.
I will be going to a professional tonight and paying more money to have my hair fixed.
Can’t wait, hopefully I will be able to look like I still have hair because it is getting quite short now.
If Unilocal would allow 0 stars instead of 1 for a rating, that is what I would give Xenon.
BOTTOM LINE: SPARE YOURSELF, PAY EXTRA, GO TO A PROFESSIONAL

I went in to get a haircut (long overdue) and 10 foil highlights… was set up with Tianna and she was a very pleasant and friendly stylist. She made sure she understood what I wanted and then got an instructor to verify and make sure she knew exactly what to do. Sure, it took awhile to get the foils done, but the highlights came out exactly as I wanted them. Then she washed and conditioned my hair and proceeded with the cut. She got pointers from the instructor on how to acheive the look I wanted, and she did very well I must say! If you have some time and don’t want to spend a lot of money, this is the place to go! I spent $ 21 for everything and gave Tianna a well deserved $ 6 tip!

I was overdue for a mani/​pedi so I dropped in to the school, since I was in the neighborhood. To their credit they were able to take me right away, which was appreciated.
The student assigned to me was warm, friendly and professional. However, it was the worst pedicure I’ve ever had. It all began when she didn’t understand how to operate the chair and left me alone about the time that the water splashed up all over me.
She then proceeded to attempt to remove my polish while not damaging her own polish, which was a tedious experience. Rather than using clippers, she just filed, and filed, and filed, which didn’t really work and my nails were still too long when Ieft. She also chose to blow on my feet repeatedly to remove the dust from all this filing.
Finally, the service was so slow (I expected it would take a bit longer since they are students) that I had to opt out of the manicure. I think 90 minutes is way too long for a pedicure, even for a student.
Yes, it was cheap, but not ridiculously cheap. I believe I paid about $ 20 for this pedicure. If it had been a good one, I’d have been happy, but an hour and a half and $ 20 later I still needed to go see a professional the next day.

Ok, so let me start off by saying that I have been blessed to have had many cuts and colors in some of the best salons that money can offer. So when my stylist moved back to San Diego, I was absolutely crushed. Since I was in school and not working, there was no way I could justify flying out to SD and then paying for a $$$$$ cut on top of airfare and travel expenses.
Meanwhile I’ve been to a few places out here (including the infamous Babooshka) and have had ok experiences. I already have the mind set that since I don’t have my precious stylist, I’ll be disappointed no matter what, right?
Well, my classmate had been going here throughout the duration of our time in school and being on broke-​azz budget, I thought, how bad could a $ 9 cut and $ 15 highlight be?
OMG, my hair turned out fabulous. The second and third time, too. When I go back home, everyone compliments my coiff and they were very surprised to find out that STUDENTS cut my hair.
Until I can afford to see my stylist again, THIS is the place to go. It’s a beauty school and because they’re students, prices are ridiculously cheap. They do facials, waxings, and nails. (I haven’t tried any of that stuff but my classmates always have salon-​quality results.) Now, mind you, it’s a school. There will always be a gamble. But they have really involved teachers, and the students try extra hard to please. You may be in there half the day, but it’s well worth the wait.