Aveda has always been synonymous with the “total experience,” from the moment our guest walks in the door to the moment they leave feeling and looking like a whole new person.

I don’t believe I have ever been in a non-Aveda salon that has gone the extra mile to make feel amazing and actually care for my appearance. The Aveda stylists I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with are always so kind and know exactly how to get to know their guests on a personal level. A client isn’t a client here, they are our guests.

Every guest at Aveda is pampered regardless of the service they are receiving for their particular visit. Here every guest can expect to receive at least one of our rituals of renewal to help them relax and feel completely at ease while they enjoy their service. When we aren’t offering them a hand massage or giving them a phenomenal scalp massage we are going the extra step and introducing them to our sensational line of makeup to complete their new looks.

Each guest not only receives fantastic service but they all leave educated on our products, their own hair, skin, hands, feet or nails and how to utilize their new found knowledge to their advantage outside the salon in order to recreate a style.

As a student, I feel extremely privileged to be able to receive the extraordinary education that only Aveda can offer. We are taught more than how to simply pass our state board exams but how to be trend setting, sustainable stylists, constantly evolving and always striving to be a day-maker in the lives of all the many people that walk through our door and sit in our chairs.

Blog post by Aveda Institute Tallahassee student: Anakarel Smith