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Mane Characters

Mane Characters

Hair salon in South Decatur, MN

Mane Characters Salon is a hair salon in South Decatur, operating from an in-home studio. Its haircare is designed to be sensory-friendly for people including those with autism, special needs and sensory processing disorders. Services include haircuts, nail trimming, pairing sessions and home services.

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Mane Characters Salon is a hair salon in South Decatur, operating from an in-home studio. Its haircare is designed to be sensory-friendly for people including those with autism, special needs and sensory processing disorders. Services include haircuts, nail trimming, pairing sessions and home services.

New clients start with a free 15-minute consultation, which must be booked before a haircut. The consultation covers the client's haircutting history, sensory preferences and any accommodations they need. New clients also book a 30-minute pairing session before their first haircut.

Accommodations are arranged for each client, such as avoiding clips, skipping water sprays or adapting to how the client moves. Tools, techniques and products are chosen with comfort in mind. Haircut and nail trimming appointments run one hour and are open to new and returning clients, and home services can be arranged by request.

According to the salon, it aims to be more than a salon, a place where clients feel understood and valued.

Each visit is shaped around sensory comfort, starting with a personalized consultation that sets out each client's accommodations. Tools, techniques and products are selected with the client's comfort in mind.

Services take place in an in-home studio in South Decatur.

Services

Final prices may vary.

A free 15-minute consultation for new clients, booked before their first service appointment, to cover haircut history, sensory preferences and accommodations.

  • Consultation (15-minute, new clients) Price at booking

Haircuts in one-hour appointments for new and returning clients, plus a 30-minute pairing session for new clients before their first haircut.

  • Haircut Price at booking
  • Pairing session (30-minute, new clients) Price at booking

Services delivered at home, available by request.

  • Home services (by request) Price at booking

Nail trimming, offered in the same sensory-friendly approach as haircuts.

  • Nail trimming Price at booking

Photos

  • Young client Noah celebrating his new haircut with a stylist
  • Child with a fresh spiky cut getting styled, toy trains nearby
  • Boy smiling with a freshly cut short buzz haircut
  • Stylist cutting a young boy's hair at a salon station, with overlay text and TikTok watermark
  • Young boy getting a haircut while a woman and man watch in the mirror, with overlay text and TikTok watermark

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.manecharacterssalon.com (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Sensory-friendly haircuts, with accommodations arranged per client
  • Free 15-minute consultation for new clients, covering haircut history and sensory preferences
  • 30-minute pairing session for new clients before their first haircut
  • Home services available by request
  • Nail trimming offered alongside haircuts
Good for
  • new clients with autism, special needs or sensory processing disorders
  • clients who prefer haircuts without clips or water sprays
  • clients who want services at home
  • nail trimming
Treats
  • sensory sensitivities during haircuts
  • sensory processing needs
  • nail trimming
Techniques
  • sensory-friendly haircutting
  • haircuts without clips
  • nail trimming
  • in-home services
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