I guess it depends on your luck. My student didn't know how to hold a hairbrush and a dryer the right way. I went in for a basic cut, to trim my ends but she was too scared to cut any hair so she ended up cutting only the longest part of my hair, in the back. Other things she messed up on were conditioning my roots after shampooing...so my hair looked really oily when she dried it, she used too much product on my hair, she didn't use a towel to dry it after washing...she just squeezed the water out a bit so it was dripping wet as she tried to cut it. Oh yea...and it all took 2 hours. I don't recommend it ..even with a Groupon.