Sparky’s Kutz for Kidz

My children are quite young and have very little experience with haircuts. So I saw this new place and it looked promising! They loved the cars, and tv with cartoons is a good distraction. This is great place for those who is generally ok or doesn’t mind having a haircut. But my kids are just getting familiar with it, and one of them is very much against it. I believe this place is not where you start.
The place is right, but people are not. In my opinion, some of the employees should work with kids at all. I felt like they were in a rush to make money, and weren’t trying to connect with kids, and didn’t care about their feelings.

Having had a fairly disappointing experience with my 2.5 year old daughter’s first hair cut at a different franchise, I looked high and low for another similar «kid’s salon» as she loved the experience. Other locations of Sparkyz (or however it’s spelled!) Kutz for Kidz had really mixed reviews and would have been a long drive, so I was thrilled to discover that one had opened up in the Willowbrook Mall. It’s right next to Toys R Us.
Because it’s so new, it’s bright and shiny and clean and my daughter made a beeline for it from ten metres away! The stylist was warm and friendly and seemed to have patience; a must when dealing with this age group. The cut itself was decent. I think there’s a limit to how straight you’re going to get a toddler’s bangs. Especially my toddler. The stylist was mindful of my request to let some of my daughter’s unnecessary bangs grow out, which I really appreciated.
At the end, my daughter was thrilled to get two hand stamps and a balloon as well. The stylist invited her to try out all the cars if she wished, which she did, with relish. When we had to go, she said, «No, I want more haircut!» That’s a win in my book. :)