Customer Reviews

Barbie Primp and Polish Styling Head

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(24)
1 star:		(54)

 

 

Okay, I can see why some of the parents don't like some aspects of this doll head. Yes, when you first get the doll head out of the box the hair is a mess. But after brushing it out it was not so bad. I think the hair is the way it is to allow your little one to curl the hair safetly without heat. My 3 year old daughter can spend hours painting barbie's nails. As for the stick on nails this set comes with, I assumed they were for the child and not the doll so we are not using those. I think this toy's coolest feature is the ability to paint barbies nails in two differnt colors with only hot or cold water. It's nice to have a toy that my daughter can play with without making a mess everywhere with real nail polish and makeup. And I don't have to watch over her like a hawk when she's playing with it so I get some mommy time. I Would recommend this toy for childern ages 2-4, as I think older children 5 and up would get bored too fast with it. For us it was well worth the money.

My husband bought and opened this toy before I saw it so I can't guarantee that this wasn't his fault but the Barbie's hair was so tangled, it took me an hour to comb it out. The makeup and polish are supposed to come on and off with cold and warm water but it's actually pretty hard to make either of these work well. My daughter is only 3 1/2 so she doesn't really mind but I think an older child would get pretty frustrated.

The hair does curl and my daughter has spent many hours playing with her so I gave the doll a decent rating but be prepared to spend time helping your child work with the hair and the water.

My 4 year old adores this toy and really doesn't care about any of the things that result in a 3 star rating by me. If you are giving this as a gift, be sure to take it out of the box before wrapping it. Besides taking some effort just to get it out of the box, the hair is going to need some work. Although there is some synthetic hair that is easy to brush, much of it is nothing more than fishing wire. It is somewhat difficult to detangle and a good amount of hair is lost in the process. I found that by spraying the hair with a de-tangling spray and holding the head upside down to brush the hair was the easiest and most effective way of getting Barbie ready to style. Also, be sure to hold the hair tightly in a pony tail to brush tangles from the ends of hair or you will literally brush her bald!

This is the only thing my daughter asked for for Christmas last year. So I bought the first one I saw. My daughter was 5 at the time. In the past year, she may have spent a total of 20 minutes playing with it. Waste of my money! She loves "doing" hair and makeup, but you can't get a brush through this hair and the "water makeup" just doesn't cut it for her. This might be okay for a 3 or 4 yr. old, but as for my daughter it is no fun at all.

I purchased this toy for my 5 yr old daughter last Christmas and was disappointed. The makeup part and color changing nails was cute but to try and style and brush the doll's hair was a nightmare! The more it was brushed the messier it got and as another reviewer said, it came out in clumps. My daughter got frustrated with it and simply gave up after awhile. She now wants the compact Barbie face that you can put makeup on.

I used my own money to buy this doll. I was very upset because her hair got tangled up right away. So, my mom let me take her back to the store and we got my money back. Then we tried the Corolle Styling Head. It costs the same and it is great. I have used her for days and her hair is still like new. I don't know how it works, but the hair can curl too. I wish Toys R Us would carry Corolle dolls. They are great!

I agree with the upset Mom from Lake Moses WA. I am so dissappointed with this Barbie head. The hair is like plastic straw. You cannot even get a comb through it, and it comes out in clumps. The nails do not change color easily and the makeup on the face does nothing at all. This was a big waste of money. I think the heads that I saw at the Dollar General for only $5 were better than this one ! When I was a kid, the doll head that I had was made much better. The hair was more like real and you could manage it easily. And it even grew longer, and then you could turn a wheel and it went back to short again. It was very durable. I wish I never bought this Barbie head. My 4 year old daughter was so excited, but now she says it is no fun, and doesnt play with it. Dont waste your money !

Bought this toy for my 4 year old daughter as I remembered how much fun I had with mine when I was her age. What a HUGE disappointment! The hair tangled instantaneously to a point where it was absolutely unmanageable. We gave up from there. The idea is fantastic, but the product needs a great deal of improvement.

The only thing educational about this toy is, you learn not to buy it ever again. It was a disaster, the hair was a mess after about 10 minutes, the make up did not show up at all. My daughter was frustrated and ready to give it to the dog :) It is ashame for people to waist their money on this, I suggest DO NOT BUY!!!

This toy does truely have wirey hair that becomes instantly uncombable. The nails don't work, and though I thought she would have toy make up my daughter could use, she is one of those worthless color chage in water types that don't really change. It was the toy my daughter most wanted for Christmas last year and her most complained about. She calls it 'that dummy head'. The most fun she had with it was cutting her hair into a manageable bob- one of the three times she played with it...ten dollars a turn.