Sweet Princess Makeup Party

The screen opens on a princess seated at a vanity, bare-faced and waiting, with a tray of makeup arranged beside her mirror. Your first job is her skin: pick a base, then dab on blush and let the color show up instantly on her cheeks. Every product is a click, and the face updates right away, so it is easy to undo something that goes on too strong. That quick feedback loop is the whole appeal of this makeover game.

The toolkit is split into face, eyes and lips, then a hair and jewelry section once the makeup is done. Expect blushes, shimmery eyeshadows, mascara, matte lipsticks, small crowns, drop earrings, and a few updos and long waves. Hair usually sits behind the face layers, and earrings draw over the hair, so you can see how they pair. Makeup colors come in soft pinks and deeper evening shades, and they do blend into each other if you keep adding.

The extra step here is the gown. Most makeup-only titles stop at the face, but once her look is finished you scroll to a rack of ball gowns, tiaras and gloves and dress her for the party. A round ends with your full portrait on screen, complete with backdrop, ready to keep as a saved look.

Work in one direction: skin, eyes, lips, hair, jewelry, gown. Pale pink shadow with a deep rose lip reads well, and heavy color on both eyes and lips tends to fight the gown. Check the earrings after you set the hair, since a long updo hides studs that would show with loose waves.