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Beauty Salon in Chelsea for Girls from 4 and up. Nice or Nasty?

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MingMingtheWonderPet · 24/06/2008 18:46

Here is the BBC news article about a new salon in Chelsea catering specifically for young girls. Manicures for 4 year old, yuck!

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DoubleBluff · 24/06/2008 18:47

FFS

Callisto · 24/06/2008 19:18

Wrong on so many levels.

tigermoth · 24/06/2008 19:18

Nastly as nasty can be.

janeite · 24/06/2008 19:19

Ugh.

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MingMingtheWonderPet · 24/06/2008 19:20

I know, I can't imagine anyone thinking that it is a nice thing to do.
One particularly vacant woman says she tries to limit her daughter's pampering to when she has got a night out. FFS! She is 6!

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Callisto · 24/06/2008 19:21

Who would take their daughter to such a place? I can't imagine there's a market for it, or am I living in La La Land?

Moomin · 24/06/2008 19:27

A colleague spoke sadly the other week of his dd being made to feel left out as she had been invited to another girl's b'day party but when they got to the village hall the b'day girl wasn't there. Friend's dd and lots of the boys who'd been invited had to go outside to greet the b'day girl - who arrived with her 'special' friends in a LIMO after having a pampering session at home.

No we don't live in Chelsea, we live in the Midlands in a not particularly up-itself area. And the party was for 7 year olds. Friend guessed his duaghter hadn't been invited to the pamering as she is autistic

wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong and bad

ElenorRigby · 24/06/2008 19:27

nasty!

Gobbledigook · 24/06/2008 19:28

Nasty

mm22bys · 25/06/2008 07:30

Nasty on so many levels, saw it on the news last night, and made me sick. What sorts of messages are these children getting?

Oh and what a mean birthday party, I reckon one for all and all for one.

FairyMum · 25/06/2008 07:33

nasty

littleboyblue · 25/06/2008 07:40

What's wrong with children being allowed to remain children for as long as possible. That girl was 4 years old. I think it's awful.
Like the mum of the 12 year old said, nothing wrong with knowing how to look after yourself, but if these kids are so concerned about hair and nails at 12, what sort of 19 year olds will they turn into. It honestly scares me

mummyeme · 25/06/2008 07:40

Very nasty, had ssen them advertised as a new childs hairdresser but didn't realise it was like that!

mamablue · 25/06/2008 08:28

Horrible!! I hope my Dds learn there is more to life than appearances. Nothing wrong with taking care of yourself but at 6 they should be thinking of other things. For goodness sake. My DD was invited to a salon party aged 7 I stood my ground and said no. She was upset at first but soon forgot about it. I just could not bring myself to let her go. What happened to dressing up as fairies and princesses and playing pass the parcel?

Moomin · 25/06/2008 09:28

The thing I don't like about it in particular is the idea that the girls belong in a kind of exclusive 'club' that is somehow better than the other kids.

I let dd1 mess about with make-up at home sometimes but it's all part of the dressing up-type activities. I have no interest in showing her how to do it 'properly' and letting her swan about like Paris Hilton. There's a horrible undertone of little girls becoming 'mini-mes' in some of these cases.

mamablue · 25/06/2008 09:44

My thoughts exactly moomin!!

yoursurroundedbyarmedbastards · 25/06/2008 10:18

Oh FGS what next perms for toddlers . I'm just happy in the knowledge that my 5 year old dd would run screaming from a place like that, and would happily tell me what freaks they all were. YSBAB has a VPMM at her tomboy dd. [GRIN]

MsDemeanor · 25/06/2008 10:43

Oh I've taken the smaller kids there. Just for haircuts. It's tiny and I think very sweet. The children sit in fairground-like aeroplanes or toy cars, can watch a DVD of a kids film if they like, there are toys & books and a 'treasure chest' with lollipops in for afterwards, plus the staff are quick and sweet. Had a look downstairs which is for older kids and it looked nice.
I think the manicures etc are just for pre-booked parties. Nothing like that when I was there. But it is rather expensive, and the children are nagging me to go to the place where they can sit in the cars.

Moomin · 25/06/2008 19:50

I'd love to show my dad somewhere like that, I can just imagine his face! I think his haircuts were all done by his mum in front of the fireplace with a pudding basin round his head. He thinks dh is being indulgant paying £6 for a haircut at the barber's. Gawd only knows what he'd think of this!

northernrefugee39 · 26/06/2008 14:01

I think it's gross. There are more important things for children to think about, and it gives them the message that appearance is everything, not what's underneath.
Superficial and slightly sick.

northernrefugee39 · 26/06/2008 14:04

Moomin, I just read your post it kind of confirms what I feel.. being given values that apperarence and glitz counts for so much... a limo ffs...they probably want to grow up to be a celebrity

milliec · 28/06/2008 21:06

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toastandbutter · 02/07/2008 14:42

very nasty, and as MingMing says like only by vacant mothers who just don't get the implications.

MrsMattie · 02/07/2008 14:44

Nasty. I saw an item on BBC London news about this, with some silly woman saying she was teaching her 7 yr old 'how to feel good about herself through grooming and taking care of her looks'. Teach her how to ride a bike, FFS. Pumping young childrens' heads full of shite about nail care and eyebrow shaping is sick.

figroll · 02/07/2008 15:22

A lot of these girls don't need salons anyway - have any of you looked at the pictures that they take of themselves for Bebo and Myspace?! The vanity of some of our teenage girls is beyond belief.