KOR Beauty Academy

I tried this beauty college to get my hair colored and cut when I first moved to AZ. They do a very good job! No need to look for another salon, I have had great results and its more reasonable than a regular salon.

I had an excellent experience at Kor Academy. I went in for a haircut and balayage and student Ana Lucia did an amazing job with the help of her instructor who was very supportive during the entire process! Excellent customer service, friendly staff, and awesome turnout! I would definitely recommend setting an appointment with Ana Lucia at Kor Academy!

I have been there 3 times and have gotten great service. The first time my hair was darker than I wanted but the 2 nod time they did a color correction. The 3 rd time I went I got color, highlights, cut and style and it was amazing. It does take longer because they are students but Samy did an amazing job. Would highly recommend this place they are good.

These girls can get down with color, highlights, application techniques, & cool funky colors. I got the A-​line cut with Caramel Highlights on dark hair. Wow! Nice! Check groupon for their specials, try them out… you’ll have a new spot for sure.

I purchased a Groupon recently because I wanted a change and also I am heading out to Las Vegas soon for a bachelorette party.
I saw this deal that was too good to be true and figured that it couldn’t hurt to try. I came in yesterday and got seated right away. Cassie was the student who was my hairstylist and Ramona was the teacher.
I felt at ease and felt comfortable with both. I really enjoyed talking to Cassie. I showed her a picture of a hairstyle I wanted (Lucy Hale), but my hair is too short. But, I was able to get an awesome cut and color that I love. She took her time and asked me a lot of questions, which I appreciated.
I really did enjoy my time here and appreciated her effort. Thank you so much! I am in love with my new look. My mom loves it too. I would definitely come back.

This was some of the worst service i have ever had. I made an appointment the day before i went in to actually enroll into the school. I arrived 15 minutes early and was greeted which was nice. After that i recieved NO service what so ever. There was actually an older woman reading a book it was such a long wait. Multiple woman walked by sweeping the floor, doing work at the desk, and socializing. I was not even glanced at or spoken too. 45 – 60 MINUTES LATER i was still not acknowledged and ended up leaving wasting an hour of my time for nothing. I would understand if they were busy but they were not. It was very horrible service i would never go back or recommend this school to anyone.

I realize this is a school & students are learning but I’ve been to a few others with great results. At Kor Beauty Academy Peoria, it was awful. The supervision of the student was so minimal, which is probably why it went so wrong.
I’ve been to Penrose Academy in Scottsdale & there’s a reason there’s a line of customers there. The experienced stylists /​instructors are constantly checking on the students & their work. They watch closely & explain to them what they are doing correctly & why & what they’re doing wrong & why. Then the instructor takes over that part & has the student watch while it is done correctly. This is how Penrose can get away with charging customers for services. Even though there are students practicing, your hair still gets done right. Not at Kor. At least not for me.
I’ve never had highlights this dried out. I’ve had highlights many times years ago (full highlights & platinum blonde too). I nicely mentioned this & they didn’t offer to do a conditioning treatment even though that was a service they offered.
When I came back for the cut we discussed that all I wanted was my ends trimmed. Tiffany said she would only trim an inch off. Great. I told her I had very long layers that you can barely see but that’s what I wanted & asked her just to follow the cut I all ready have as best she could. She agreed.
The top layer was cut @ the top of my head, not the bottom where the long layers are. The bottom of that top layer is 11″ from the bottom of my hair. There are other obvious layers chunked out of my hair. The bottom layer of my hair is now a very thin, skinny piece that curves to one side. The highlights have been cut off from the middle of my head so I only have highlights on the upper portion of my head. No one offered to blend in some highlites to fix that. In fact, I was told that some people like that look & I got the attitude of why was I complaining, there’s nothing wrong with your hair.
I was never shown the back of my hair before I left & frankly, I forgot to ask because I was so worried about having the front blended since it’s so short & straight across at my ears now. I didn’t see the back til I got home & someone said «What happened to the back of your hair?!»
When I called to ask if I could come back in to have the instructor cut the bottom layer of my hair off so it didn’t look like a tail, he said «sorry we cant’ fix it today but we’re all leaving early cuz there are no other appts.» I had to go to a concert that night (I almost cancelled because I was embarrassed). Friends told me on the phone that it can’t be that bad. When they saw me they said «OMG, what happened?» «I’m so sorry». «It looks like you have really bad hair extensions». «Edward scissorhands» etc.
When I came in the following week, the instructor asked how the wedding was that I was in. Luckily it wasn’t until that weekend but he was fine with leaving early the other day & letting me be in a wedding like that. He trimmed up the bottom but there wasn’t much fixing that could be done without hair extensions & highlights.
I had to get up extra early the day of the wedding of which I had planned to just wear my hair down without having to do anything to it, like I always do. I had to get it cut, highlights put in to try to blend the others and have extensions put it, & cut to blend to my own hair. NOT liking to wear hair extensions in the AZ heat.
I mentioned this to the owner & she did apologize by saying she saw my photos & she is sorry the experience did not go as I had planned. I appreciate the apology but that sounded a little like she may have thought my hair wasn’t that bad either and that it was just me. No offer to partially reimburse me for what I had to pay to fix everything not even an offer of a refund. It wasn’t expensive to begin with but that’s beside the point. The owner was never there so I’m in no way blaming her for how my hair turned out.
The student stylist Tiffany is very nice & she’s learning. This review is not about anyone’s character, just the results of my hair.
If steps were taken that would have made my hair look right again by the people at Kor Academy, or if responsibility was taken, this would have been a 4 star review.
See the before and after photos I posted.

