Marinello Schools of Beauty Salon

I am sorry to hear that Marinello is bankrupt and close by the Government. I have had very good experience with the school. But, did noticed one student who could not even blow dry hair and was graduating within two weeks. I spoke with an instructor and told her that I was concerned that this girl had not learned a thing and how could she be graduating. She told me that she would send her upstairs again to learn how to blow dry hair. Most of the students were very good at the Burbank location. I loved getting my hair wash and blow dried. I will miss this place.

Greetings, I like write a review about Marinello Beauty College located in seaside, ca 93 955.
The management in this school is extremely UNPROFESIONNAL. That includes the director of the school, the white tall lady which forgot her name. She is lacking professionalism and proper skill and experience to run that place. She is rude, selfish and has an attitude. Their customer service is really bad. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from this place and take your business somewhere else. Even their students acknowledge that their management and front desk clerks are extremely unprofessional. They treat you like you are nobody. All they want is your $.
So please do yourself a favor and go take class somewhere else or even pursuit a different carrier. I guarantee you will be happy that you did NOT go to this school.
Good luck!

I am a fan of this experience. My men’s hair cut was great! I received a hair cut from one of the students under the instruction of a teacher. It took almost 90 minutes, but I enjoyed it because it was interactive and I got a glimpse of the teaching/​learning side of the industry. As a person who works with my hands, I remember what it was like to learn a trade, so I really appreciated the struggle the student had, and enjoyed observing her have «Aha!» moments. I have no doubt that if I continue to receive hair cuts here, that the students get more practice, and our community grows stronger.

I always show up at opening and am told to make an appointment. So today, I was there at ten and was told to come back at eleven. I should have taken it as a sign! I came back at 11:00 and my simple haircut/​trim with short straight hair took 2 hours and 45 minutes. Oh My God! The student cut/​poked himself with the scissors and took a short break. I have never seen someone dilly dally and move so slow. Never Again! Wow! Beware!

Went here to get a fill in my nails, and I was prepared for a student to not do so well. It was just astounding how much more practice she needed. She spent a long time preparing my nails, shaping, buffing, and filling. Even then, it was not salon quality. Overall, she took about 3 hours and for the price and what you get, I’m still satisfied. Of course coming here, is always a hit and miss. My friend cAme with me and another girl did her nails, and did a really good job for her first time. I paid$ 9 and gave a $ 3 Cus I simpathised. I’ll prolly go back to see anything different happens. But I had a nice evening talking with my nail tech. If I went to a real salon it is likely I wouldn’t be talking Cus the nail techs don’t speak very good English.

I just gotta say, I am definitely satisfied with the service I received. I tried cutting my hair myself, and messed up my hair lines. They were able to take my mistake and give me the best haircut I’ve had in a long time.
The student who cut my hair was OLIVIA, and she was patient, focused, and had an attention for detail. From what I was told, the students don’t get much practice using clippers, due to having a predominant female clientele. That’s where the help from the teacher came in. The teacher who worked on the floor when I got my haircut was Miss JAMIE. She helped, showed, and checked Olivia as she cut my hair. Miss Jamie even showed me how I need to style my hair in order to get it the way I want.
The best part of the whole experience was hearing other students commenting on Olivia’s work, some of them wish they got to work with my hair.
I’m definitely planning on coming back.

I am so happy that I made the decision to go in and get some highlights in my hair. Ashley, with just a few tips from Ms. Jaime, did a fantastic job. I love how it added depth and texture to my hair. It was so flat and dull looking before. I never once felt nervous about whether or not I would like the outcome. I really felt like Ashley was confident in what she was doing and was willing to ask questions of her if needed. And her teacher was on top of what everyone was doing and took the time to help when needed. Everyone there that I passed or looked at gave me a smile. I like that. And, I was extra happy to find put that they had a military discount as well. I got great hair at an exceptional price!!! I am definitely going back to see Ashley when my hair needs a touchup, and maybe even see the other students about a facial or getting a pedicure. Thanks everyone!

Samantha did a wonderful job giving me a perm under the guidance of Ms Jami and Ms Angie.

