Kids’ Hair

I don’t even know what to say.
I’ve been bringing my oldest here for 5 years and generally been okay with the haircuts he receives. The TVs at every station and the sucker at the end are helpful for keeping him in line.
Mostly I notice the stylists look crestfallen when I ask them not to bust out the clippers because I don’t want him to get a fade like 90% of the boy clients I see walking out. Which, whatever, I get it, it’s easier to just give all the boys uniformly short cuts, but it’s not what we want.
Where I run into problems is with my youngest, who is 2.5 and has now received two haircuts. His hair took forever to come in, and when it did, it was to my surprise and delight, blonde and curly. The first haircut was fine, if a bit Prince Valiant-​ish; the second one, I asked her take half an inch off and she chopped all his baby curls off except one by his ear and at least an inch worth of hair. Now he looks like a poorly shorn sheep.
Kids Hair, you specialize in KIDS’ HAIR, which sometimes (frequently) involves curly hair. Figure your shit out.
I’d give you 3 stars for my older kid’s haircuts, but I’d really like to give 1 for what you did to my baby yesterday, so we’ll cut it at 2.

I have never had a bad experience here with my 4 year old son. Most stylists are friendly, not overly perky, and try to explain what they are doing to the kids too ease then into it off need be. The tv’s of course help! Basic boy haircuts are not too difficult to screw up though, so we get what we are expecting.

I have no idea how the staff here stay so patient with the kids. I have been here with my two little darlings numerous times when other children (never mine) were terrified by the prospect of a haircut and were freaking out or when other children (never my perfect duo) pitch massive fits in the lobby or when other children (never my angles) are so damn squirmy you wish you could tranq them… seriously, I am stressed just typing this, and yet the staff here are patient, kind and best of all, give good hair cuts! My kids don’t mind going here (fears and fits are thankfully a thing of the past… still squirmy though) — and «don’t mind» is high praise from a 6 and a 3 year old. I love kids hair, and will totally be back.

It’s a Great Clips for kids but at salon prices. After tip, I ended up paying $ 20 for a cut with no shampoo.
Check-​in is very disorganized as there’s no receptionist to handle calls or track customers as they come in, it’s all staffed by the stylists who may be in the middle of cutting hair. Their appointment book is still paper based (surprising for a chain), but there’s so much crossing out, erasing, and writing over that it makes a simple process drag out.
There are a few toys to play with (they’ve seen better days) and toys for sale that end up getting played with, drooled on, and then re-​shelved without cleaning. The waiting area carpet is really old and in need of a shampoo; there is a distinct color difference in areas with that get a lot of traffic. The work area floors are «clean enough» for a place that handles kids and the dirt they track in.
There’s no evidence that stylists are trained to deal with kids. Some stylists are really good with interacting with the kids and others looked petrified or frustrated. My sister’s stylist could barely look her in the eye and seemed uncomfortable around a 5 yr old even though the stylist had a picture at her work station of her own child who looked to be around the same age as my sister.
One nice thing is that there is a tv at each hair station so the kids can choose between 2 movies to watch and be distracted during the cut (Finding Nemo and Elmo when I took my 5 yr old sister in).
At the end of the cut, the kids can get their hair either braided or spray glittered for free. However, my sister’s stylist was ready to just let her leave without doing either and it took her 5 yr old voice yelling «I want glitter!» for the stylist to sheepishly ask her what color.
Overall an ok place to take your kid to get their hair cut every once in a while for the glitter treat but by no means is really different than taking your child to any other salon.

I was excited to bring my young daughter in for a haircut, and this seemed like the perfect place. What a disappointment. All the employees seemed to be in a bad mood. No greeting, no smile. When they called my daughter’s name, the stylist didn’t look at me or my daughter. She didn’t greet her, she didn’t ask if this was her first haircut — nothing. For a place that is supposedly for kids, they were not kid focused at all. They just turned on a television.
Although the stylist did not deserve a tip, I still left a 20% tip. But no thank you.
I will never return to this place. Someone should take their business idea and do it right.