I would definitely recommend this place to anyone! My sister and I both went I KOR yesterday, a little nervous at first, but our results blew us away. First of all the staff was super friendly and helpful. Second my hairdresser (in training) was fun, engaging, and talented. I had a haircut, deep conditioning, scalp massage and blowout style all for 16 $. To top it all off, I have never had a better haircut:) Very satisfied and I plan on going back

I have been here twice now and both times had a fantastic experience!
Katrina did my hair this past time and I absolutely love my hair cut and color more with each passing day. Mr. Rob is there to help instruct the girls and he does fantastic job helping everyone do and be their best.
I will also definitely be going back. This place is truly a hidden gem on the NW side.

What a great experience! At first I was a bit hesitant because it is a school and well I really didn’t know what the outcome could have been. Thankfully I am very happy with my new look!
Thank you Allyson for doing an amazing job. You were very attentive to my needs and how I wanted my hair to look. Thank you Mr. Rob for being a great attentive instructor.
Definitely going back to touch up my roots and to take my son to get his hair cut.

This was the most terrible experience I’ve ever had at any salon. Yes I know it’s a school, but my issue was not necessarily with the quality of the service but rather the instructor. The girls called her Michelle-​y I believe. She was one of the most rude people I have ever met.
I bought a groupon for a Brazilian Blowout. I made an appointment and when I got there she asked me the same question multiple times just to make sure that I understood it. Normally that would just be annoying, but she did it in such a condescending way that I could tell she thought I was not the brightest. She then proceeded to try to charge me extra for my service because of the length of my hair. Nowhere in the fine print of the groupon said that the price was subject to change. After I cleared that issue with Michelle-​y the girl started to do my hair. She got some of the product in my relatively new piercing and it became infected almost immediately. When I brought this up after noticing it Michelle-​y said «I’m starting to have a real problem with you.» EXCUSE ME? I am paying YOU to do a service that you offered. Your student caused my infection (which I had to take care of-​very painfully I might add– and the hole closed.) so you should take responsibility. I wanted to just leave but I already had the treatment on half my head so I was in it for the long haul. Throughout the entire experience Michelle-​y kept making snarky remarks about how I’m lucky they are doing it for that price and even at all. She rattled off a list of other places I should call to get my hair done if I didn’t want to pay extra.
Mind you, I was nothing but polite and kept quiet about a lot of this because she had the power to really screw up my hair.
If you work in a customer service job, then you should be good at customer service. Or at the very least be cordial. It’s not that hard.
As for the hair itself, I think it actually looks nice. But I can’t be sure that it will hold because I haven’t washed my hair yet.
This review is based only on Michelle-​y and not at all on the girl from Jamaica who did my hair. She was a sweetheart.
I would not recommend this place to anybody purely based on the customer service.