Beautiful Makeup Book (Barbie Style Book) (Board book)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Girls will have a ball getting decked out with the Barbie(tm) Beautiful Makeup Book. First, girls can create a variety of glamorous and groovy looks for Barbie and her friends. Then after mastering the techniques, they can use the cool makeup and accessories on themselves, too! All the makeup for the eyes, cheeks, and lips is included, plus press-on earrings and temporary tattoos to complete the look. Girls will love checking out their beautiful new faces with the attached mirror.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Reader's Digest; Book and Access edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575846500
• ISBN-13: 978-1575846507
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #431,593 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a great toy!, November 5, 2001

By A Customer

When my husband purchased this book/toy for our 4-year old daughter, I thought it was a ridiculous waste of money. Boy was I wrong! Not a day has gone by in the last 2 months that she hasn't played with this book, and we've bought several more copies as birthday gifts for her friends. Not only a great way to keep a preschooler entertained (great at a restaurant!), she's used the instructions to teach herself how to draw flowers. One word of warning, however: the book says okay to use the makeup on yourself, but we did that once and found it stained her face slightly. (Be advised: this is definitely more toy than book!)

3.0 out of 5 stars Kelly hates toys.., October 6, 2005

By	Mouse (Texas) - See all my reviews

Read all her reviews, most of them are against toys that [...]Your kids must be bored out of there minds! Are they allowed to play with anything? or is it like that xmas cartoon with the guy who cancels xmas because he hates toys?

Give us all a break and stop trying to force your anti toy beliefs on us, kids love to play with dolls, girls love to play with girly toys this doesn't mean they are going to grow up slutty or thinking they have to wait on their man, nor does it mean they will get fat and strive for a career at McDonalds if they play with FAKE food, the only thing unhealthy about playing with fake food is if they actually eat it.

This book will not make them think they have to be perfect and wear make-up so people will think they are pretty, kids learn what they are taught by there parents and teachers the rest is just fun play. Kids need more than books to learn how to live in the real world.

They also may rebel if they are held back, who knows maybe your's will decide to eat McDonalds everyday when they are old enough to get it themselves....People always want what they can't have, it's human nature.

Sorry for the rant, I'm just tired of seeing the same bad review everytime I look at a toy!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Uses flashy props to turn children's books into toys, May 22, 2005

By	Kelly H (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

From <a href="http://www.truceteachers.org/">Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment</a>: "Printed on cardboard, a format meant for baby books, this book comes with four shades of lipstick and rouge with applicator. Pictures and text show girls how to put make-up on Barbie and themselves."

"These 'toy' books undermine the acquisition of reading skills by diverting children's attention from the story line and language. They can make traditional books seem boring when they don't resemble toys and make children expect their books to use gimmicks to entertain."