Baby Dress Up and Makeup

You start in a bathroom with a sleepy baby in a small tub and a row of soap bottles on the edge. Your first job is the bath: tap the shampoo, work up the bubbles, then rinse. Each step is one or two taps, and the baby reacts with giggles or little faces so you always know if you did it right. That opening routine is what gives Baby Dress Up and Makeup its shape: care first, then the fun part, dressing a character creator who starts out squeaky clean.

After the towel, the screens roll out in stages. There is a hair station with soft curls, pigtails and little clips, a makeup station with blush, shimmer and gentle lip tints sized for a toddler, and a nail spot with pastel polish. The clothing rack holds onesie-style dresses, rompers, socks and tiny shoes, plus headbands, stuffed animals and pacifiers. Everything layers the way it should, so the headband sits over the hair and the toy rests in her arms.

The detail that separates this one from other baby makeover games is the mood system. The baby has a happiness meter that rises when you finish care steps in order and dips if you skip the bath. A round ends with a photo of your styled baby, and a calm, giggly baby photographs better.

Do the bath completely before moving on, since a half-washed baby fusses through the rest. Match the headband to the dress first, then pick makeup tones that suit it. Tap the toy at the end, because a baby holding her favorite animal always smiles for the camera.