Elevate Salon Institute

    Highlights & Balayage Near Eastpointe, Michigan

    About 9.7 miles (16 min) from Eastpointe to our ESI Royal Oak student salon. Prices from $60.

    Elevate Salon Institute has two Michigan campuses: Royal Oak and Utica. We do not operate a campus in Eastpointe; this page is for prospective students who commute from the Eastpointe area.

    Getting here from Eastpointe

    9.7 miles from ESI Royal OakAbout 16 min by car

    From Eastpointe take I-696 west to I-75 north and exit at Crooks Rd, then head south to the campus. Ten Mile Rd west through Warren and Madison Heights is the surface-street option when the freeway is backed up.

    Eastpointe guests are just under ten miles from the Royal Oak campus, which makes it a shorter trip than driving up to Utica. I-696 links the two cities end to end.

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    Highlights & Balayage prices for Eastpointe guests

    Prices starting at

    Highlight$60
    Balayage$85
    Full Head Lightener$85

    What to expect

    • An elasticity and porosity test before any lightener is mixed
    • A drawn placement map approved by an instructor
    • Hand-painted or foiled application depending on the service booked
    • Timed strand checks throughout processing rather than a fixed timer
    • A bond-support rinse and toner to land the final tone

    Typical appointment: 3–4 hours. Performed by supervised cosmetology students.

    Popular with guests from around Eastpointe

    We regularly welcome Eastpointe guests who live and work near Eastpointe Memorial Park, The Gratiot Ave business corridor, Kennedy Park and Eastpointe Community Schools campus. If you live in 48021, the ESI Royal Oak campus is your closest Elevate Salon Institute student salon.

    Your closest campus

    ESI Royal Oak

    4050 Crooks Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073

    Student salon hours

    • Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
    • Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

    Highlights & Balayage in Eastpointe — FAQs

    Our ESI Royal Oak student salon at 4050 Crooks Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073 is about 9.7 miles from Eastpointe — roughly 16 min by car. From Eastpointe take I-696 west to I-75 north and exit at Crooks Rd, then head south to the campus. Ten Mile Rd west through Warren and Madison Heights is the surface-street option when the freeway is backed up.

    No. Elevate Salon Institute has two Michigan campuses, Royal Oak and Utica. Eastpointe guests are served from the ESI Royal Oak campus, which is the closer of the two.

    Prices start at $60 and are the same for every guest regardless of which city you travel from. Because each service is performed by a student under licensed instructor supervision, pricing sits well below a commercial salon in the Eastpointe area.

    Balayage is $85 — typically a third or less of what the same service costs at a commercial Metro Detroit salon.

    Balayage at $85 is hand-painted for a soft, blended grow-out. Highlights at $60 are foiled for brighter, more uniform lift and sharper contrast.