Paris Beauty College Salon

Tried to set up an appointment for 2:30 for highlights, apparently they don’t take appointments at that time because of class. Can they not put that on the website? What a pain in the ass. They said come at 6. Great so I can be there til 9 at night? Things like that should be put on the website.
Also last time I was there, the «teacher» told the student they couldn’t do my hair the blonde I wanted so they did a different color and said it would «blend», blend my ass. I had a blonde ass skunk strip in the back of my head.

Madison is a patient student with attention to detail. Technique is good but speed will get even better with experience. Great that she was clean and careful too. It took a little long also because I took a long time deciding on the color and she was very careful. Thanks for a good experience and my nails look better than the other place I’ve been to and paid $ 50+!

Keep in mind this is a school and they do not charge much money. Had a facial today the student was very sweet and did a pretty good job. The front desk people seemed like they did not know what they were doing and one lady was pretty rude. $ 25.00 for a facial is a very good price, the room they use for facials is clean and quite.

My best friend and I went to Paris Beauty College today. We both got the Combo exfoliate and mask facial plus we added on the extraction.
First off, it was really easy to make an appointment a hour before we were going in. The girl on the phone was super friendly.
We get to the place and we paid only $ 28 what a freaking deal!
We fill out paper work and we go in to change and lay down.
The girl I got was super sweet and made sure I was ok throughout the process. The extraction was super painful but totally worth it in the end.
Our overall experience was great and will definitely be returning here!

I went to Paris Beauty College tonight to get my hair colored. They were professional on the phone and got me an appointment last minute. Leslie is the student that performed my touch up and she did an exceptional job. She is young, and one of the most professional students I have experienced. She keeps a smile on her face, and has wonderful technical skills. I would recommend her to anyone.
Amanda, the evening instructor, oversaw and did a great job of observing while allowing the student to make educated decisions. Good team work!

I went to this school, actually cut the hair of the woman with purple hair in the photos. I learned what I needed to get my license. I hated the way the place was ran along with many others, but as I was about to graduate we got a new head of education teacher who is making very big and for the better changes. Paris is in for a total make over and I’m all for it, actually kind of bummed I left as soon as it started. As for people who actually want to go in for services it is a school they are learning. You never know if it’s their last month of school or their first day taking clients.

I was in to have nail services around six weeks ago. I’d scheduled an appointment. Upon arriving there wasn’t anyone available and I was to wait or come back. I chose to wait. The wait ended up being short.
My main problem comes with the manner in which the students was told to remove my old acrylic by wrapping my nails in foil with reg remover. I was there hrs. Never again for nail srvc!

Went there and got my hair done by Annette and truly loved it she did such a great job

I was told the other day they would be open til 5om closing time on Friday Memorial day weekend and I get there at 4pm the lady is closing her til saying well they are closing early because the 4 stylists are working on their last clients for the day. To me being told I could get in if I got there 30 minutes prior was a lie. It’s a school where they are teaching their students close early going by what the store hours says doesn’t matter. I give them a one on bad customer service. Especially a Hour before closing time.

I called in yesterday to see if there were any make-​up artists available bc my make-​up artist cancelled on me. A woman referred me to one of the students there –said she was pretty good. I Unilocaled the school and saw terrible reviews but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. I got a call saying the young lady I was referred to was available today –and so I scheduled an appt at 3. I got there on time, the greeting was terrible. Woman seemed to have an attitude. I came straight from work bc the call was last minute so I didn’t have time to stop by home and wash the make-​up off of my face. You would think a beauty salon had make-​up remover… but no, she grabs a foodmaxx/​walgreens bag with cotton pads and just hands them to me and pays no attention. The woman I spoke to on the phone said she would be able to be on location for my wedding –when I got there the instructor said no. The store service was seriously the worst I have ever seen. One of the young ladies at the front desk was wearing what looked like a gym sweater and a regular t-​shirt. Dress professionally and clean the salon.
I’m not bashing the store –but it was honestly dirty. The service was terrible. You should always see for yourself first, you never know.

Honestly, to everyone talking crap, it’s a college which means everyone here is NOT professional and everyone is LEARNING how to do things and perfect what they do and are still learning how to do it faster. If you want salon service, go to a SALON and pay the price for professional service. They work their asses off and complicated clients are expecting 5 star service. This is not a salon. The clients who come in are being PRACTICED on. So take that into consideration before you go in.

