As the air warms up outside, we all need a new cute springtime look. Of course, the look you’re going for will be different than the ones your friends are sporting, but that’s part of the fun. Getting a cute springtime look should be a lot of fun, of course, so it’s essential that you enlist the help of your friends as you work toward a fun new you.

Start With the Big Picture

Start the process with the big picture in mind. Who do you want to be at the end of the transformation. Look around at your friends and others you admire and rather than picking out details, consider what sort of image you want to project. Once you know if you’re looking to project innocence or perhaps a rock image or goth image or punk image, you’ll know better what sorts of cute styles fit into that particular category. Of course, you can still add single items as you come across something you like or just have to have, but in general you’ll be working toward a particular look and can keep that in mind should you get lost along the way.

Consider What’s Flattering and Comfortable

We all have different body types, and that’s not a bad thing. Even if we all weighed exactly the same our bodies would look different and we should dress the body we have – not the body we want. Don’t buy clothing that is uncomfortable or that fits awkwardly. If skinny jeans don’t make you feel very skinny, don’t wear them. If long skirts feel like they are weighing you down and won’t let you move freely enough, ditch them in favor of something more comfortable for you personally. While you should keep that general style in mind, don’t box yourself into a particular element or item of clothing because it’s what “all” of the [insert style] girls wear. It’s not. Really. If it looks or feels wrong on you, don’t buy it. It’s as easy as that.

Don’t Forget the Details

Your wardrobe is important, but it’s not the only thing that needs to be addressed to get a cute springtime look. You’ll also need to consider your hairstyle and your make up. Once you’ve grabbed some new clothing items as part of your transformation, stop by the hair salon and flip through the books and magazines in the salon to find some hair styles that make sense for your face and your lifestyle. If you’re a runner, for example, you’ll want to be sure you can pull your hair back or that it’s short enough to stay out of your face while you run. Incorporate your lifestyle in your new hairstyle and be sure to keep it in line with the image you want to project. The final effect will be absolutely dazzling. Not only will you look awesome, you’ll be that much closer to the friend that helped you along the way.

Every Mother’s Day reminds us that really this sort of holiday should last all year long.How often do we really recognize the hard work and dedication of really good mothers?One a year in May, we rush to buy flowers for the super mom in our life,but ever other day we seem to give her as much grief as possible in the course of a day.

Super Mom

The typical super mom does twice what the rest of us manage to achieve in a day. Not only does Mom get us up and dressed in the morning, she packs us a lunch, checks over our homework and makes sure we have clean clothes and dishes when we come home. She feeds us, keeps us clean and tries to keep us on the right track. Not only is she totally dedicated to doing all of that for us, she’s also managing to keep up with all of her own life, too.

Why is it we feel free to blame our super mom when our day is going wrong or when she doesn’t read our mind and remember that we were supposed to bring money for a field trip that day. We call and she somehow gets that money to us, but have you ever wondered who your mom can rely on? It’s almost second nature to rely almost completely on your mom to take care of everything you need her to. It’s not usually a question of whether or not mom can handle it, she can and she will.

Looking Out for Super Mom

But who’s looking out for that super mom? Your dad can certainly help out and does, but for all of the times your mom has woken you up and made lunches, who makes hers? Who wakes her up? When you forget your permission slip and she manages to bring it to you at school, who is taking over for her at her office job while she’s running errands on your behalf?

The answer, not surprisingly, is nobody. Nobody really has mom’s back the way she has everyone else’s. Moms are such a constant in our lives it’s very easy to take advantage of her every day by simply expecting her to be there to take care of the details of life for us. Stop and think for a bit how much more you would have to do without your mom there to help or even to do it for you.

