Elevate Salon Institute

    Highlights & Balayage Near Pleasant Ridge, Michigan

    About 1.3 miles (5 min) from Pleasant Ridge 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 Pleasant Ridge; this page is for prospective students who commute from the Pleasant Ridge area.

    Getting here from Pleasant Ridge

    1.3 miles from ESI Royal OakAbout 5 min by car

    From Pleasant Ridge take Woodward Ave north through Royal Oak to 13 Mile Rd, turn west and follow 13 Mile to Crooks Rd, then north to the campus. Drivers who prefer the freeway can pick up I-696 west to I-75 north and exit at Crooks Rd.

    Pleasant Ridge is one of the two closest communities to our Royal Oak campus, barely a mile and a half away in a straight line. Guests routinely walk out of a color appointment and are home before their coffee cools.

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    Highlights & Balayage prices for Pleasant Ridge 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 Pleasant Ridge

    We regularly welcome Pleasant Ridge guests who live and work near Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Gainsboro Park, The Woodward Ave commercial strip and Pleasant Ridge Community Center. If you live in 48069, 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 Pleasant Ridge — FAQs

    Our ESI Royal Oak student salon at 4050 Crooks Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073 is about 1.3 miles from Pleasant Ridge — roughly 5 min by car. From Pleasant Ridge take Woodward Ave north through Royal Oak to 13 Mile Rd, turn west and follow 13 Mile to Crooks Rd, then north to the campus. Drivers who prefer the freeway can pick up I-696 west to I-75 north and exit at Crooks Rd.

    No. Elevate Salon Institute has two Michigan campuses, Royal Oak and Utica. Pleasant Ridge 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 Pleasant Ridge 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.