Central Texas Beauty College

11/24/09

Central Texas Beauty College Sucks!!!

by mwhee1er at Citysearch

1. I was a customer in June of 2009 and because the instructor wanted to go home at 6:00pm and I had been there since 9:00am gettng braids, the instructor made my hairdressor and myself go to the parking lot and finish. The owner came by and saw us out there but did not make any changes to remidy the situation.

2. Because I then took my daughter at 11:30 am to get a color and again the instructor did not want to stay and made the hairdressor take my daughter home to finish rinsing the bleach from her hair.

3. I make arrangements to meet a certain hairdressor at the facility and the instructor who greeted me, Misty and the owner Robert Paitner, said "well if she decides to come in today." This was very rude and did not need to be said to a perfect stranger.

4. That day they went to a Thanksgiving lunch with instructors and students and the instructors continued to talk about his hairdressor in a very unprofessional mannor.

5. An instructor iby the name of Lucy Solis has gone up to students and asked if they had something to wake her up, "speed, adderal, coke, whatever".

6. Finally, some students are giving extra hours for doing things other than cosmotology related activities. Other students have ours taken away just because Misty and Lucy can and Robert Painter will not do anything to them. I know of students that keep a log of their own and have several hundreds of hours missing which is preventing them from graduating which is allowing the school to continue to bill financial aid for longer than the student really needed to be there.

• Cons: They are the MOST unprofessional INSTRUCTORS

01/01/09

Great hair for a great price by great students

by smiling08 at Citysearch

It seems that "asianflav" thought she was in a New York upscale hair salon. This is a low-price beauty college...what were you expecting? I have gone there at least 5-6 times to get a haircut and colored. I have never been dissapointed. The only downside is you have to allow plenty of time because it does take a long time, as they are still learning and trying to get it right! I get my hair done at a higher price salon most of the time but when I am strapped for money and have time I won't hesitate to stop by the college. Great job ladies...good luck!

• Pros: Great price!
• Cons: The hours

08/29/08

Great low-cost haircuts and highlights

by mandeo at Citysearch

I have been to the CTBC three times now, and have been impressed with all three visits. Each time I had a haircut (around $5, I think), and 2 of those I also had highlights (around $35-40?). Very professional work. They take their time to get it right (translate to give this experience twice as long as you would if you were to go to a full-running salon!), but remember they ARE students! The first time, they did mess up the color on my bags a little, but it was "cover-up"able).

I especially like going here because I am somewhat particular about my hairstyles, and like to have the final word, whereas going to a salon or veteran hairstylist, most of the time they think they know better, and end up doing what they want anyways!

I will continue to use the CTBC for their great value hair services. With 4 children, good deals are crucial to find!!!

On a side note, I haven't used their other services (waxing, facials, perms) except once got a nail fill there. That wasn't the best experience, but I typically only get solar nails/fills, and they only did acrylic. So, they lasted only about a week since I am so hard on my nails. But, if you are just looking for acrylics for a special event and don't care if they last a long time, then this is a good option for a small price! (I think it was like $8).

The students and instructors were all very nice and accomodating!

• Pros: GREAT value!!
• Cons: Give yourself lots of time to be there.