Not only would you probably have a lot of bills to pay to live in your current lifestyle, you’d also have a lot more time to spend doing laundry and taking care of tasks like changing the sheets on your bed and being sure you have clean sheets and towels. Suddenly you’d have to come home from school and get started cooking dinner because otherwise you wouldn’t get fed and you’d have to complain to yourself about all of your problems because Mom wouldn’t be there to listen. It’s a horrifying thought isn’t it. Be sure to appreciate your super mom today.

The Bratz are marketed as dolls with “a passion for fashion.” Fashions that include low-cut jeans and halter tops worn over little girl-like bodies. And in a culture that glorifies fashion, runway models and celebrity cover girls, it’s no surprise that the obsession would trickle down even to preschool fashionistas. Little girls have always wanted to emulate older ones. When young girls have an open-ended toy—like a generic baby doll—it encourages creativity.The scenarios of Bratz dolls with bratz games tells them how to play—to dress up, do your hair, go to fashion shows.

One of the first things I stumbled across was the Bratz World ! Tokyo a Go-Go Sushi Lounge. Oh My Gosh–a Sushi Lounge for dolls!! Sushi is a family ritual for us–birthdays and many other special evens are commemorated at our local sushi restaurant. The bratz are the best toy to get your little sis or cousin they show a sign of style and they encourage girls to show a sense of fashion for there passion without feeling embarrased about what your wearing they show that anybody can be what they want to be without feeling unconfident about what they’re wearing and I think I speak for all the bratz dress up dolls lovers and bratz gamers..

Posted in Bratz, bratz games Tagged: bratz, bratz dolls, bratz world, fabulous bratz ]]> http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/the-bratz-world-with-the-fabulous-bratz/feed/ 0 Jamie Marie bratzworld http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/inspiration-courtesy-of-bratz-dress-up-games/ http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/inspiration-courtesy-of-bratz-dress-up-games/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:33:57 +0000 Jamie Marie http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/?p=23 ]]> Inspiration. The writers of ancient Greece attributed it to the Muses—the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Muses were believed to inspire all artists, especially poets, philosophers, and musicians. Calliope was the muse of epic poetry; Clio inspires historians; Euterpe of lyric poetry sung to the accompaniment of the flute; Melpomene of writers of tragedy; Terpsichore of choral songs and the dance; Erato of love poems sung to the accompaniment of the lyre; Polyhymnia of sacred poetry; Urania of astronomy; and Thalia of writers of comedy.

I however view it differently. Inspiration is just a burst of neural impulses in our brain creating that next big idea that could turn out to be a romantic song, an award winning film, an inspiring book, a breathtaking painting or a sought after dress. I have studied science after all and this bunch of invisible folks inspiring people just do not sit well with me.

But of late, I do not care if it is a big purple dinosaur who will do the inspiring for me. As long as I am inspired I do not care. I am talking about the fact that as a designer and the person who dresses the stars, I have no more creative juices left in me. I am squeezed dry and I feel like every new design has already been done somewhere by someone. All the fashion designers of my age have already put up some major collection but I can’t seem to draw even a single button. Desperate I begin to scour the net for any inspiration I can find. Maybe there is a muse after all for inexplicably, I found myself staring at Bratz dress up games. “This is weird. How did I get in Bratz dress up games?” Maybe my mind wants me to get in touch with the reason why I began to love designing in the first place. Bratz dress up games remind me of the times when I play dress up dolls when I was a kid. I would make paper dresses to put on to my dolls and the longer I play the more that I seem to be improving in my designs. And that paved the way for my career in designing. In Bratz dress up games, the dresses are already there. All one has to do is drag the dress that one thinks would look perfect for the Bratz character. I noticed that most of the clothes there are rather inspired so I took a closer look at the different dresses studied them and made some adjustments n them. Suddenly, I feel an excitement that I thought was long dead. I was inspired to design again!

I have managed to put up a major collection soon after. People began telling me that it is one of my best works and began asking me where did I get my inspiration. Of course, I am sure that nobody will believe me if I say that I got it from Bratz dress up games.

