The Rage Salon

I called to see about getting a quick haircut while I was in town. When I asked if they could fit me in, the guy was rude, said not today and hung up. I’ve used them before, and the haircut was ok but nothing to write home about. Bad customer service at its finest.

It’s a great place. Ashley is the best. Aveda products are amazing and don’t damage my hair. The price is decent for Aveda stylists. The natural light is nice, facilities are clean, and atmosphere is friendly. Other Aveda Salons have foot or hand massages while you wait for your color to soak in and a scalp massage before they do anything to your hair. I wish the Rage did stuff like that. It’s the icing on the cake.

My hair is butchered.
We recently moved to the Tyler area from Austin, and I was looking for a local Aveda salon because I’ve always had such great experiences at the ones in Austin and Dallas.
I really wanted this to be a good experience, but it wasn’t. I had been growing my hair out a for a while, and I finally decided to get a long bob that I could wear with my wavy/​curly hair and occasionally straighten. I brought in four pictures of the same hair cut and showed them to my stylist.
When she first cut it while it was wet, the length was perfect. I even told her, «this looks perfect!» But then she had me put my head down while she continued. I thought she was just fixing up uneven spots, but by the time I looked up, I realized what had been done.
I was in a state of shock, and I’m a bit of an introvert, so I didn’t say anything when I went to pay. I probably should have. I just wish she had paid a little more attention to the photos I showed her. Now my hair is way too short in the back to wear curly, so I’m having to straighten it every day just to get it to stay flat. I had been told that she had curly hair, so I thought she would know how short is too short for curls. Every time I have tried to style my hair since then, I’ve cried.
Beautiful location, kind staff, great prices, but worst hair cut of my life. In her defense, it probably would have been a nice hair cut on someone with straight hair.

Had a great experience. After moving here from out of state 1 ½ ago I have finally found a keeper after many bad hair experiences. My hair stylist was Courtney and I highly recommend her she did a awesome job!

I thought the salon was really nice and it had a great atmosphere. I walked in without an appointment but they made it seem like I only got in because someone else canceled. So I will make sure to make an appointment next time.
I got my hair washed, cut, and blow dried for about 50 $ I thought my stylist did a fantastic job. I had several inches taken off my length and I was nervous about not going to short but he cut it exactly the length i wanted.
This salon used Aveda products and i loved everything he used on my hair. It smelt amazing. I will definitely be going back here.

I wanted to like The Rage – I really did. It’s so new, light inside, and pretty. It’s an Aveda salon, so all the products they use are made from natural ingredients and smell wonderful. Best of all, none of the photos on the website were of awful hairsprayed-​to-​death helmet hair. I’m not enough of an east Texas native to pull off an unnecessary pouf or the ubiquitous middle-​age dome-​bob. Luckily, hairdos on The Rage’s website looked natural! Like… hair!
The problem is, my experience with The Rage just didn’t live up to my expectations.
Most of the staff is pretty friendly and I loved that they did my eyebrows here without plucking them too thin. They also have some deals where you get a certain amount off for the first few appointments made, too, which is nice.
I felt like my facial was a bit too gentle to really get the nasties out. Maybe this is part of the feel-​good Aveda aesthetic, but it’s not for me. I like my facials to feel like they’re really working to get things out, and I don’t like the extractions to let up unless I’m starting to hurt. Because they were so gentle, I think there were a few clogged pores that they could have gotten out, but didn’t.
The real deal-​breaker was my haircut. This is a big pet-​peeve of mine, but please don’t chew gum when you’re cutting my hair. That irks me more than anything. Call me paranoid, but one missed chomp and you’ll have to take off MUCH more than I want to. Worse yet, I’m not a big layers fan. I like mine really subtle if they’re there at all. I have some pieces of hair in my just-​past-​shoulder-​length ‘do that are just now growing out to the bottom of my head. That’s…not subtle. Not at all.
If I still lived over here, I’d go back for eyebrow waxing and to stock up on fabulous-​smelling hair goods, but that’s really about it. The store really does have it all, and Aveda’s «Smooth Infusion» anti-​humidity serums are a must-​have in sticky icky east Texas.