Create your own kids beauty salon
Beauty can be seen as negative and unnecessary for children. However, it can actually have many benefits and be a positive experience for kids. Beauty isn’t all about getting glammed up and using products that aren’t for kids. In fact, there are many kid-friendly beauty products that are kind and sensitive to skin and made for children. Beauty provides children with so much more from improving wellbeing, and developing vital social skills to creating lots of fun and imaginative play.
So, if your kids are beauty obsessed and won’t stop going on about having a spa day or a pamper sleepover, don’t worry as we’ve got you. We have created a list of the best beauty activities for you to use in order to create your own kid's beauty salon.
Relax with face masks
It wouldn’t be a kids beauty salon without face masks! Children can unwind and feel refreshed and revitalised. Face masks are perfect for having a mummy and mini spa day or throwing a spa party with friends as kids can bond while chilling out. Plus, children can feel more grown up whilst looking after their wellbeing by taking time to pamper themselves and de-stress.
Turn up the fun for your spa day by making your own beauty masks! Kids can be mad scientists with this fun scientific set, creating natural and delicate beauty masks. This kit contains all the ingredients needed to make real face masks from green and volcanic clay to fresh and perfumed fragrances. There’s even fabric compressed masks to create amazing sheet masks.
Soothe with a foot spa
After a stressful day there’s nothing better than to unwind and have a pamper. If your kids have had a tough day or are going through a little bit of a tough time, help them to de-stress with a foot spa. Perfect to re-energise with whilst reading a book or watching their favourite film.
Orbeez Soothing Spa gives feet a treat! Pour these soft and squishy water beads into the foot bath and place your feet inside. With the new wave design, kids can watch and feel the Orbeez cascading waterfall while massaging their feet.
You could incorporate this foot spa into a spa party for your kids and their friends, or even crack it out at a sleepover. Children can take it in turns to have a go and socialise with each other. You could even set up various spa stations in one room where kids can choose what treatments they want. This ensures, whilst waiting for the foot spa, other children don’t get bored or left out. They can then switch between different social groups and get pampered.
This foot spa makes the perfect beauty gift set for kids too! So you could gift them to other children at the party.
Set up a space for your kids beauty centre
A kids beauty salon wouldn’t be complete without their own beauty centre. Great for imaginative play and providing endless hours of fun. This miniature salon has three different play areas and 32 accessories that children can role-play with. Kids can play independently or with friends choosing treatments from the card, varying from nails to hair and make-up.
Kids playing with friends can take it in turns getting pampered and playing the beautician. Through this, they can learn vital skills such as socialising with others and sharing (whilst also improving their patience). This beauty centre can feel like the real deal, with items such as a hairdryer with light and sound function, allowing children’s imaginations to run wild.
For older kids, you could replace some of these play items with real beauty products so kids can mix imaginative play with reality. For example, you could put nail polish on the counter so children can do each other’s nails.
We also have a dressing table too for a smaller scale version of the beauty centre!
Encourage looking after wellness
Sometimes the world can be overwhelming for kids. Whether they feel overwhelmed with school work or going through a rough patch, encourage your kids to look after their wellbeing. A great way to do this is with our Barbie Deluxe Wellness and Beauty Playset. This set allows children to look after their wellbeing independently through role-play with dolls. Perfect for much needed relaxing time after a busy school day. This is when children are most likely to be alone and need to take time out to escape their worries of the day.
The set has everything needed for kids to independently play with their dolls and look after themselves. It includes headbands for Barbie and you, nail stickers, nail file, bracelet with charms and other accessories. Children can calm down with their dolls doing each other’s nails and hair.
Host a sleepover
Hosting a sleepover is the perfect way for kids to socialise and share their beauty salon. Organise various beauty treatments for children to choose from such as hair styling, nail painting and make-up. Each child can give a treatment to others to ensure that everyone mixes and bonds.
Beauty sleepovers are also great for learning from others as everyone has their own unique talents. For example, someone may know how to French plait and other children could learn this from them. Ask the children what special talents they have when it comes to beauty and get each one to show off their skills in a masterclass. This way, every child has the opportunity to learn something new.
A perfect beauty sleepover companion is the Rainbow High Sleepover Set. Kids can have everything they need for a sleepover including socks, eye mask, hair brush with mirror, nail file and even nail stickers and gems to create their own personalised designs! Very handy for when your kids are going over to a friend’s house as it’s stored in a carry case. The sleepover kit is a great beauty gift set so, dependent on how many friends there are, before the sleepover you could give them one so everyone is prepared.
Go crazy with hair styling
Hair styling is essential to any kids beauty salon as children love playing with their hair, as well as friends hair too. Invite some friends over to have a hair styling session using the L.O.L Surprise! Hair Chalk Studio Set. Show off children’s creativity with bold coloured chalk that’s suitable for hair. They can create funky patterns with them and even add in gems. This is a brilliant set for children to use on friends as they can develop their creativity and imagination as well as bond with each other.
Do your kids have a birthday party to attend? Not only can this set be used to get your kids and their friends glammed up for the party, but it also makes an excellent beauty gift set to wrap up and take as a present!
Beauty products are beneficial for kids in more ways than one, developing key social skills, independence and teaching children to love themselves. Creating your own kids beauty salon can be tricky but use our suggestions to make the best salon that works for them. Consider what your kids can use, what they need and what is within your budget.
Children can reap many rewards from a bit of indulgence and self-care such as bonding time with mummy and friends, learning new skills, being more independent and looking after their wellbeing. So what are you waiting for? Get pampering and create your own kids beauty salon! Shop the range below.