Posted in Bratz Tagged: bratz dress up games, bratz dressup, bratz games, bratz makeover games, dress up games ]]> http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/inspiration-courtesy-of-bratz-dress-up-games/feed/ 0 Jamie Marie Bratz Girl http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/bratz-games-be-playing-on-my-mind/ http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/bratz-games-be-playing-on-my-mind/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:31:06 +0000 Jamie Marie http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/?p=20 ]]> Bratz games. Bratz games. Bratz games. Every corner that I come to look I can see those two words. It replays on my mind like a bad last song syndrome of some latest pop song or an old broken phonograph playing on a single song over and over again. This is like the old urban legend of the song with the highest cases of suicide: Gloomy Sunday. Gloomy Sunday was composed before world war one by a composer who was rejected by his lady love. Superstitions have come to be associated with this song and musicians usually are hesitant to play this. An old war pilot once listened to this before flying. To his alarm, the song kept playing on his head as if the old record player was beside him despite the noise of all those engines.

That is what I have been feeling today. This word has been plaguing me for weeks now. There must really be a Big brother somewhere. I am a perfectly normal boy with no record of any mental health in both sides of the family. How then could such a word as mundane as Bratz Games be playing on my mind? I try thinking back to the times when I lost consciousness or for any moments where I have a lapse of memory. Alarmingly, there are a lot. Was it in those moments that this phrase has been inserted into my mind? How did they do that when I have never left home in the past few months? Have they entered my home without anyone in our household noticing them? What is its significance? How does it affect me?

These questions seem to form a queue inside my head: Queries that begin anew even before I have finished asking the first question, even before I stop to think of answering the first questions. I am raving I know. But I do not now what else to do. If I stop thinking about these questions, the haunting word with begin playing again in my head. Please, please make it stop. I never thought that something so simple could drive anyone crazy. I am going crazy of that I have no doubt. In spite of myself, I found myself laughing, laughing to the beat of Bratz games in my head. La la la la. Wait. I must not slip away from my own consciousness. I always prided myself of my own logic. I must think this through. I must think straight.

Perhaps it is a message from outer space? That is not logical. Perhaps I have simply seen it somewhere and the word just stuck. Now that is possible. I must have simply seen it in a TV or Internet ad in a site where I usually go. Ok. Now I am focusing properly. How about I Google the following key words? I think that would help me a lot. Gathering what was left of my sanity, I just did that. Turned out, I have nothing to worry about after all.

Posted in Bratz Tagged: bratz, bratz dress up games, bratz games, bratz makeover games, dress up games ]]> http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/bratz-games-be-playing-on-my-mind/feed/ 0 Jamie Marie http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/bratz-games-online/ http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/bratz-games-online/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:14:27 +0000 Jamie Marie http://bratzgames.wordpress.com/?p=4 ]]> If you’re already bored this summer, you need something new to do. Look around your room – what toys and activities do your normally love? Your computer definitely comes to mind and there on your shelf is your favorite fashion game – the Bratz doll. Surely by now you know, but if you’re just awakening to the world of online possibilities, head over to the computer and try out something new – online Bratz games.

Bratz Games Online

The online version of the Bratz games are much more than a singing doll or a doll with two or three outfits. Entire websites are developed and devoted to dressing up Bratz dolls. Naturally you like Bratz dolls because they have great fashion sense. They are fun and flirty and have the clothes to match. So, of course, their online fashion sense is just as good – or possible better since you’re in charge.

When you play an online Bratz game, you have a few choices. Some of the games are flash Bratz games which means they have bit of movement and sound. You might control the Bratz doll through some sort of activity, or maybe create a short video or activity sequence with your doll. These games are definitely fun, but even the simpler online Bratz games are great, too.

The simplest Bratz games are, in essence, the same kind of dress up game you’ve always played with your Bratz doll. You select a doll and then make choices as to her hair color, her eye color and even her skin color. You then start the dress up portion of the Bratz game by choosing from hundreds of outfits and articles of clothing. Dress up your doll in a terrific outfit and sit back to assess. Then carefully select as many accessories as you think you might need before saving your personalized Bratz doll.

