Abstract: An apparatus for covering the hard surface of a barber shop or beauty parlor sink to protect the neck of a customer whose hair is being shampooed, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flexible, resilient cushion adapted to overlie a portion of a sink. The sink includes a bowl having an inner bowl surface, a substantially horizontal surface connected to and projecting outwardly form a top edge of the bowl, and a downwardly directed surface connected to the substantially horizontal surface. The cushion includes a first portion adapted to overlie a portion of the bowl surface, a second portion integrally connected to the first portion and adapted to overlie a portion of the substantially horizontal surface, and a third portion integrally connected to said second portion and adapted to overlie a portion of the downwardly directed surface. The first and third portions are resiliently inclined toward one another and tend to grip the sink when mounted on the sink.