By Tara Kyle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
CHELSEA — Somewhere between the rock climbing wall, balance beam, ice rink and putting greens, Chelsea Piers has found room for a new feature — a hair salon.
"Chelsea Shears" opened its doors inside the massive fitness complex on Tuesday, offering $25 haircuts to girls, boys and men. Cuts are discounted for members of the toddler gym and other programs (a $20 fee includes both the hair care and a day pass to the gym).
"We were thinking about what's difficult for New Yorkers to do with their kids," said field house general manager Mollie Marcoux, who brought her own five and seven-year-old daughters in to get their "crazy curly" hair trimmed.
To that end, the salon's mission is to allow parents of the hundreds of kids using the sports facilities each day to multitask, getting their kids' hair cut in between fitness programs or while their parents take a turn exercising.
Chelsea Shears head stylist Korey Fitzgerald, 27, said Tuesday that one of the most popular haircut requests so far has been "the Justin Bieber type of haircut ... of course."
For girls, Fitzgerald expects to cut a bunch of bobs and heavy, below-the-eyebrow bangs.
And for adult men, Fitzgerald anticipates a lot of requests for short styles that diminish the risk of hat hair as the winter months approach.
While adult women can't currently get beautified at Chelsea Shears, the salon hopes to add blowouts as a service in the near future. Fitzgerald also looks forward to offering "Glam Parties," for young girls, which would include a hairdo and a few coreographed dance moves the girls can perform for their parents after their hair is done.
The salon is also offering special shampoos and conditioners designed to fight the luster-draining impacts of chlorine from the Chelsea Piers pool next door.
Other kid-centric products are also on hand, including lice prevention products.
Patricia Papadakis, 44, of Weehawken, said she brought her two gymnastics, soccer and football loving sons to the salon on opening day Tuesday because she had been satisfied with other programming at Chelsea Piers.
"They haven't done wrong by our boys yet," she said.
