I love this place!!
Sally Beauty unleashes the inner suburban teenager in me as I scour the store for garish nail colours and scrutinize hair colour swatches wishfully hoping the colour will NOT turn my dark hair into that ever "covetable" orange hue that all the tacky Scarboro/Markham Asian Import model wannabes seem to love rocking.
The pricing is very good for the professional quality of the beauty supplies. Brands like China Glaze, Wella, L'oreal Professional, and Babyliss line the shelves not to mention Sally's own brand of make-up and Beyond the Zone haircare products which perform just as well if not better than their competition.
The selection of hair, nail and make-up paraphenalia is vast so for someone like me it takes eons to decide on colours, formulations etc...but that's part of the fun! The associates there were friendly and seemed to be able to dispense fair knowledge about base chemistry regarding hair colouring and other beauty disciplines.
I always leave Sally's with tonnes of stuff never paying more than say $25 and I feel I get good bang for my beauty bucks here more so than compared to Shoppers anyway! My beauty haul today consisted of some false lashes, various nail blocks and files, an irridescent mineral eyeshadow and 5 of these oh-so-adorable mini polishes (5.3ml) from Sally's house brand priced at $1.39 each which is great for us non-commital to nail colour types!
The only drawback was my transportation getting here using the 68 Warden bus which was "so charming" as taking the TTC in Scarboro often is...
Nevertheless if your'e gifted enough to be able to make yourself or a good friend and/or client over than Sally's is a great place to go for those reasonably priced beauty sundries on the road to getting gorgeous!