So I started going here when Milan closed. I got an eyebrow and upper lip waxing and had to fill out this information page about some personal information such as what meds I am taking, what health issues I have or had, if I have had any recent surgeries and a section about what products I use on my face. Now I don’t really think that is pertinent to an eye brow waxing, but whatever. I put ‘N/​A) in most sections because I just do not think that is their business.
Visit 1:
The lady almost rang me up for a facial instead of a waxing and I was like ‘$ 25! for an eyebrow waxing?!” She nodded yes. I was like «Say what?! I pay way less than that at a professional salon, are you sure? SO the whole time she was under the impression I was trying to get a facial, when I had said multiple times I only wanted an eyebrow wax. Anyhow, after that it was fine. The wax was fine and the lady who did it was nice.
Visit 2
Just got a trim. No issues
Visit 3:
Got another waxing and had to fill out ANOTHER card (I guess you only fill these out if you get spa services done) which only happened because the filing is not very efficient. I was annoyed but oh well not that big of a deal. Waxing was fine.
Today was my fourth visit– this visit is the main reason I am rating them low…
My mom and I schedule a 1pm combo facial which is priced at $ 25 and estimated time printed in the brochure at 45 – 60 minutes. SO we arrive pretty much at 1 on the dot and checked in at the front desk where a lady helped us and got us set up to go to the spa department. We walk back there and there is no one to welcome us so we waited a minute or so and someone finally came up. (I know it was ONLY a minute but the amount of people around who did not welcome us, made it more noticeable).
The teacher named Barbara comes up and sees that we are there at 1 and she thought it was for 2pm. She is like «Oh I thought we said 2pm and walked to her appointment book and see she in fact wrote 1. Apologized and had a couple of the ladies get ready for us.
In the mean time, my mom had to fill out a card and they ONCE AGAIN couldn’t find mine and after a minute of them looking I said I would just fill out another one.
While we waited over 20 minutes after our appointment time, multiple people kept coming up to us to let us know they were working on the prep and they would be ready soon. I was getting a bit annoyed b/​c I felt like too much. We have already been informed the same thing 3 – 4 times now. I turned to my mom and said «The only thing I want to hear out of their mouth is ‘We’re ready for you.’ Finally around 1:25 we go in.
We change. and around 1:25 the ladies started our facials. I thought it was good. I have never been too into facials, but it wasn’t bad. At one point she wipe a scrub off and said did i get it all? I hate when people leave with some on their face. As if I was leaving. I was like oh I guess it is over? I looked at my phone and it was only 1:54 which made this facial only about 30 minutes. I left and my mom was still getting her so I went out and waited. See my mom had added on extractions which are listed in the brochure as adding an additional 20 minutes to the 45 – 60 minutes of the original combo. So I figured she would be in there until like 2:20 she was out by like 2:10. She got 45 minutes, but instead of them taking 45 minutes then adding time to do the extractions, the just did the extractions in the 45 minutes… you get it? Like they substituted.
While I waited, I called the lady who did mine over. I asked her why mine was so short. It was only a half hour? SHe said she is still trying to work on her time. The teacher was noddin saying yes it should have been 45 minutes and she apologized and gave me a business card with a comp facial. SO that was cool.
I was just very annoyed from the get go. I know they are students, but they don’t need to go to school to count minutes.
So there ya have it.

So it is a beauty school and services are performed by students, but still! I went for a facial a couple of weeks ago and it was horrible — COLD cloths, first removal of product didn’t even feel like terry cloth, felt like a portion of an old sheet. And it didn’t improve from there… in the past I have had some pretty good facials here but their program/​instructors must have seriously declined.

I have sympathy because we have all been students at one time, but this place was dirty, unprofessional, and the women who worked on my hair had no idea what they were doing, took forever and completely botched my dye job. Plus it is really expensive! Do yourself a favor and stay away!!!

I was in the process of moving and needed my hair washed, blow dryed and flat ironed — my regular stylist was booked. I called PBC and told the receptionist what I needed and explained that my hair is thick, curly and long (midback) and asked that she book me with someone experienced with my type of hair. Receptionist assures me that I am in good hands (keep that in mind). When I arrive the student stylist (we will call her SS #1) comes to get me and immediately I know that I am in trouble. SS #1 takes me to her station and begins asking what I need and I tell her the same thing I told the receptionist.
She takes me to the back room and begins washing my hair. SS #1 was done in 5 minutes and not once did I feel her fingers anywhere near the roots of my hair or even close to my scalp. When I wash my own hair it takes at least 30, and for my regular stylist about 15 (including the pre-​wash, main wash and rinse). Next comes conditioner. As she’s applying conditioner she’s telling me that her daughter has hair like mine, blah blah blah. 3 minutes later the conditioner is being rinsed out (my hair was not even combed through/​detangled).
Now we are going back to the main room for the blow dry. I am telling myself that I will have to go home and re-​do everything I paid HER to do. While SS #1 is trying to blow dry she realizes that my hair is tangled (having long, thick and curly hair this happens if I don’t wash and condition properly) and I can see the scared look on her face in the reflection of the mirror. Another student stylist (we will call her SS #2) has watched this whole fiasco happen and she steps in, takes a look around my hair and scalp and tells SS #1 that she didn’t wash/​condition my hair good due to the residue she can see on my hair, and she then recommends that my hair does not get blow dryed because it is still technically «dirty».
I end up going home and having to do my own hair, so the money that I paid to PBC as well as the time spent here was a waste.
While I understand that all students need practice, had the receptionist listened to me explain my hair type I believe that she would have placed me with SS #2 and I would have left a happy patron.

