Elsa - Wedding Hairdresser For Princesses

The game opens on a princess in a salon chair with a veil draped over her shoulders and a spattered, unbrushed mane of hair. Before anything else you move to the washing station, where you rinse, shampoo and condition in that order, and her hair visibly cleans up as each step finishes. From there the whole chair area becomes your station for the rest of the round.

The toolkit covers four areas. Hair care first: combs, scissors, a curling iron and color in bottles you hold over the strands you want to change. Then styling, with long braids, updos, loose waves and crown-friendly arrangements you clip into place piece by piece. There is a nail table with polish shades and little decals, and a makeup shelf with blush, eyeshadow and a lip color. Pieces layer cleanly, so you can put flowers over a braid or a tiara on top of an updo without anything fighting for the same spot.

The unusual part is the order itself. Most makeover games hand you a finished face and a closet, but this one starts at the wash basin, so the hair actually goes through a salon process before you style it. The round ends when the bride walks out in her wedding gown, and you see the full look together: hair, nails, makeup and dress in one frame.

Start with the haircut and color, because everything you clip on later sits on top of those. Keep some loose strands around the face if you pick a high updo, or it reads too severe under the veil. Soft waves plus one shoulder-length braid pairs well with almost any gown in the final scene. And check the nail table before the finale, since bare nails are easy to miss when the makeup looks done.