COBA Academy

I absolutely love coming here!!! The students are amazing as well as the staff. I made the mistake of going to Paul Mitchells and they ruined my hair, I called coba and they blessed me with Victoria!!! I will be continuing to go to coba. The school isn’t to big like Paul Mitchell which is less distracting and you get your hair done in decent time. I would recommend Victoria to anyone!!! She did a fantastic job!

I really love coming here. Excellent prices and customer service. I especially love Janelle she is so fun and creative. I am
never disappointed. And her instructor Ms. Gina is awesome, she is super cool and very informative. I know I am always in good hands when I come to Coba!

Love coming here! All the girls are so friendly and welcoming but especially Janelle! I have never had to wait when I just come and walk in! It’s conveniently located right on the corner.
Janelle does an amazing job at cut, coloring, blow dry, whatever it is you need done! Thanks COBA AND JANELLE :)

I have never been here for salon services, I wanted to trim off some of my hair but didn’t want to pay $ 70 plus for just a simple service. I have always walked pass this school but didn’t think about a student touching my hair, BUT, I’m glad I did it was only $ 15 for a cut and I got the best student, her name is Denise. She was talkative, gentle on the hair, and made my hair look 100 X better than it was. I will be returning to her. Thank You.

I needed a haircut last minute and lots of salons were already closed. I called Coba Academy and they were open to taking me at 6pm. I got a haircut from Anissa and it was only $ 15!
She did a great job! Since it is the academy, it did take a little longer, but the end result was fantastic. I would come back again and make sure I had an hour set aside.

The worst haircut I ever had. The student missed a piece of my hair and my layers look very choppy. Also, there wasn’t a supervisor present. Zero stars for this experience.

I came in and was told I could get a haircut by a student for 10 bucks while the instructor was present. Sounds like a great deal to me. Keep in mind, only come here if you have time to spare. I know they are students, but it seemed like the student cutting my hair was very new. It took my whole lunch break (1 hr) to get barely anything cut off. I probably wouldn’t have come if I knew it would take longer than an hour. I didn’t get to eat lunch but thankfully one of the instructors was there to help out the student and finish up with me because she knew I had to be back soon.
Haircut came out fine. Wish I could have gotten a little more off, but didn’t have the time. Probably won’t come again only because I don’t have the time. Though the people were nice and the prices were good.

So I walked into Coba, sat in a chair and told the girl, «RUIN MY ENTIRE LIFE»!
And she did just that.
She started cutting the sides and back of my head, but then the Coba Commander stepped in and told her that she’s leaving holes all over my head. So they «fixed» that. And by fixed, i mean they made it look slightly less obvious.
Then she starts cutting the top and did her own thing, completely ignoring what I told her to do.
The Coba Commander even came over and told her she’s not giving me the right haircut.
So now she starts trying to blend the sides in with the top, and apparently she couldn’t manage that at all, so the Coba Commander came back to take over, but apparently she doesn’t know how to do it either! I watched as she uses the clippers on my hair, and then scissors, and then clippers again, and then scissors and keeps repeating this. Doing this all in the same area! Ended up with a nice spot on my head thats 50% shorter than the surrounding hair. It looks like a spot where a bumper sticker should go.
So anyways, I came out looking like a square head. It’s like a longer version of a flat top. Kind of like Bart Simpson undercut gone wrong, only not that good.
Oh, she also added in some straggly hairs in spots to go along with the major indentation on the back of my head and holes all around my head.
Best of all this girl said she was really close to graduating!
After that I think the Kool Aid man burst in said, «OH YEEEEAH!!!»
So all in all, a perfect haircut to ruin my life! Only took $ 10 and a little over an hours time!
I’d recommend everyone to come here for the same haircut.
It builds character and strength having to go through life looking like this and makes other people happy with the constant laughs you provide them.

I went today to get a simple haircut. Told the girl i was cutting 12 inches off and donating then i needed layers and side bangs. First theres no layers to my hair and second i had to get all the way home for someone to say theres a big chunck missing in the back of my hair. I would have been fine if someone told me while i was there but now im mad and will not go back again.

I have came here in the past and was happy with a cheap haircut they gave my then 5 year old son. I came on Monday and they were closed, my lack of information. I came yesterday (Tuesday) and they were open from 10 – 3, walked in at 2:15 and they stopped taking haircuts at 1:30. Told me I could come back at 5. Sorry but I’m not going to be driving back and forth. I come back in on Wednesday at 12:15 — after taking 20 minutes to find parking and not exaggerating either — and I was told to come back at 1:30 because they take their lunch from 12 – 1 which is not posted on their schedule! Comeback at 1:30 when they stop taking haircuts? Or make an appointment, I though this was a walk in place?! I left very irritated about their unwillingness to take a haircut that doesn’t take more than 15 minutes even when they have to ask their instructors to come and check their performance. Not coming back here for sure.

I have been meaning to write a review for over a month now but havent gotten to it.
I have been to COBA twice and both time had a really good experience. My 1^st visit was to get my hair colored the girl who did my hair was leiann. she was incredibly sweet and did a great job even though Im sure she was exhausted by the end since i had a TON of hair at the time. She was GREAT and the color was PERFECT!
My second visit was to get my hair cut to be donatedr a donation; i cut off 11 inches. Kayla E cut my hair– the cut was ADORABLE. she did a very thorough job and was a pleasure overall. I have received a TON of compliments on my new look. Im not sure I will be ready to go back to long hair any time soon!
I will definitely be back! and hopefully one of these girls will be able to help me again.
THANK YOU BOTH!!!

