Kylee is the sweetest and always does such an amazing job with my hair! She really listens to what you want, but also isn't afraid to tell you what your hair actually needs, which I love so much. I always leave feeling so confident and in love with my hair. Highly recommend her, love her so much read more

One star only because the not so talented girl named Brianna that colored my hair was friendly. I am very dissatisfied with the color service. Thats not all I ask prior to service how much it would be and was told $220 go to check out and it's $280 So not only was I sent home with a terrible color service. I had to pay a huge amount. read more

My daughter and I went to the salon. The to get our hair done. prices were not what they appear to be online. Which I thought, hey, it's an upscale salon,I'm sure they'll do a good job. The lady that did my hair was very nice. But the job that was done was not.And they refuse to return my money. The day she did my hair, she knew she'd messed up and offered to schedule me another appointment to fix it. I took the night to think about it.And decided not to have her touch my hair again, because it was so badly messed up. This is only my experience in the salon, But I would highly recommend anybody that wants to go to this salon to do their research.It was not worth three hundred dollars for hair coloring. If you want that upscale Environment, with all that goes with it, I would not choose this salon. If I could give it a negative star I would. It was absolutely horrible experience and I paid almost $600 total at this salon for both my daughter and me. So not worth it! After the first review, I posted, I got a text message back because I left another review for a different business that did hair because they lied about the prices just like these people did. Reviews are there to help people to know where to go and where not to go.So if you have s***** service you can tell people about your experience so they don't experience the same thing. Shame on this business owner! read more

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Update: Recently had lowlights applied by Kylee (as well a deep conditioning treatment) at Austral Salon. So pleased with the results--and I have received TONS of compliments. My hair looks incredibly shiny and healthy! read more

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Kylie is Absolutely The Best! She's An Expert "Blonder" for ladies like Me that want that "Beach" Blonde but Everything she does is Perfection! And She's So Fun and it's So Relaxed! I'D drive 2-3 hours to have her Do My Hair! read more

I got lost finding Austral but the staff here stayed online with me assisting me. The Salon has so many amazing people and focus on coloring and haircuts. This Salon is exactly what you have been looking for drive or Uber yourself to the best hair stylist read more

Courtney has done my hair for years. I have a few color streaks that are unique and I get soooo many compliments everywhere I go. She does a great job and I'd recommend her to anyone! The other ladies there are very nice also and the man. read more

Had my hair cut by Tim today, love it ! I never leave a salon without playing with my hair and trying to re-style but today I was 100% happy when I left the salon. For reference, I have a short pixie cut read more

I'm extremely disappointed with my haircut and color. Emmie was nice at first but she couldn't do what I wanted. I waited months to go back to a salon after my last experience, only to have my hair come out horrible . I was treated rudely by Charlene who lied and said I didn't book a highlight when she knows I did . She took the appointment. They don't know how to treat customers. read more

Wet expensive for a basic cut. Website says up to $45 - ended up paying $80 for a trim. Won't be back.

This place is nice, the staff is friendly, the prices are reasonable and I have had several fantastic haircuts here. However, the one time I got color (balayage), I left platinum. It was not at all the dimensional honey gold I had imagined and discussed. It did not grow out well. Because of this, I go elsewhere. However, my mom lives and dies by this salon. She is, coincidentally, platinum. read more

This is the greatest salon in Columbia!! I came in with a terrible haircut, & Kristen completely fixed it. She worked magic!!! I recommend to everyone! I'll never go anywhere else! read more

Austral Salon - Hair Salons Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

I went in for a simple highlight and Wayne completely destroyed my hair. He even admitted it was horrible and had me schedule a second session with him. He still didn't fix it after the second time and I was too upset to go back to him a third time to try to fix it yet again. I looked like a zebra and they still charged me $265. ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!! I would not recommend them to anyone. read more

Unprofessional and completely unreliable. I scheduled to have a trial and final look for bridal styling. My trial was cancelled the night before my appointment via text. I confirmed multiple times with the salon that my final bridal appointment was still in place. Today, I was called TWO DAYS BEFORE MY WEDDING to be informed that the stylist I was booked with has never done bridal hair. I was asked to come in 6 hours before my ceremony instead of my original time so that the inexperienced stylist I was scheduled with could have help from an experienced stylist. No apology was given, and I was shushed on the phone and berated by an angry older woman insisting that it was better for me to come in for my hair 6 hours prior to my wedding to do curls that will be exposed to 100 degree heat. Absolutely rude and unprofessional, acted like being cancelled on two days before my wedding was "tough shit". I'm blown away by how unprofessional this experience was. read more

I've been to several hair salons going from the cheapest $5 dollar cuts to the $70 and over beautiful salons and this place just gave me exactly what I wanted in a great location for great prices!! Plus free bang trims! That was just the cherry on top of my ice cream! Great and friendly service! I don't normally go to a place twice or set up future appointments but this place is totally having me come back! Love it! Thanks Austral Salon! And shout out to Josh, he did an amazing job! Thanks Again! read more

I just moved to the area and was looking for a salon that was able to do color and cut. I have been to many salons in the past and I absolutely loved this salon. Atmosphere was very nice, salon was clean, and all employees were super friendly. Price was reasonable for the type of salon. I loved my hair, Kristen did an excellent job! Will be coming back for my next color :D read more

I have been going to Kourtney for years. Love her, she always does an amazing job.

I cannot believe that I had to SEARCH for the best salon in Columbia, which IS Austral Salon. Where have you people been? I've lived here for decades, tried most or all of the best salons and I've been at Austral for 9+ years. I've wondered about the authenticity of your ratings, since you have deleted my ratings of the very best dermatologist in Columbia (IMHO). This dermo AND Austral Salon here are truly the very best, I have tried all or most and have spent a small fortune in my quest. You always get what you pay for. read more

Wonderful value!! Rachel and Britney made time for us when we were basically walk-ins and they remembered us after 6 months! Always a job well done and that can not be said for bargain cuts. read more

This Salon is great! I was able to get an appointment the same week that I called and my stylist was fantastic. I'm just in town for work so finding a stylist for one or two haircuts can be intimidating. My stylist really listened to me about the type of cut/trim I wanted and checked to make sure I liked it as she went along to make parts shorter, thinned out etc. I was really happy with my haircut /style read more

Inexperienced stylists (except for one veteran). The owners do not respect their clientele - can you imagine - if you are not happy with a product THEY sell - too bad - "we can't do anything with that" - is what the owners said! They can see take your $$$ no problem ! read more

I'm not from here so I researched salons to get my hair cut and colored based on the reviews I thought this was the place for me. I explained what I wanted to achieve and received the complete opposite not once, but TWICE and shared pictures both times. I've never had to go back to a salon before because I did not like the end result. After not coloring my hair for over a year and half it's now over processed and my scalp is irritated. When she rinsed my hair with HOT water she added an additional chemical that felt like it burned my scalp. I was made to feel like I should not have come back. I explained before I left it looked orange, and the lady said "what, is it to light for you now" Not only am I still unhappy with the hair color that is brassy, but the cut she provided for curly hair was bad to. The only positive is the difference between a good and bad hair cut is a few weeks( I hope) but the lift/color has to be redone. I'll be going to another salon to hopefully have it fixed and treated for damage. I was reluctant to go back and I should have trusted my instincts. read more