I went into Marinello a little over a week ago because my hair needed some fixing up. Miss Angie did my hair for quite some time in the past, and I completely trust her with my hair. Since she started teaching I hadn’t let anyone near it, and now I wish I had gone in sooner! Going in I had about 2 inches of medium blonde roots against my bright blonde highlights. Tired of having the constant outgrowth and not enough time or money for upkeep, I wanted something more low maintenance.
After waiting only a few short minutes after checking in, Sam came over and introduced herself, and told me she’d be working on my hair. I showed her a few pictures of what I wanted, called balayage. She called Miss Angie over, who walked her through the steps of matching my hair color and the process to properly blend my two shades of blonde to a more satisfying transition. Shortly after, another student named Larry arrived who jumped in and helped Sam with the balayage process. Before I knew it, the product was in my hair and Miss Angie came by to check on the progress. Satisfied with the way things were coming along, she said, «Ohhh, perfect! This is going to look so cool!!» I was sent to be rinsed and brushed out which was quite the tedious task because my hair is so long and prone to tangling, but Larry and Sam patiently brushed through all the tangles nonetheless.
After my mane was tamed, Sam blow dried my hair, and Miss Angie came by to inspect the color. We were both very excited about my new look, and once my hair was dry, she trimmed off the dead ends, leaving my hair feeling healthier and brand new :) The icing on the cake was when Sam offered to curl it, which looked amaaaazing, even the next day.
I give my experience a ⁵⁄₅ stars. Don’t let the fact that it’s a beauty school discourage you from going there, the students are highly trained, and the teachers are very attentive. Not to mention the prices. When things were all said and done, I only paid $ 35 I think it was? And of course I had to tip the students, they definitely deserved it! It did take some time, but you need to remember it’s not magic, it’s hair, and it’s a process. But everyone certainly did their best. Thank you Miss Angie, Sam and Larry for going above and beyond to make me a very happy client.

I went to Marinello 3 separate times for haircut, brows, and a perm. Each time I was very satisfied. Especially recently with my haircut and perm with Patricia and her teacher Ms. Angie. Patricia was meticulous and quick. Very friendly. If you go, make sure you’re not in a hurry as they are students. You won’t be disappointed.

I have been to Marinello 3 times now and from what I can gather, which you may be able to guess this since these are students who are learning, it can be hit or miss. Need a trim or a basic haircut? You seriously can’t beat the price and all the stylists I’ve come into contact with there are super nice. They offer a 50% off military discount on Tuesday and Thursdays. Since I have such long hair, everything is usually so expensive I can’t afford it, but that isn’t the case here. I have had my hair cut by Larry (super nice and very receptive to what I wanted). And I have had my hair colored by Olivia twice (love her!) I was quoted at a local salon $ 120 to get partial purple highlights in my hair, but had it done here for about $ 40 (that’s with a tip)!
Now for the negatives:
It takes FOREVER. I’m talking 4 – 5 hours for partial highlights/​style. Now, keep in mind I have extremely long hair so most likely this is part of why it takes so long for me. The first time I had the purple highlights put in my hair, I LOVED IT! It lasted forever (6 – 8 weeks) and faded nicely. So I was very excited to go again and get the dark purple back. Well, the second time… I have no idea what happened. I’m pretty sure she used Pravana both times. This last time though, they were out of the long foils so they had to use these weird plastic ones. This may or may not have had anything to do with the fact that after only 2 washes, my highlights were no longer purple (except for the roots… which coincidently were the only areas she re-​lightened). My roots were blonde and purple, but the rest of my hair was BLUE/​TURQUOISE). I was pretty upset at first… especially since this would be the last color I would want my hair to be. It did end up growing on me and my 2 year old thought it was cool ;). I’m pretty laid back and knew what I was getting myself into by going to a beauty school to begin with so I guess I got what I paid for lol.
All in all, I am satisfied with Larry and Olivia and I’m sure I will be back… just maybe not for color lol. Miss Angie was also really great at guiding both of them as they worked with my super long hair.

Miss Angie and Miss Jamie are wonderful teachers! I knew coming in that it was going to be awhile since it is a school first and foremost. In total I was there for a little over 4 hours, but I did get a lot of bleaching done to my brown hair with highlights all over.
I brought in a picture from my phone of an idea on how I wanted to do my hair into, Miss Angie knew how to go about it. To my fascination was their excitement over my «virgin» hair (I hadn’t dyed my hair in over 2 years and let everything grow out)! :)
Students Ashley and Samantha were the ones that actually worked on my hair… they were both great! If they didn’t know what or how to go about it, they had no problem asking the teachers for help or questions. They were very knowledgeable in their own right having done coloring previously. They took their time with layering on the color and foils, having taken some direction from both of the teachers.
The after product looked great and just what I was looking for! I’ve gotten many compliments and I couldn’t have asked for anything else!
Miss Angie even recommended that if I wasn’t happy after the first few weeks, to come back and change the toner on the blonde. She also recommended a few different «purple» shampoos that work well with newly bleached hair, that I was able to pick up a Ulta for the first few weeks of washing my hair.
I’m not one to maintain my hair coloring, however, I figured if I do grow it out then it can turn into a reverse Ombré! (even if that was so last year)
I would definitely go back again though for any other experience!

Crystal V. is the BEST!!! She’s very respectful, efficient, and takes direction well.

I got an acrylic set by Lola. I have never been more satisfied. She is really good with acrylic and design. She did a nude, leopard print and gold glitter design with a rounded almond shape. The prices are really good and they are clean and regimented in their procedure. Book with Lola, she is amazing!

