Horrible school. I wouldn’t recommended it to anyone. It’s a very stressful place. Rules constantly changing. Staff members quitting and they are short handed. State board doesn’t do anything about it because the school has them under their hand. The owner asked students to write good reviews. This school may have been around for a long time but it sure doesn’t seem like it. It’s so unorganized and scattered. When you first sign up they seem so nice and caring but it’s not like that at all. Doctor excuses aren’t a thing to them even if you bring it they don’t document it so you’re attendance rate goes down. And once it goes below 70% you will have to owe them money. They don’t care about family members passing and if you miss class on a mandatory day it won’t be excused. There was 2 students who attended funerals on Saturday and came back. With proof and yet they didn’t care so they ended up getting suspended the following school day. The school needs a lot of maintenance starting with washing machines. One of them makes a really loud noise and shakes so bad to the point of it coming out of the wall and flooding part of the class room. Make sure if you attend the school to get a break down of everything and always keep your contract because they will breach it. Just like how our state board test is suppose to be all paid for. At least the first one. And if you have to retake it then that comes out of your pocket. But no that’s a lie. What they don’t tell you is that you pay them for the test and when you finish and have to schedule your test that’s when you have to pay another 83$

I have a family member who attended this school. Ive never heard anything great about this place. These people are so unorganized and unprofessional!Student were forced to sign a form stating they gave the school permission to hold their financial aid checks and the forms were all back dated to last year. These young ladies are scared to stand up for themselves thinking they will be expelled because they are threatened to be expelled so often. MONEY HUNGRY! Once I visited this school for a back treatment and I entered through the front door and one of the staff members told me to walk around the building to the back door that day I did not receive my back treatment. Complete idiots run this place. This isnt a school for parents or pregnant students either. I was told a student was pregnant during enrollment and 3 weeks later she got kicked out of the program. Parents, I hear when your kid gets sick and you have to take a few days off it counts against you and runs your time up. You will be required to pay over time fees $240 per week is a pretty penny!

BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE! STUDENTS DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL! This school is horrible, the owner is miserable, mean, and only wants your money then she turns on you. They are constantly expelling students for no reason, changing rules that are not in the handbook, and set the students up for failure. Honestly I do not know how this place is still in business, it is a total scam! They tell you want you want to hear when signing up then go back on everything they told you. Sick, they dont care even with a Doctors excuse. They set the students up for failure, failure, failure! Once they have your money they dont care if you succeed, they would prefer you not succeed so they can fill another spot since they have your money. The school claims to be a MAC school and tell you that you get this awesome MAC makeup kit but you dont, they require you to buy this horrible make up kit for $650 THAT IS MADE BY ONE OF THE TEACHERS. I wouldnt buy this stuff at the dollar store but they want the students to use it on clients. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!

Even though the rules seemed to change a lot and they’re probably more stricter than other schools they will teach you and give you all the resources you need to pass state board! This is this best school in Louisiana for the program!

They did such an excellent job on both my daughters hair. We will be back.

I have been enjoying DJs for over 8 years. Driving from Prairieville, I have continued patronizing the school for a number of reasons like available services, cost point and customer service; but especially the services from the esthetics program. This is the oldest esthetics school in Baton Rouge. Always clean. Always friendly. Not pushy to sell products or services. Consistently satisfied with services. Remember, if you are unsatisfied with any business, respectfully speak up. You are helping the business grow and succeed. Growth never stops for anyone. After 8 years of services I confidently review DJs at 5 stars overall.

DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY SAY. The owner will try to swoon you in every way possible to get you to enroll. Once they have your money you’re stuck until you either graduate or pay them off. The esthetics program is a huge disappointment. They promise all these certifications but most student have to seek further training outside of school because the teacher does not actually teach. She sits on her phone or computer, ordering things on Amazon every day. Rules change daily so you never know what’s right or wrong. They don’t follow their own rules written in the book you receive when you enroll. The school will send you home for having dirty shoes or a wrinkled uniform, then the hours you miss from being sent home will be used against you. In the end, before you’re allowed to take your state board test, you will owe them more money. As if $15,000 wasn’t enough. They claim to be a MAC school but they never attend any MAC classes and no longer provide students with a MAC makeup kit. They give students a home made makeup kit they are REQUIRED to use on clients, that was made by a teacher at the school. Students have to clean on a regular basis, not just their work stations but the entire classroom, laundry room and clinic. There’s also mold growing in the clinic and in the bathrooms. The electrical wiring is hazardous and not up to code. One day the clinic almost caught on fire due to faulty wiring. If you have kids don’t even think about coming to this school. They don’t care if your child is sick and can’t go to daycare or school, they do not care if you bring a doctors excuse. It all counts against you, they will do anything to get more money out of you. Djay’s and it’s owners do not care about students, all they care about it MONEY MONEY MONEY. BEWARE!!! There are a few other programs for esthetics, choose wisely!!! The owner is an incredibly rude woman who has gone into the class room and called the students frogs and said she “does not need them, she makes her money regardless if students get expelled!” And she “has no problem expelling every single one of the students in the esthetics program.” She picks on students who aren’t on her list of favorites. She has no professional ethics!!! She talks to her students as if they were dogs. Go ANYWHERE except D’jays! There’s Aveda in covington, John jays in Kenner and now Richport on Sherwood.

