Sweet & Sassy...PSF

Julianna, being the girly girl that she is, has been begging for quite a while to get her hair cut. I thought her hair was fine, but she wanted it cut, and I understand wanting that pampering. Part of the reason I've been dragging my heels is that I really don't have someone to cut her hair. The woman who cuts Jacob's believes little girl's hair should be long and straight, which is fine for some people but that's not what compliments Julianna's hair.

About a year ago, a "salon" opened at the mall for little girls, Sweet & Sassy. It's one of those places that offers haircuts, mini-manicures, mini-pedicures, facials, make-up applications, etc. for little girls. I have no problem with the haircuts, but seeing a child-sized salon full of kid-sized equipment was a little creepy. While we were there a party of four year olds came in for their pedicures. It's funny, for a special occasion I could see doing that, maybe, for seven year olds, but it was just weird, for me, to see such little ones participating. Don't even get me started on the whole facial and make-up services. That, to me, is insane for any age child.

Still, I can definitely see the appeal of the place, especially to my girly-girl, so I decided to call them and see what they're like and what their prices are like. I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that their "sassy cut" is half-price Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and that Julianna could get her hair washed, cut and sassy-styled (whatever), for $12.48. At that price, it was easy to be the fun mom and say yes.

We went on Monday when the kids didn't have school. I wish I had taken my camera, I didn't want to seem too odd, so I didn't, but this place was certainly a sight to behold. In truth, she had a lot of fun and felt like a princess through the whole thing. Who doesn't enjoy that? I'll admit I was a little taken aback when I returned from checking on Jacob, who was happily playing his DS the whole time, to see Julianna's hair being flat-ironed, but I figured once in a while it's not going to kill her hair, and she sure did enjoy everything about the experience.

At the end of the haircut there's a lolly pop, glitter cheek stars, glitter hair spray, and cotton candy fragrance for the hair. Oooh la-la indeed. Honestly, it's not 100% my thing, but as long as they run their $12.48 special, I'll be happy to accommodate her desire for pampering whenever she needs a trim.

Sadly, it wasn't my favorite haircut, I didn't think it showed her hair to it's best advantage, like this (much more expensive) haircut did. To be fair I should point out her hair never looked like this again after she slept on it.



As any woman knows however, getting our haircut is as much about the experience as the end result and it was fun to be able to offer that to her. I could see for a birthday surprise, maybe someday giving her a mini-mani and pedicure. She would certainly love it.

By the way, if you're interested, they do birthday parties...they start at $249.00, most are in the $299.00 - $399.00 range, for 9 girls, limo extra. Sadly (surprisingly? oddly?), they book plenty.


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