This year, my two daughters were kind enough to give me dolls for Mother's Day! I got the Ever After High School Spirit two pack of dolls, and a Mattel Belle doll with no real articulation, but lots of accessories. This won't be a real review, because all these dolls have been out for quite a while, but I did want to share some of the fun details of the dolls.
First I'll show pictures of Belle. The design choices they made for her ensemble were... interesting, as you'll see. She comes the way a lot of Mattel dolls seem to have been designed lately: no bending arms or legs, molded on top, detachable fabric skirt. Since she is a Disney Princess, her top has the addition of loads of glitter.
Her hair style has rolled bits on the sides to provide a good place to hide the ends of a tiara or headband. It's also nice and soft.
My daughter knew that Belle is my favorite Disney character, but she also knew enough to know that I would love all the accessories that came with this doll, which was sweet. She came with two tiaras, a hat headband, a necklace, three pairs of shoes and a little purse.
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| This little hat-on-a-headband looks strange with a ball gown. |
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| I might add some paint touch-ups to these. |
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| This necklace might look better on Apple White. It doesn't match this dress at all. |
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| I think all the detailing on this pair makes them especially awesome. |
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| This rose purse is cute, and appropriate to Belle's story, even if this color doesn't match Belle's dress. |
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| However, not only is it small in height, it's not very wide. As you can see from my finger, Belle is shedding glitter |
And that's Belle. I've put the Ever After High dolls below the fold, although I don't have as many pictures of them as I took of Belle, because they didn't come with as much stuff.