WORST SCHOOL EVER! DONT BOTHER WASTING YOUR MONEY HERE.So unprofessional and very unorganized. This is the first time in my life where i felt as if they dont care for me and only want money, which is sad. When you sign up to attend school there, they dont tell you any of the extra fees you will have to put up aside from the 14k tuition. They make you buy school supplies which some supplies were never used, they also make you buy products for mock (which is a state board practice test) these products arent cheap and theyre not even required for the state board (really could use any products). Steamers are bought used and when theyre broken they throw it in the back and try to mix up pieces of the steamer to put it together. This is suppose to be a MAC school yet they no longer carry MAC kits for students nor do any of the students attend the MAC classes we were offered. Instead of MAC kits they switched it out for bellaniece kits. This is kit was actually made by a teacher there. The products are awful and cheap, yet theyre trying to sell it for $650 which if you look at it is no where equivalent to it. State board rule is that students are not allowed to be in the classroom without a teacher, yet has school meetings during school hours. These meetings should be done either before or after school not during school hours while students are trying to do practicals. On the Jr/sr side they require you to have laptops, but you never use them. The purpose for them is to study on pivot point. The school has failed to renew the code for students which is part of our tuition. They do not follow the handbook you signed. The rules change every single day so you do not know what is right and what is wrong until you get introuble. This is the only school I have ever been where you are not allowed to study during free time (which you have alot of because half the time in class were sitting around doing nothing or waiting on an instructor) (literally paid 14k to spend about 80% of my time just waiting)(Always waiting on them but yet they yell at us because were not getting stuff done) They also make you retake test even if you have taken it already and pass. Students have gotten yelled at for going into the office and asking the the receptionist a question and her response was ask your teacher she should know Students should be able to go directly to the office and ask any questions without getting yelled. The owner is very rude!!!!! She yells at students and also loves telling students that they have our money already and they dont need us. Also that they have a list of people waiting to attend this school(only because those people on that list have no clue what it is really like...but they will find out shortly). They dont care about doctors note.. AT ALL. they claim they accept it but when you get your report card youll notice that is says zero excused absents and this is on everyones paper. For those who miss a lot of school days they will mess with your hours to where you will have to owe them extra money in over time. Not sure how this school is still running but something needs to be done.

Worst school ! We pay for and education and steady getting expelled and sent home for no reason . Multiple of times of my couple of months of being here the owner has yelled at the student threatening them to expel them and how she don’t care about them and will take there money . Want you’re considerered a “ senior “ they can expell you and not give you you’re money back . They make up and change the rules Daily even though there is a handbook and contract you have to sign they don’t go by it . So so so unorganized! They illegally had a microblading class and did microblading in the class room. They had some no even license teach student how to do makeup . Nothing is fair or equal at this school . The owner was giving out tardys and one morning two girls were in line . The owner didn’t right one girls tardy down and said “ because I know you I’m not going to mark you “ but the next girl in line she marked her tardy . Unfair . The owner will yell in the student s face call them out there name . She called on student a frog in front of the whole class .she does not try to get to know her students but calls them out there name ! They set there student up for failure. They passing state board rate it high . But you have to actually finish the school . The graduation rate is most likely low because they spend more time expelling students . Very missirable experience . Do not go here .! The state board of cosmetology need to investigate .

The young lady who did my braids was so nice, and my braids came out beautiful.

Because I have to give a star at all. Unprofessional, unorganized, classless. Dont waste your time or money.

Very unprofessional, miserable experience.Worst school you can enroll in.

Went there today to get my hair did, at 1st it was good until the owner of the school came while I was under the hairdryer, my daughter was by me didnt cause no issue, the owner wasnt nice so I told her off in front of everyone, so she kicked me and my 5yr old daughter out of the salon.....smh I will not go back there again! Oh thx for the free hairstyle 🖕🏾🖕🏾😘😘

Worst experience ever I noticed their student enrollment is down by 99% I went on a Friday asked for a refund which resulted in the owner coming in my face in a very confrontational unprofessional manner long story short over the years I have gotten my hair done here without a problem but I dont reccomend them at all go to Vanguard for a premiere experience thats always aiming to please the customer