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Kiddie Makeover: Spa Offers Facials And Fake Tans To Little Girls
All this talk of fingernail painting is nothing compared to the services on offer – including facials, makeovers and spray-on tans – at Trendy Monkeys, a new “salon and princess parlour” in the U.K. aimed exclusively at the under-13 set (it caters to clients as young as one). Owner Michelle Devine, a catalogue model and single mother of two young girls, told The Daily Mail that the salon would allow girls to “exude confidence, glamor and the desire to look her best at all times, regardless of age.”
Needless to say, children’s rights campaigners are furious. “This is outrageous – it is giving children a complex about the way they look from the age of one,” child protection consultant Shy Keenan told The Daily Mail. Uh, you think?! Clearly the launch of a kiddie spa like this one can only add to the alarming sexualization of children. While we’re all wondering what exactly Michelle Devine was thinking when she came up with the concept, you also have to question the countless parents who would willingly take their child to a place like this. Playing dress-up or putting on your mother’s makeup is one thing. Getting a spray-on tan at age 5 is an entirely different beast.
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