Barbie Beauty Secrets-Are you ready for your close-up!

 

   

  I can still remember the smell of a new Barbie right out of the box… her hair – perfectly coifed, not a hair out of place.   Her flawless make-up and her perfectly matched outfits and plastic slip on shoes...

This post is a tribute to my favorite Blonde Bombshell - Barbie.  I found this article and thought it was fascinating.  When I was little I never questioned how Barbie got in the box, I thought she just magically appeared on the shelves of my favorite toy stores and was intended just for me.   This article reveals Barbies Make-up and Hair Team's secrets prior to being packaged in that oh-so recognizable box.  

"A true fashionista never leaves her house without makeup and the same goes for the most well-known fashionista of them all.  When creating a new Barbie® face (a prototype to be put into production), up to 15 fine artists work on Barbie's face using water-based acrylics and tiny sable brushes to paint one of the most widely-recognized faces in the world. 

It’s all about blending:

Taking up to 3 hours, every color used on Barbie doll’s face is applied in thin "washes" so no brush mark is obvious.
 Although Barbie is known for her vibrant and colorful makeup, brown is still her favorite eye shadow and worn the most frequently. In fact, Barbie has more than 300 different shades of brown in her beauty kit!® isn’t just another pretty face—she actually has a lot of pretty faces—11 different skin tones to be exact. And, with a team of talented hair stylists and makeup artists, the beauty of Barbie is constantly refined so she’s always picture perfect.
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The perfect hair day takes work—and tools!  Barbie’s hair comes in seven different shades of blond, woven together in various combinations to achieve highlights or lowlights. Her legendary locks are rooted with a special sewing machine called a "Dolly" and then professionally trimmed and styled, strand by strand, to create today’s chic-est styles.  
After her hair is rooted, brushed and styled, Barbie is placed in a customized heating machine to set her hairstyle—much like how a dome hair dryer is used in hair salons.What’s in her beauty bag? • Barbie’s hair is styled with hair gel exclusively formulated for her
• Barbie’s best hair tool is a paint brush and water—perfect for flyaway hairs for close-up headshots
• Bad hair day? Even Barbie gets tangled up—a light conditioner and water does the trick to managing her mane
In 2009, Barbie will let girls everywhere rescue her "bad hair days" with The Barbie™ Hair Detangler—the first-ever detangling spray made and sold just for Barbie!"