So I’m not typically the Unilocaling type but I just wanted to say I’ve been visiting Phaithe at COBA for about a year and even before the new management helped turn the place around, I could say I have never been more consistently satisfied with my experience than most any other barbershop or salon I’ve been to.
She (and lets be fair, the rest of the students seem pretty competent too) always manages to hook it up with a very clean fade and just the right amount off the top. If you want a clean men’s cut minus the typical pretentious pomade-​and-​tattoos tough guy persona I’d recommend stopping by!

8−19−14 was an amazing great hair day for me at COBA! Phaithe Leonti performed a very professional, systematic cut and blow dry on my long thick hair that left it feeling bouncy and light, soft, and looking very shiny. I am elated with her artistic talents that she performed on my hair. I don’t think I have been as excited about a haircut or amazed at the precision results I received by letting Phaithe perform a miracle with my hair. Thanks, Phaithe, you are so gifted and talented in your trade as a hair stylist. It was a distinct pleasure to have you fix my hair so beautifully. Keep on creating. Be Blessed, Nancy B. @ LAX

I will be coming back! I got my haircut from Federica and she did an amazing job! Coba Academy is a beauty school, and not only the instructor teaches the students how to prep, cut, and style, but informs the customer what would work best or might turn out on his or her hair if they want to do more than a cut and wash. I know a lot people might not come to a beauty school for a haircut, but the quality is good and my experience was amazing. I went from long hair to pixie for $ 10 than $ 30+ if I went to my usual stylist. I highly recommend Federica :)

So happy with my cut and style! Blondes go to Nicole Silva! She was really gentle with my hair and made it so silky and bouncy. I’m definitely going to her again.
Plus– it was only $ 15– can’t beat that!

Just got a cut today from Roshel? Professional in training. I was satisfied with the result. No pretentious judgmental barbershop where they overcharge. These «students» here are very focused and dedicated to their trade. I’d come back and see Roshel again.
Cheers

I walked in for a simple 50s pin up hair style. I was recommended to go to the academy because they’d charge me less than other places and who doesn’t love styling hair? It wasn’t a professional environment, but it was fun.
The girl assigned to me was cute, a bit awkward and clumsy, but nice. I think her styling my hair took far longer than it should have, but I was in no rush. It was amusing to listen to the students banter and have fun, and it was interesting to see how a place like that worked.
I’m giving it 3 starts because of how long it took and also the awkwardness of the girl who did my hair. I liked her, but she didn’t seem fully focused on what it means to keep a customer happy besides giving them a good haircut. I loved my hair and so did everyone I passed. Great job! Keep it up, you guys.

I have to hand it to the people at this school. My hair — once my crowning glory — was a train wreck caught between a losing battle with resistant gray roots and 20+ years of boxed black dye (which had actually been lightened a couple of years ago to a deep mahogany violet that was still blackish in parts). The goal this time was to lighten my hair as much and as safely as possible, to blend with the incoming gray and encourage my hair to gracefully grow in naturally as I embrace my 40-​something years.
I went here knowing full well I was taking a chance, but decided to rest my fate in the school’s hands and let them do their thing.
The gal that worked on my hair (Jennifer) was diligent as she was attentive, meticulously weaving the strands of hair destined for bleach and foil. Once I was foiled and looking like I was my own wifi hotspot, I was placed under the dryer for some time with the instructor checking often to be sure my hair was processing as it should.
Rinse, shampoo, toner, blow-​out and some 5 and a half hours later my once sickly and tired locks were transformed into a lush, vibrant and beautifully lightened mane.
I couldn’t be more pleased with the care and attentiveness I received. My thick head of hair was a challenge, and the results say a lot about the quality of instruction and knowledge the students receive in order to follow their path in such a demanding field.

Today I went to COBA for the first time after calling and asking if there were any students comfortable doing an unnatural color (blue). I was told that there were plenty of students and after asking if I could bring my puppy (she goes almost everywhere with me) I was told that it would be fine. I was also given a $ 45 estimate. This appointment took 4 hours, cost $ 90, and the teacher told me that my dog was not welcome. The girl who did my hair was sweet but she took a long time and my face and ears and scalp are covered in blue hair dye and my hair is not at all even. I also didn’t want any length off but they cut at least 3 inches.

Some of the girls working here are SUPER rude. I was walking by the salon, they were literally blocking the sidewalk in a little study group whatever, and I was going to enter the building to get my hair trimmed. I told them «excuse me» and walked past to the entrance. But after I passed them I guess they went deaf, and they had the audacity to yell «EXCUSE ME» and «THANK YOU» and who knows what else, behind my back, to me. I know they were yelling at me too because it was early and there were only a few people at The Circle (whoever they yelled at, it was still rude). And I’m sorry, I thought I was on a public walkway?
May have been one little negative encounter, but one is enough to lose a customer forever. It’s nice to know I saved my money, and know a graduate from this school who can do my hair in half the time.