Beaners, Kids Haircuts and more: Welcome to Beaners, A Cut Above

Beaners at a Glance

Location

50, 585 St. Albert Trail, St. Albert

Owned by

Celia & Brian Siewert

Their specialty

Giving kids great haircuts and families great memories

Bells & whistles

Chairs that look like carousel rides, a flat screen TV at each styling station, a ball pit, bubbles—even a room for birthday parties

Interesting facts

Adults can get their hair cut there too (and you don’t have to sit in the ducky chair!). Beaners also hosts birthday parties where kids can play dress-up and have their hair done.

“Can you fix what’s left?” It’s a question that Celia and Brian Siewert get asked pretty much on a weekly basis. And it’s a request they’re more than happy to accommodate. In fact, accommodating kids is their business and has been since they first took over Beaners nearly nine years ago. Over those years, they’ve seen (and fixed) a lot of “pretend haircuts” gone wrong. They’ve also seen a lot of smiles—and many on the occasion of a first haircut. As we happily witnessed the day we visited, first haircuts take team effort—starting with a great stylist. Add to that a carousel chair and a family-friendly environment and, well, you have Beaners. Take a look.

“I was looking through the paper one day and saw that the store was for sale. So I said half-kidding to Brian, ‘We have three girls and would have tons of help. Maybe that’s a business we should try.’ That was almost nine years ago. Turns out our girls don’t help an awful lot in here (laughing), but they’re all trained to work the till and handle customers, and they do a great job when they are around.”

–Celia, owner

“Other salons will actually say to their clients, ‘If you want your kids’ hair cut, take them to Beaners. That’s their specialty.’ Besides having stylists who love kids, we also guarantee our haircuts. If you have to come back because something wasn’t quite right, we fix it. And we squeeze in those fix-ups right away.”

–Brian, owner

“We hear a lot of funny things from the kids. One day I was telling a little girl how beautiful I thought her curls were, and she replied, ‘Thanks! I got them from the milkman.’ That was pretty funny.”

–Misty, stylist

“First haircuts are pretty special things, and most of them go really smoothly. Lots of grammas and grandpas come along. Tons of pictures are taken. And at the end of it, they’ve made a great memory and go home with a certificate to remember it. A lollipop never hurts, either.” t8n

A great big thanks to the entire Hurlburt family for sharing a first haircut with us.