Kids Hair Salon Opening Tuesday In Mahwah

MAHWAH, NJ — A new children's hair salon will open in town Tuesday.

Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids offers an interactive haircut experience that has an in-store playground. The sitting chairs are modeled after race cars, motorcycles, fire trucks, and airplanes and kids can watch their favorite television shows while getting their haircut.

Dumont resident Jennifer Pirot owns the salon.

"Little ones can be terrified by the haircut experience — the loud buzz of clippers, the confinement in a chair, the orders from a stranger to sit still," Pirot said. "Nothing in the salon will be scary or intrusive for a child."

Kids get a balloon and and a lollipop once their haircut is done.

"As a parent, I've experienced first-hand the anxiety associated with children's haircuts," Pirot said. "I am excited to own a business that makes the experience fun for kids and stress-free for parents."

Pirot was previously an accountant and worked in business development for years, including at NBC Universal. She switched gears and founded a media consulting business. Her husband owns his own flight school.

Cookie Cutters For Kids is located in the Shops at Mahwah at 380 Route 17 South. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Photo: Jennifer Pirot at Cookie Cutters Haircuts For Kids in Mahwah (Courtesy of Franchise Elevator PR)