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Dianna GAt what age would you take your daughter to a beauty spa?
November 29th 2007 01:26
In the US, girls as young as 6 can waltz into a beauty salon, ask for a facial, manicure and hair extensions without the beauty therapist batting an eyelid or quickly shepherding them out of the salon to look for their parents. Because the thing is, it’s actually the mothers ushering their daughters into these pampering sessions, which some of us didn’t get until we were adults, under the guise of quality time.
Because of the hectic working schedule of many parents, taking time out to spend with their kids is becoming a struggle with more mothers keen on killing two birds with one stone by booking their daughter for a facial while they get their own – I don’t know about you but when I get a facial, I pretty much tune out everyone else’s company.
As a result, beauty salons marketed toward pre-pubescent girls, accompanied by their mothers are a booming industry with billions of dollars being spent to meet the demand. Many predict that Australia will soon follow and I can just imagine the day when I walk into a salon for a manicure and being seated next to a girl whose feet don’t quite touch the floor asking for Fantasy Red nail polish.
But predictably, there are more salons sprouting up that mostly cater for 12 and under girls who want to experience being grown up on their own - like Ooolala, a ‘young ladies’ spa in Illinois. For US$145, your darling little girl can get a full facial with a personal skin care analysis, a massage, a French manicure and pedicure as well as eyebrow, lip, chin and bikini wax while listening to the chipper-music from High School Musical and drinking bubbly non-alcoholic drinks from champagne flutes. Nice.
In an age where little girls seem to be growing up too soon, evident in dozens of eleven-year old girls I see walking around the mall with their boob tubes, I have to ask what happened to those days when, as a 7-year old girl, the things you cared about were if you would ever find your Peaches n Cream Barbie shoes and worrying about your big sister stealing your teacup and saucer set. I had enough hang-ups when I was 18 and finally discovered that having your eyebrows extended toward your hairline was unattractive and I can just imagine the adult I would have become if I had those hang-ups by the tender age of 12.
What do you think?
Growing up too fast
As a result, beauty salons marketed toward pre-pubescent girls, accompanied by their mothers are a booming industry with billions of dollars being spent to meet the demand. Many predict that Australia will soon follow and I can just imagine the day when I walk into a salon for a manicure and being seated next to a girl whose feet don’t quite touch the floor asking for Fantasy Red nail polish.
But predictably, there are more salons sprouting up that mostly cater for 12 and under girls who want to experience being grown up on their own - like Ooolala, a ‘young ladies’ spa in Illinois. For US$145, your darling little girl can get a full facial with a personal skin care analysis, a massage, a French manicure and pedicure as well as eyebrow, lip, chin and bikini wax while listening to the chipper-music from High School Musical and drinking bubbly non-alcoholic drinks from champagne flutes. Nice.
In an age where little girls seem to be growing up too soon, evident in dozens of eleven-year old girls I see walking around the mall with their boob tubes, I have to ask what happened to those days when, as a 7-year old girl, the things you cared about were if you would ever find your Peaches n Cream Barbie shoes and worrying about your big sister stealing your teacup and saucer set. I had enough hang-ups when I was 18 and finally discovered that having your eyebrows extended toward your hairline was unattractive and I can just imagine the adult I would have become if I had those hang-ups by the tender age of 12.
What do you think?
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