Summer Fun Fashion

It starts in a spa room, steam on the screen and a model in a towel waiting on the table. The first pick is a face mask, three tubs lined up at the bottom, and tapping one spreads it across her face with a little animation. You rinse, pat dry, and the door to the next room glows, which is how the game nudges you along.

Each room has its own toolkit. The salon has combs, scissors, curlers and color bottles, so you can build anything from a high ponytail to loose beach waves. The nail station has polishes, stickers and little charms like starfish and shells. The makeup table sorts into eyes, cheeks and lips, with a glossy coral lipstick and a shimmery gold shadow sitting near the front. The wardrobe is the last stop: sundresses, denim shorts, straw hats, sandals and sunglasses, and accessories layer over clothes without covering them up.

What separates this makeover game from the stack is the order of it. Most games hand you everything at once; here the makeover builds stage by stage, so spa prep actually changes how the makeup sits and how the hair falls. The round ends with a beach photoshoot, your model posed against the water in the full look you assembled.

Do the hair before makeup so loose strands do not ruin a finished face. A soft wave with a straw hat and one gold accessory reads more summery than piling on everything. On the nail screen, tap the little drier button after each coat, because it is small and easy to miss, and skipping it smudges the charms.