REVIEW: Mirror Mi Mini Suki

I had this girl on preorder and she was delivered around Halloween, but mine had a horrible brown mark on her bangs and the box looked really dirty. Ordered another and she arrived a few days ago. I've been too busy to get to her, but now I have some time. 

First of all, this was an interesting idea...BUT uglier than mustard yellow is not, and never will be, a substitute for gold. I'm sorry. No. Absolutely not. 

A little help from the scissors and we never have to see that again. 

The fabric is stitched to the rubber. I just snipped the stitches. However, the velcro is on the fabric, so I used a clear plastic band...from this Suki even...and poked the loops through two of the holes in her dress. Then I put each loop around the opposite shoulder. That holds her dress on quite well. 

If you want to try this, it is pretty easy. But she doesn't have much coverage on top this way. From her right side, her chest is completely visible. If you want to play with her or travel around with her more than display her, I'd say keep the ugly fabric on. But if you're just displaying like me, there's nothing wrong with this. 

Her hair. 

The little ponytail is poseable. 

Her hair is looser than Luna's and her head popped off once. 

 

I'm still not seeing a $20 price tag here, but she is lovely. 

Look at that adorable face. 

So yeah, that's my Suki. I'm not getting any more of these little ones.

Eagerly awaiting some leaks for the new girls. I want to see Envy so badly. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine. 

Kayou Winx Club Cards (Magic Edition)

I ordered a box of the Kayou Winx Club cards from Amazon. I got the Magic Edition, which includes more rare cards. 

Absolutely zero idea which are the rarest, etc. There's no guide to the cards included, which would have been nice. 

This set comes with 12 packs of 8 cards each. Some of the rarer ones are thicker, though all the card stock is nice. 

I'll start with what I think are the rarer ones. 

The one in plastic was loose inside the case. It's marked PR-004, which is not listed on the Youloveit images, so I dunno what it is exactly. 

Then we've got Tecna from the Neon Pop set.

Tecna from the Fairies' Power set.

Only got one from each of those sets. 

Neon Pop Tecna is my favorite card of them all. 

The only two Trix cards I got! There are only 6 in the set, likely one for each witch outfit and each casual outfit. 

The top three are Girls' Day and the bottom two are Ultimate Power. 

Then we've got the fancy Magic Winx set that shows both a casual and fairy look. 

Different angle on Tecna's card. 

These are from the regular Magic Winx set. 

Disappointed I didn't get a single Tecna, but I got her in rarer sets, so that makes up for it. 

Valentine's Day set. 

They overlap. 

This set is Friendship Forever. 

The entire Cute & Sweet set. 

You get 2 of these per pack. I have a lot of doubles stacked up there. 

And this is the Story Diary set. I'm missing three of these. 

These come 3 per pack. 

I like these. Maybe enough to buy another box? I'm not sure yet. They're not cheap and they come from China, so it takes a bit to get here, but they are fun. I didn't get any of the Cardix set, which is the card exclusive transformation, or the Magic Generation set, which is the reboot designs. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine. 

REVIEW: Monster High Core 2.0 TWYLA

 

I'm convinced there are people on the MH design team that love Twyla and Venus more than the others, because they consistently have the strongest dolls in G3. This Twyla is easily the best core refresh doll tied only with Cleo 3.0, and that's because I'm heavily biased towards Cleo in pants. 

Cute art. 

Purse and Dustin bag charm. I love that Mattel is embracing the current trend of bag charms across their lines. 

This is one of the cutest G3 purses. Possibly the cutest? I'm too lazy to compare them all, okay? But it's damn adorable. 

Not particularly functional, as it could only fit a couple things inside and they've gotta be small, but I'm fine with aesthetic over function this time. 

Some sort of yogurt drink and spaghetti with dust mite balls. Brave to take spaghetti to school. Do not get any on that sweater, missy. 

Nightmare Journal. Sigh. Love it. 

Headphones that won't be seen again. I will not risk messing up her hair. 