I’d give it three stars as a school and three stars as a place to get treatments. It’s about OK and nothing more. Some instructors are experienced, some are simply recent graduates themselves.
As a student, to learn extras, different sort of expenisve classes are offered on weekends. But the main thing to learn at lower end beauty schools is State Board anyway.
The «spa» room is nice. Nice music, dark, little glowing fiber-​optic stars. But co-​ed which is very creepy.
It’s been around since 1961, I think, and that should say something, but I’m not sure that it does any longer.

I had my haircut here for free becuase on Tuesday they do free non profit agency hair cuts my stylist was Linda i highly recommend you get your hai cut by her she is very friendly makes sure your comfortable and she tries to do her best meeting your needs on your hair style

I actually like PBC. Been here 2x to get my hair dyed. I remember the first time I dyed my hair, it was $ 21 (2 years ago) and now it’s $ 41 for an overall dye.
I think the girls name was Rachel. Very nice and it was easy to talk to her. The only bad thing about this place is some of the students gossip right when a customer leaves. There was one girl who just finished an a-​line on an Asian lady and the lady didn’t leave her a tip so once she was out of sight, the girl said «there was a great a-​line, can’t believe she didn’t give me a tip» Makes me worry that they’re going to say something about me and my hair because I got blue in my hair. It was supposed to be teal but it’s okay, the blue went away now and it’s more blue-​ish, little green-​ish. Loved how my high lights turned out though. $ 10 tip :)
Also love how it’s next to Quickly so I can nom on something while getting my hair done.

I walk past this place pretty frequently during my lunch breaks. I was curious what a professional manicure would be like since I had never had one before. I didn’t really know what to expect and it was only $ 5. So I figured, hey, it’s just nails right? How badly can they screw this up?
Well, it was pretty epic actually.
It’s called Paris Beauty College, but don’t let the name fool you, the women that did my nails had no idea what a French Manicure was — must be Paris, Texas based school or something.
I asked her not to touch my cuticles, but instead she cut them and I bled. Ok awesome. The women next to me grabbed the cuticle thingy from her girl and did them herself. ha ha.
The hand massage was cool!
Anyways, she did a bunch of stuff to my nails, filed them, soaked them, buffed them etc. When it came to the tips, she pretty much free handed the lines and then sent me off.
If you could imagine a 6 year old trying to give themselves a french manicure, that’s what it looked like. I should have taken a photo — but honestly I was so embarrassed I was too busy wiping off the mess. Luckily it was just 1 coat and it seemed to be a crappy brand so it came off really easily.
Oh well, now I know.

After I saw what Paris Beauty School had done to my boyfriend’s hair, all I could say was «I’m sorry» in a laughing/​crying/​disgusted choked up kind of way. But he thoroughly covered his experience, so I’ll go into the manicurist aspect.
Paid the $ 5 up front for my manicure. I usually do the trim-​and-​file myself, but my cuticles were feeling a bit beat up and I have no idea how to deal with them. It was about 15 minutes before someone called my name. I sat at one of the little tables with the student (no manicurists today) across from me.
I asked her to trim my nails, since they were longer than I like them. She said sure, then took a file to them… barely. I swear she spent about half the time looking at my nails and the other half staring out into oblivion. When she finished, my nails were different lengths, uneven shapes, and still long. After I left, I finished the job myself. Also, maybe it was the the amount of lotion or the lotion itself, but no amount of rubbing would make the greasy, sticky feeling go away. Small talk was non-​existent. I guess the silence would have been okay if deep concentration was involved. But, as mentioned before, it wasn’t, and it’s hard to make determinedly staring in opposite directions not awkward.
I guess my cuticles look good. Might have been worth the $ 5 just for that. I would prefer, though, to spend the extra dough and feel like I’m getting pampered, instead of half-​ignored.

The area is kinda «ghetto» or «urban»
I’m not rating this as a school, but reather the students and their abilities. Great place for a hair cut!
If you have $ 5, go to Paris Beauty School for a nice stylish haircut! You’re getting styled by students, but there are teachers looking over their shoulders so no worries! I never had a horrible haircut, always come out with an even better hair cut than I expected!
Ask for Courtney!!! I found she’s the best! Get her while she’s still charging $ 5 a haircut!