Get Colorfully Creative with Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll + Giveaway – 3 Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll

The holidays are here and while the kiddos are ecstatic I think I’m even more so. But when you have 2 weeks on your hand and not a trip planned ..it’s always good to come up with some creative ideas for the kids so as to keep telly-time to an absolute minimum.

Finding a host of creative outlets can sometimes be a challenge… I’ve found over the years that I need to plan well in advance and stock up on supplies so the kiddos have a creative outlet to channel their energies. This holiday was no different and whilst we set out to make puppets and paint, my daughter was yearning for something more-girly to do with her time.

She definitely got her wish for not a week into the holidays, she received the Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll to experiment and get creative with. I’m sure every little girl vouches to be Barbie’s No.1 fan and my daughter is no different. She loves them so much, she’s collected umpteen over the years.

That’s Lil’ Girl in Issue 39 of Barbie Magazine with her collection of Barbie & Kelly Dolls

So you’re like thinking what is our (mother & daughter) obsession with Barbie…. actually the answer is quite simple. Barbie is produced by Mattel and if you’ve ever had a toy from Mattel, I’m sure your pretty much still have it till today. Mattel has always produced toys of outstanding quality…all of the Mattel toys that my husband and I bought from when our lil’ girl was a baby still remains in the family toy-boxes and that 3 kiddo’s later too.

The boys with their Hot Wheels Collection as well as a host of other Mattel toys

Ok, so back to the topic at hand…how did my Lil’ Girl like her latest addition, Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll. Lets take a pictorial walk through, shall we….. But first catch Lil’ Girl in her first ever vlog debut on You Tube 🙂

Yay!!! Another Barbie to add to my collection 🙂

Young girls can now take charge and be Barbie’s™ Personal Hairdresser using a few simple tools

The new Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll allows young girls to creatively streak and style Barbie’s beautiful long hair

These wonderful accesories come with the Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll … all you need now is your Imagination & Creativity

How thoughtful, the chair comes fitted with a suction cup, so Barbie’s not going to fall off while you’re doing her hair

An instruction manual for mom’s like me who need to read up on all the steps before we get started

Soo cute : Barbie Hair Ties to create different hairstyles… pigtails, braids or even funky ponytails… take your pick

Barbie has already slipped into her fabulous salon chair and yes!!! We’re ready to start…

Lil’ Girl cant resist combing thru Barbie’s lovely hair. Barbie looking lovely in a sassy pink dress and sparkly blue flower belt complete with matching necklace.

Step 1 : Wetting Barbie’s hair

The water bowl is really handy

Ok..so on to the 1st step. Add water to Barbie’s hair with the applicator brush.

Step 2: Create cool highlights in Barbie’s hair using the color foil sheets.
There are 3 to choose from…pink,purple & orange

Lil’ Girl has chosen Outstanding Orange for the first highlight.

Step 3: Streak hair using the color loaded foil clip in a swipe motion

Now,that’s really easy mom!!!

Yay!!! It worked 🙂 and Barbie sure looks all glammed up

Touching up the top of Barbie’s hair with the applicator brush and a swipe off the colored foil.

Ta Da… Barbie looking Amazing with her colorfully highlighted hair.

Hooray..that’s me and I’m officially a Hairdresser…
Mom, Can I do your hair now?

So what next.. That’s Step 4: Rinse & Repeat… How great is that, just rinse off Barbie’s hair and the hair color will wash off and you’re ready to go again.

Lil’ Girl cant wait to style all her Barbie dolls 🙂

I wonder if the Ken’s are going to get their hair done too ?

Lil’Girl already planning to use her Travel Set as a mini hair saloon

Now I must say I had equally as much fun doing this with my lil’ girl. It was definitely a great way to bond with her and we both had a great time trying out new hairstyles and mixing colors to create different styles. She loves the idea of being a Hairdresser so much, she’s already lined up her other Barbie’s for a Hair Styling treat.

Mattel has once again done a great job of coming up with a  range in the“See What Happens When You Play with Barbie^TM” campaign that encourages more than just dressing up Barbie is different outfits. It’s a chance for your lil’ girl to try on a new career, a new fantasy and even come up with a new story.

In fact so lovely are the wonderful folks at Mattel that they’ll be giving away 3..Yes!! Three sets of Barbie™ Color Stylin’ Hair Doll worth RM 99.90 each to three creative parent daughter duo’s who are readers of my blog.

The gist of this contest will be to encourage your lil’ girl to to showcase her hairdressing talents by doing up Barbie’s hair in creative, funky, fun or fashionable hairstyles. Be creative, create a party look, a work or shopping look and maybe a hairstyle for a day out at the beach.

Having said that let me just briefly outline the Terms of this contest.

1. This contest is open to parents and daughter’s aged 12 & below with a Malaysian mailing address.
2. Must be a fan of Sharon Sree’s FB ( you can do so here ) and follow this blog.
3. Contest runs from now and ends on Sunday, 1st September 2013 at 11.59pm.
4. Get creative and imaginative with your hairdressing techniques.  You can use any material you want to create the hairstyle but you must do so with a Barbie doll.
5. Take a picture of your creative Barbie hair style and email your pictures to sha1ree@yahoo.com with the following details : Parents Name, Child’s Name & Age, Email address and Contact Number 
6. Winners will be judged based on their creativity, sense of style and attention to detail. Judges decision is final.

On that note, here’s me wishing all parent-daughter’s duo’s the best of luck and looking forward to seeing your creatively colorful and exciting Barbie hairstyles 🙂

As a token of appreciation to Mattel for sponsoring this Giveaway..do show them some love by liking their FB page here. You can also keep up to date with Barbie at www.barbie.com.

Mattel & Barbie products are available at all major departmental stores. For more information on Mattel, head on here.