Hair & Beauty Accessory Set for Dolls

For girls with American Dolls, or some similar 18" version of this doll, it soon follows that clothes and accessories are desired.  For the little girl who enjoy playing with hair and makeup with their dolls, this set is the perfect thing.

Geared toward ages 6+, there are some smaller pieces in the set that could be dangerous to little hands. The set comes packaged in a non-descript box.

Within the box, each item is nestled into a pocket inside the plastic case which has a cover.  In this way, no matter how much the box is tipped or shaken, the pieces stay nicely displayed when it is time for the little girl to open her gift.

This set comes with so many things!

- apron with three pockets to hold items

- drape for doll to wear during the beauty session

- curling iron

- hair brush

- mirror

- 2 perfume bottles

- lipstick with removable cap

- makeup compact that opens

- makeup brush stand with 5 removable brushes (these are plastic replicas, not actual brushes)

- tiara

- 2 barrettes

- 2 ponytail holders

Hours of fun are in store with this set.  While intended for 18" dolls, it will work with smaller dolls as well, and with a young child's imagination, there is no limit.

The downside of this set is that it is not expensive, so some of the pieces feel a little cheap.  The tiara and barrettes will not withstand much abuse, but the brushes, perfume bottles and compact are more durable.  Stickers make up the compact contents, so I can see these not lasting, but otherwise it seems to be a toy that will withstand little girl play for some time.

You can check it out for yourself here

* I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and un-biased review.

500 Piece Building Brick Review

My girls are just getting into the joy of building with Legos.  We have been given a couple of small sets, but they kept asking for more blocks to build and create with.  Finding such blocks without buying a set or spending a fortune is difficult to come by, however.  So, when I came across the opportunity to try  a pack of non-branded Lego like blocks, I jumped on it.

This set comes with 500 pieces in 14 different shapes an sizes, in 10 colors (red, green, light blue, dark blue, yellow, pink, purple, white, grey, black).  

These are your basic bricks, and include the following pieces:

- 1 peg narrow

- 2 peg narrow

- 3 peg narrow

- 4 peg narrow

- 6 peg narrow

- 8 peg narrow

- 4 peg double

- 6 peg double

- 8 peg double

- 12 peg double

- 16 peg double

- 3 peg corner 

- 20 peg thin

- 2 peg slant

These bricks work perfectly with Lego branded building bricks.  If not for the logo, I would not have known they were not the official product!

I am very pleased with this set.  I love that the colors are not gender specific.  The bricks are easy to put together and take apart again, they are not too tight or loose.  They feel just like the name brand building bricks, of quality sturdy plastic.  My family spent hours just creating and building with these, no directions, characters, extras or theme necessary.  These are great for sparking creativity, educational purposes, distractions, just play fun.  I highly recommend this product!

You can get some for the kid in your life (or yourself) here

*I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and un-biased review.