The back of the phone is cute. I wish the screens were more interesting though. I want to see her talking to Manny or something. 

Precious Dustin. 

She's so perfect. 

This is going to be one of those where I have a lot of pictures and the same praise words I always use. Because I love her. 

Hair: perfect. 

It's not poly, for those obsessed with fiber. Probably saran. The one that feels heavier and doesn't lay flat very well. 

Makeup: extra perfect! I have worn this exact makeup and it suits her so well. 

There's a little black necklace under there. 

I love this outfit. It's like dark academia but cozy, which I think is pure Twyla. The slouchy neckline over the buttondown is so cute.

 

Adorable boots. 

Yeah, she's absolutely gorgeous. 

I think she's now my favorite Twyla. 

Yeah, pretty sure she is. I don't have my MH out yet, so I can't say 100%, but I'm like 99.9% sure. 

If you're a Twyla fan, you need her. 

Sheer perfection. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

REVIEW: Mattel Sparkling Princess Snow White

 

This will be short. 

I wasn't sure I was keeping this doll. I don't have a box picture because she looked so bad in the box that I almost returned her. 

I get what they tried to do with the hair but on mine, the front curls are way too long to look anything like the promo pics. 

This is after a gel wash. I still don't love it, but I don't care enough to try to trim the hair to make it lay better. 

The outfit is decent. I like the cape. Love the shoes. The collar material is really stiff and cheap though. 

I don't see the $33 here. Definitely not my favorite from the line and not up to part with the first ones, even though she looked spectacular in promos. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine. 

REVIEW: Bratz X The Craft Nancy Part 2 + Bonnie, Rochelle and Sarah

All right, first, let's finish up with Nancy. 

This is my first Nancy. I decided to keep the second one in the uniform. So this is the same doll you guys saw last time, just in the black outfit. 

The earrings were a bit too distracting for me, so I took them off. She did have them on in the party scene, but Bratz earrings are almost always like twenty times the size of human earrings. Once I get my doll stuff all unpacked, I'll see if I can locate some simpler earrings for her. 

I like it. It's a bit simple. I feel like they could have embellished the dress a bit, and while the material is nice, I would have preferred more flowy. The sleeves are also a little too long. But overall, it does the job well. 

Now for the rest of the coven!

Have I mentioned how much I hate gel? Because I know I have, but let me say it yet again: I HATE GEL. I feel bad for boxed collectors, because this does not look good. 

I'm starting with Rochelle, because she needed no help. 

Her hair is good, but's way too big. Rochelle has shorter hair. But this type of thing is typical for translating live action to doll. I am so thankful they did not do this with Nancy though!

I like her outfit. She has little black suspenders under there. I like the tie, too. Very cute. 

From a doll standpoint, she looks great! She's really pretty and has that bitchy witchy vibe. To be honest though, she's my least fave of the four, and that is 100% because of the hair length. She looks the least like her live action counterpart. This is not to say I don't love her. I do. I just love the other three a lot more, because something about them captures the actors better. 

The painted on fishnets should have been a bigger weave, but this wasn't a terrible attempt. 

Her shoes are super cute. 

This was my surprise of the day. I thought Bonnie would be my least fave. But no. 

Her coat is like windbreaker material and she has a sweater under it. The white top is sleeveless. 

There is something about this doll, once you get that horrible gel out, that just screams (har har) Neve Campbell. I can't even explain it. She just has the pure essence of Bonnie. 

She might be my favorite after Nancy, and that's saying a lot, because I essentially spent the $120 just to have Sarah. 

Best shoes after Nancy's. 

Sarah! 

I love her. 

Like Bonnie, she just really feels like the character. 

I wish they'd done all these girls individually. We were robbed of more outfits. 

Shoes that look boring and clunky from the front, but are not at all boring from the side. 

Time to go call the corners. 

I love Nancy the most. Obviously. I paid $140 so I could have one in each outfit. But I'm so glad I was able to get them all. The nostalgia is so real. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.