The only reason I’m giving this two stars is becuase the highlights were pretty fantastic and the girl who did these was very lovely.

The rest of my time here was a disaster. They hacked all my hair off! I told them I wanted Cameron Diaz. I came out crying. The guy dind’t speak any English which didn’t help and I should have run screaming then. Not being able to communicate with a guy hacking at your hair is not fun. The instructor was rude and just said ‘that’s what you asked for’ and that was that.

I cried. A lot. But my friend convinced me that it would look better with some colour so I went back in. They were much nicer on that side and they looked after me. They even gave me a glass of water!

And yes. My hair did look better. The colour was great. But I won’t go back. Worse than that, I’ll never set foot in a Vidal Sassoon hair salon. If they’re happy to let people leave when they’re crying, they really don’t care enough about their customers.

The whole thing took 4 1/2 hours. Never again. It’s places like this that remind me why I pay a lot of money to get my hair done.

Since last summer I did my first hair cut in the Vidal Sasson training school, I stopped doing anywhere elses, they are not just stylish but really suit me, the colours done brilliant and longlasting. Advanced Academy is more experimental than the trainning school, so you have more options.

The Vidal Sassoon training school for hairdressers is tucked away behind Bond Street station. This is a brilliant place to go if you want an inexpensive (or even free) hair cut and you're quite prepared to allow the (trainee) hairdresser to experiment. If you're the kind of person that has definate ideas about what you want and don't want anything too out there (if you know what I mean...), then perhaps the Vidal Sassoon training school might not suit you. The good thing about hair is that it can always grow back. Expect to pay inbetween 4 and 11 pounds for a hair cut or trim. Perms and various other hair services are available.