2 year old having shellac

[Glitterspy]

I’m in the nail bar. It’s a hot humid afternoon. This place of stinks to high heaven of nail glue. Among the various women and nine year olds having their holiday nails done, is a 2 year old, sucking a dummy, having shellac nails done. They’re using the plug-in file on her tiny nails. The mum is here and argued with the salon owner who said she was too young, got really shitty and in her face to have it done, so it’s happening but the poor nail tech doesn’t look happy about it.

AIBU for hoicking my judgy pants and saying toddlers shouldn’t have shellac (damage to tiny nail beds, toxic chemicals, sexualisation of children as reasons off the top of my head)

YABU - it’s fine to shellac babies
YANBU - children should be seen and not shellac’ed

I suspect I know what demographic most people's money would be on.

A paedophile’s dream.
What are mothers thinking, allowing this?
Jon Benet Ramsey springs to mind, poor little girl. :(

Pretty sure she could have refused!!

Really? I can't believe this

It's interesting that you say that - I was wondering how they managed it on such tiny nails. They certainly won't have paediatric sized instruments.

Blimey @Ohthatsexciting, on almost every thread you seem to start laying into an OP for a narrative of your own making, and also seem to enjoy ASing posters and making snide remarks. This is not in the spirit.

It was not a snide remark

and what other thread?! 😐

But shellac wrecks your nails, this mother sounds like a real contender for mother of the year, why on earth are the salon doing it?

You mentioned the other thread, and "the crap you're dealing with in you personal life", it wasn't done to be supportive, it was done to be snide and belittling.

Has it made you feel superior, because it's made you look nasty.

Hope you're really proud of yourself?

Absolutely horrified at this! I’m a nail tech and I wouldn’t have caved in no matter how aggressive the mother got!!!

The salon is as bad as the mother and should have refused.

My thoughts completely!!

That's an appalling thing to do. It will destroy her soft nails when they take it off. Actually how will they even get it off?!

That is a very good point.

Absolutely, probably be getting belly button pierced next! Poor kid.

It's a pity that you can't write a scathing review about the thick mother.

This occurred to me as well.

But on a separate note, there should be a minimum age enshrined in law for this sort of stuff IMO. In the same way that tattoos/gambling/drinking is illegal for the under 18s.

I'd love to pass a law stating that no child under the age of 11 should be allowed piercings or fake nails. Slightly off topic, I know, but I walked past a Claire's outlet where a technician was preparing to pierce a 2 year old's ears today. It makes me feel sick. As does the nail shellac thing.

Poor child.
That's really awful

Every thread you appear on, pretty much. As you know, fine well.

Hi OP, I understand why you didn't interfere - I suspect many of the people who are dressing you down here for not having done so are overestimating their own willingness to get involved.

I don't even know what 'shellacking' nails means... but from what I've learned here, obviously not OK for a toddler.

I think the most useful angle is the 'it's illegal/against safety rules' one. If you email the nail salon with this information, you actually give them a reason to refuse if this Harpy comes comes back in. If you find chapter+verse of the official regulation for them, you'll probably have done more good than if you'd set off the mother.

Yes I'm a bit hmmm chinny reckon about this.- I mean who would ever thing they were doing the right thing taking their 2yo into a nail bar, reaaaally.

sounds distinctly like the one about "I've just seen a 5 year old being tattooed"

My thoughts exactly. Unless they’re taking acrylics off why would that be happening.

Hah! Honestly I have better things to do than make shit up for mumsnet 😂

genuinely though what was she using the electric file on! Two year olds have no nails! The only time I’ve had one of those used was to scuff up the top of gel nails to take them off and the minute it started happening I knew I’d made a mistake. I’ve never seen that being used to file nails ever, never mind tiny baby ones! I’m in between doubting you OP and just wondering what hideous world we’re in!