Inside UK’s first beauty salon for kids with £30 treatments for tots as young as THREE…as it’s branded ‘shallow & vain’
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A GROUP of females giggle over a mocktail menu while beauty therapists get busy painting nails and exfoliating faces. In the corner, a customer sits in a foot spa while another has her hair styled with glitter. Welcome to Britain’s first beauty salon exclusively for children where clients are not grown adults - but kids as young as THREE.
![[Aria Field enjoys a face mask and a mocktail at the salon]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/4cfa64f3-4c4c-42ac-ae7a-3c59f7b9139b.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The business has taken a bit of a battering on Facebook where critics claim such treatments are inappropriate for kids but owner Simone Tai says: "It's about building children’s self esteem.". The Mini Moony Pampers Party salon has been packed since it first opened its doors in Havant, Portsmouth in September.
![[Rae Moon Tai enjoys gets her nails done]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/50516a9b-b6c0-45f4-9fdb-bb3427eef16a.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Kids can choose from a menu of alcohol free cocktails before undergoing facials, nail painting, jelly foot spas and hair dos by professional beauticians. Mum-of-two Simone, 37 said: “It’s all about building connections with friends and I think it boosts the kids confidence and supports and encourages self care habits.
![[The salon specialises in pamper parties for kids]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3acc3d92-1b4c-4325-a163-de2fbc1a9873.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“We have boys coming in too and it’s great to see them being able to express themselves and look after themselves. “The day starts with a mocktail where the kids can catch up with their friends and then we have treatments and a disco at the end. “It seems to be most popular with kids aged three to 13 at the moment.”.
![[Aria, Evie and Delilah indulge in a foot spa]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6770c3d7-334e-43aa-b8a7-5f40b6a7ecee.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The parlour has had mixed reactions with many parents on Facebook adverts saying it forces kids to grow up too fast. One young woman, Rose Sweeney, wrote: “Let kids be kids, this is adultification. Next it will be nightclubs with sherbert instead of ket.” (ketamine).
![[Rae has some sparkle added to her face]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/e60bb36d-4c0b-46fb-89b4-1bda2c8cb635.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
