SMOOTHED
Children’s Hair
For Parents
Children’s Keratin
Kids have frizz too. And a lot less patience.
Most families come to us somewhere between frustrated and defeated — with the hair, with the morning routine, with what it takes just to get a brush through it.
What it does
Hair that stops fighting back
We do a lot of children’s keratin. There’s usually a little one in a chair somewhere in the salon at any given time — ten to twenty a week.
Keratin softens the hair strand, which makes detangling dramatically easier. For a tender-headed kid, that difference is enormous. It’s also a serious time saver on a school morning.
There’s a second thing that matters more than people expect. A child’s shower routine is nowhere near as thorough as an adult’s with textured hair, so their hair often isn’t holding much moisture and isn’t getting properly clean. Stretching the curl slightly lets them actually reach their scalp — so the scalp gets cleaner too.
Detangling gets easier
A softened strand means the brush moves through instead of catching. Fewer tears, on both sides.
A cleaner scalp
Slightly stretched curl means they can get their hands to their own scalp and actually wash it.
Mornings back
The routine goes from a negotiation to a few minutes. That’s the part parents notice first.
What changes for them
Their hair starts working for them
When a child’s hair stops being a daily fight, how they see it changes. They start embracing their texture instead of resenting it.
Over time that turns into something bigger: a healthier relationship with their own natural hair, and the confidence to actually learn how to work with it — rather than getting frustrated at minute one and pulling it into a bun.
Eventually they need us less. That’s the whole point.
See it
A few of our littles
Two of our long-term littles, followed across years rather than a single appointment.
Teya
Teya has lived in braids her entire life and had never worn her hair out. Between that and a soccer schedule, there was never a version of her hair that felt easy.
This clip is three months into her second treatment — so the before you’re seeing is after only two. Look at how much moisture her hair is holding now, and at what it’s done for her confidence.
Watch Teya’s clip
Isis
Isis came to us at fifteen, frustrated, hair permanently in a bun. She plays volleyball — she’s going to college to play — and between practices she couldn’t keep up with her curls or feel confident wearing them down.
Three years and five or six treatments later: it’s grown, the curl is softer, styling takes a fraction of the time. And she loves her hair now.
Watch Isis’s clipWe love working on children. It’s some of the most satisfying work we do.
When you’re ready
Book under the children’s option
Only our senior stylists take children’s appointments. They’re the ones trained to work with tender-headed kids, and our stylists still in training shouldn’t be learning on your child. Children’s keratin starts at $650, with no added fees on a first treatment.
- Choose a senior stylist.
- Add the children’s keratin add-on — it’s what holds enough time for a first appointment.
No kid should dread having their hair brushed.
SMOOTHED · 3436 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104
SMOOTHED
Children’s Hair
For Parents
Children’s Keratin
Kids have frizz too. And a lot less patience.
Most families come to us somewhere between frustrated and defeated — with the hair, with the morning routine, with what it takes just to get a brush through it.
What it does
Hair that stops fighting back
We do a lot of children’s keratin. There’s usually a little one in a chair somewhere in the salon at any given time — ten to twenty a week.
Keratin softens the hair strand, which makes detangling dramatically easier. For a tender-headed kid, that difference is enormous. It’s also a serious time saver on a school morning.
There’s a second thing that matters more than people expect. A child’s shower routine is nowhere near as thorough as an adult’s with textured hair, so their hair often isn’t holding much moisture and isn’t getting properly clean. Stretching the curl slightly lets them actually reach their scalp — so the scalp gets cleaner too.
Detangling gets easier
A softened strand means the brush moves through instead of catching. Fewer tears, on both sides.
A cleaner scalp
Slightly stretched curl means they can get their hands to their own scalp and actually wash it.
Mornings back
The routine goes from a negotiation to a few minutes. That’s the part parents notice first.
What changes for them
Their hair starts working for them
When a child’s hair stops being a daily fight, how they see it changes. They start embracing their texture instead of resenting it.
Over time that turns into something bigger: a healthier relationship with their own natural hair, and the confidence to actually learn how to work with it — rather than getting frustrated at minute one and pulling it into a bun.
Eventually they need us less. That’s the whole point.
See it
A few of our littles
Two of our long-term littles, followed across years rather than a single appointment.
Teya
Teya has lived in braids her entire life and had never worn her hair out. Between that and a soccer schedule, there was never a version of her hair that felt easy.
This clip is three months into her second treatment — so the before you’re seeing is after only two. Look at how much moisture her hair is holding now, and at what it’s done for her confidence.
Watch Teya’s clip
Isis
Isis came to us at fifteen, frustrated, hair permanently in a bun. She plays volleyball — she’s going to college to play — and between practices she couldn’t keep up with her curls or feel confident wearing them down.
Three years and five or six treatments later: it’s grown, the curl is softer, styling takes a fraction of the time. And she loves her hair now.
Watch Isis’s clipWe love working on children. It’s some of the most satisfying work we do.
When you’re ready
Book under the children’s option
Only our senior stylists take children’s appointments. They’re the ones trained to work with tender-headed kids, and our stylists still in training shouldn’t be learning on your child. Children’s keratin starts at $650, with no added fees on a first treatment.
- Choose a senior stylist.
- Add the children’s keratin add-on — it’s what holds enough time for a first appointment.
No kid should dread having their hair brushed.
SMOOTHED · 3436 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104