Today we took our daughter for her Very First Haircut. I've drive past Kids Cuts many times before, and it seemed like it would be a good place to take her for her first haircut. I've been putting this day off for a long time, in part because it's a milestone that shows she's not my baby any more, and in part because I've read such horrible experiences from other parents whose children had major meltdowns when they went for their first snip. However, my little girl is almost 3, and her gorgeous blonde curls were in need of some evening out. We had been talking about it with her for a while, and she seemed excited rather than apprehensive.
We took her in, and her hair stylist, Mel(?), had her pick out a DVD to watch, and let her pick one of the two open Jeeps for her to sit in. She chose "Madagascar" and the pink Jeep. Mel vacuumed out some extra hair from the pink Jeep, and we helped my daughter in. Everything after that went swimmingly. We told Mel how we wanted it cut, she wrapped a cape around her, and sprayed her hair with a spray bottle, which my daughter got a kick out of. Mel cut her hair exactly as we had asked, and when I asked if we could keep a lock of her hair, she asked if this was her first haircut. I replied affirmatively, and she offered the First Haircut certificate, which would come with a photo and a lock of hair. She said it was $3 (a previous reviewer mentioned that this certificate as though it was going to be expensive, but I think $3 is dirt cheap for a special memento like that), so we said we'd love that. She styled my daughter's hair in a very cute bob, and had her pick a glitter color - my daughter went with pink. I will say that it's true that the glitter is going to be on her scalp for a while, but I also don't see why that's a big deal. Mel took a very cute picture of her when she was all done, and affixed it to a very nice certificate with her name and date and a small plastic baggie with her lock of hair. We also got a stamp card and a coupon for her next haircut.
All-in-all we had a lovely experience, and we'll definitely be going back for future haircuts at Kids Cuts! read more