Gemstone Glam

Nail polish bottles and a hair station crowd the opening screen of Gemstone Glam, the outfit rack pushed to the back until the beauty steps are done. Picking a base polish color first decides which gem accents actually show up against the nails later, since a pale coat lets colored stones read clearly and a dark one buries them.

The salon side splits into a nail bar, base coats, gem stickers, a glitter topcoat, and a hair station with braids, twists, and a half-up style ready for pins. A gem tray sits between the two, tiny stone charms that clip onto a braid or press onto a wet nail, and everything layers, so a gem pin can sit over a braid that's already in place. Clothing waits in a smaller tab off to the side, mostly simple dresses built to let the hair and nails carry the look.

What this salon makeover game leans on that a plain closet game does not is the gem system tying hair and nails together, the same stone charm working as a hairpin or a nail decal depending on where it gets dropped. A round ends with a close-up shot of the finished hands and hairstyle side by side, instead of a full-body portrait or a score.

Build the manicure around one gem tone instead of a different stone on every nail, since a single color keeps the hand from looking cluttered. Braid the hair before adding any hair jewelry so the pins have something to actually hold onto. The salon chair controls sit in a corner tab that's easy to scroll past on a first look.