Free Beauty Parlor Games
Dress up games are easy to play and easy to make. These games, typically developed in Flash, offer a variety of themes from Medieval to Beauty Parlor. Beauty parlor based games often focus heavily on the process of beautifying your avatar's facial features, hair and fingernails. Other beauty parlor games focus on the difficulty of serving a variety of customers with needs ranging from haircuts to fingernail polish.
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Dress Up Games
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Most beauty parlor themed games fit into the dress up game genre. In these games, the player provides make up and hairstyling for an avatar. Select the appropriate eye makeup, lipstick, nail polish, hair style, hair color and accessories for your avatar character by clicking on the desired item. Most games allow you to select only one item per feature. Beauty parlor games tend to focus on hair and makeup options but often allow you to provide shoes, dresses and backgrounds for your avatar. In dress up games, there is no way to win or lose and there is no score.
Speed Games
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Some beauty parlor games, such as Belle's Beauty Boutique, focus on the task of running a beauty parlor. In these games, you speed through a variety of tasks, such as cutting hair, applying makeup and sweeping floors. To achieve the highest score, repeat the same action multiple times. The more actions you chain, the higher your multiplier. Speed games resemble the popular PC and Mac game Diner Dash, in which players act as the server at a diner.
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Game Format
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Most free games available online are programed in Flash. These games are playable on almost all computers but do not work on many phones, such the iPhone. Flash games, programed using ActionScript, require you to download Adobe Flash Player, a plug-in for your web browser. Most computers utilize Adobe Flash Player. If you can successfully view videos on Hulu or YouTube, your computer already contains Adobe Flash Player. If you must download the player, you can do it for free from the Adobe website (see Resources).
Where to Find Games
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Hundreds of websites with free Flash games exist online. Popular game websites include UGotGames, AddictingGames, Andkon and ArmorGames. To find the beauty parlor games on these websites, click on the tab or link that reads "Dress Up Games." If you wish to use a larger selection of beauty parlor games, visit a website devoted to dress up games, such as FashionGirlsDressUp, SweetDressUpGames or CuteFlashGames. If you want to play beauty parlor games on your phone, visit the phone's app catalogue. Most games on the popular cell phone platforms iPhone and Android charge a small free, but some free games are available.
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