I’ve actually been here about 2 times. The first time i came it was quite nice. I mean i only came here to get my nails did. They were just painted and cut and massaged the same as how it would be done anywhere else. I mean i left pretty satisfied.
The second time was a whole different story. So my mom wanted to get a curly hair perm done. So we went down on a Saturday to go ask about it. And first of all the lady at the front desk looked like she didn’t even want to be there at all. Her face was not very welcoming. Ok so we asked and she very rudely said we have no one today come back on Tuesday Morning.
So we did. We go in on Tuesday morning how she told us and say that she wanted a curly perm. This time it was a different person behind the front desk, she was a much better person. She was welcoming and all. Well anyway she told us sorry we don’t have anyone at the moment. And well my mom got mad because they had told her to come back on Tuesday morning. She was nice enough to go find someone who knew how do do a perm. Well she came back and told us that there was only one person available and we said ok. So my mom goes with her and starts doing her hair. I’m just there observing whats done and what not.
Well the lady that did my moms hair was very friendly and talkative, she knew more Spanish then English i mean that’s fine because my mom speaks Spanish, but everyone else didn’t seem to help her. I mean it’s a school right? i felt like they were discriminating her and excluding her. The teacher would walk around helping the other girls but didn’t once ask how she was doing even though she clearly saw the lady struggling on putting the tubes. Well anyways i helped her a little on choosing them and how shes supposed to put them.
She did that whole process and then we headed to the back of the room where she would put the condiment right?, well she didn’t know how to put it. In this case the other girls that were getting ready to sit on the desks because there was class going on saw. One of them actually came and helped her. Ok well hours past. We were just sitting there waiting i guess 30 min? till’ she came back.
While waiting i noticed how unorganized and non interested the students looked. There class wasnt even worth what they pay for. Idk that’s just me.
Well the lady came back to take out the tubes on my moms hair, and well she didnt know how, even my mom was telling me to help her. But how would i, she would probably get in trouble. While she was taking them out she was explaining how my mom should wash her hair and blah blah. Well she didnt even know why one shouldn’t wash there hair after certain hours. I had to explain it to her until she understood. Well the whole process took 6 Hours !!! i even took like 3 naps in the car. like seriously?
The lady over all was really nice. She was friendly, the only thing is that it’s so frustrating seeing how she wouldn’t get helped knowing it’s a school !! They either need better instructors or idk?!
Ever since, iv’e been debating weather to go get a facial or not, because i don’t want an unwelcoming experience.

Thank you for losing the mani, pedi, and hair appointments my friends and I made for today before we went to the Marine Corps Ball. The least you guys could’ve done was apologized for losing them or tried to work with us to get maybe something done. Instead the girl at the desk was just incredibly rude and dismissive. Great service guys, appreciate it.

Wow. Just wow. Anthony on night shift is awesome! I got a fantastic haircut, literally best I’ve had ever. Such a talented barber!

I have visited Marinellos for several services but I always come back for hair care. Ximena has been cutting and styling my hair at Marinello’s for almost a year now! She takes good care of my hair and even checks on me the next day or so to make sure that I am pleased with the results.

I had my hair cut by Marinello student Ashlan this week, and she did a great job. I’ve received many compliments on my hair, and I’m still in a bit of disbelief that the cut cost $ 5.
I have curly hair and a history of terrible haircuts that I’ve paid too much money for. Rather than waste the money on a new salon and stylist, I decided to take a chance with a beauty student at Marinello. I went in knowing that this was a school – not a salon – and that my stylist would still be learning and therefore might make some mistakes. I called about two days ahead of time and they were able to accommodate appointments for both a friend and me at the same time.
I went in asking for a medium bob with layers and a side bang (I had some pictures on my phone to clarify), and that’s exactly what I got. Ashlan consulted with her teacher before each big step of the cut, which was much appreciated; it had been a while since she’d done this type of haircut, and it was good judgment/​maturity for her to check and make sure she was doing it properly rather than risk winging it.
I think the experience and quality of results at Marinello (or any beauty school) depends on the student who is working on you. I’d definitely recommend Ashlan if you can nab an appointment with her, though I think she may be graduating soon. But whatever the experience, the price is absolutely not beatable. I got a shampoo, a pretty dramatic hair cut, and application of styling product for only $ 5 (because my hair is curly, I left with it still damp and opted not to blow dry or straighten and style, which does cost more).

I went and got my hair done by one of the students yesterday. We went through a color book and analyzed the color I wanted and I told her I wanted about two inches taken off the length.
My color is perfect and although the length is a little shorter than I would have liked I feel that’s more my fault than the students.
The only reason I took off one star is because of how long it took, don’t go if you’re in a hurry. I was in the chair for almost 4 hours.
I would definitely recommend them over all though, great price, great color, great service.