Beauty Makeover Games: Salon S

Beauty Makeover Games: Salon S puts skin care before hairstyling, so the tired-looking client in the chair gets a cleansing step before anything else loads. You clear a few blemishes and even out her tone with a couple of taps, and the mirror only switches to the hair station once that base is set. Chairs and tools line the wall behind her, waiting for the next stage.

The salon splits into stations you move through in order: skin care, hair, makeup and nails, with a spa tab for extras like a facial mask or a warm towel. Hair covers cuts, a range of colors and finishing waves or braids. Makeup runs from a sheer base to a bold lip, with eyeshadow and blush layered underneath. Nails close things out with polish colors and the odd decal, applied last over hands that stayed bare through every earlier station.

Where a lot of makeover games let you skip straight to makeup, this one holds the skin and spa steps first, so the client's face actually looks different by the time you reach foundation. A round ends with a before-and-after slide you can drag back and forth, comparing the tired client at the start against the finished salon look.

Skin care spent before makeup pays off, since a cleared complexion needs less foundation to look even. A lip color matched to the blush keeps the finished face from mismatching under the reveal lighting. The before-and-after slider in the corner is easy to miss, and dragging it all the way shows the full transformation.