You can print her out, save her in an online portfolio of sorts, or even use your doll as an avatar on other websites – include the main Bratz website. But the official Bratz website isn’t the online Bratz game site. There are hundreds of Bratz games online, and as the dolls become more popular, more games appear.

Play a few Bratz dress up games from one site, then check out another series of games on another website. By the time you’re ready for a change, it’s incredibly likely that the original site has new and improved Bratz games ready and waiting for you. Even if you only play a single Bratz game online, you have endless variety simply because there are so many clothing and accessory options. Create doll after doll and as you get better, you can enter the dolls in a contest – there are several around the web, use her as the main character in a story you write, or start a collection.

Whatever you decide to do with your online Bratz creations, you’ll be hooked on the games within hours and then you’ll have more than enough to do this summer. You might even discover that playing with Bratz online inspires you to play with your regular Bratz doll as well.

Skip the Barbie, Go for Bratz

As many young girls will tell you, Barbie is for babies – Bratz are what’s cool now. Like many things, this is completely subjective. Barbie still holds major sway with a large percentage of the female population, but Bratz games are taking off in a major way – helped along by a bit of scandal.

The dolls look a bit too sultry for many parent’s tastes, but they are harmless when it’s all said and done. If you want to impress your young niece or daughter, show how knowledgeable you are about fashion and grab her one of the latest Bratz games, dolls or movies. You can even grab a Bratz electric toothbrush – that alone should tell you how popular these dolls are.

Collect a Few Webkinz

As with many toys, Webkinz combine the best of both worlds – cyber and not. The small plush animals come in a vast array of collectible characters from fantasy classics to make-believe, from jungle animals to household pets, Webkinz are cute and cuddly. Similar to Beanie Babies of a previous generation, many women and especially girls are collecting these little dolls. But Webkinz have something Beanie Babies never did. With each Webkinz, you get an eight digit code that gives you access, money and prestige in an online world.

By buying a Webkinz, or receiving one as a gift, the girls in your life are able to head online to a world full of fun and entertainment. Online the Webkinz are pets of a kind and the money and bonus items they earn by playing online games and bonus competitions can be used to feed and clothe the creatures – online, that is. Even in the online world, Webkinz are the basis of collecting everything from recipes to special pet food.

The Disney Channel’s Latest and Greatest

The Disney channel certainly knows how to collect young followers. A rather large majority of young girls are very interested in the likes of Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, and High School Musical I and II. These are all creations of Disney and you can find the dolls, bedding, collectibles, albums and movies to match. If you’re not sure how to gift an item featuring High School Musical, for example, you should probably skip the bed sheets and go with the movie or soundtrack instead. Everyone likes a good movie.

Total Makeover

Your first Bratz game to consider is one the dolls were made for. Give that doll a fashion makeover. Head to the toy store to check out what fashion items are available that will fit your Bratz doll. If you find that the selection isn’t what you’d call plentiful, have no fear. Skip out of the toy store and start shopping in fabrics instead. You don’t have to buy outfits – you can make them!

If you already know how to sew, creating new outfits should be simple. If you’re interested in learning ask an adult who knows a basic stitch to show you. If you have access to a sewing machine, get help using it to make a new outfit or a complete wardrobe for your Bratz doll. Who knew you were such a fashion designer?

Of course, no makeover is complete without new hair and make-up. Well, in this case maybe just hair as the make-up is painted on. But try out new hair styles until you find one that is different, fun, and creative. Then throw on that new outfit and admire your handiwork. Maybe your next total makeover will be for you!

Fashion Show

If you’re satisfied with the clothes your Bratz doll already has, you should consider showing them off in a big way. Grab all your Bratz dolls and maybe your sister’s dolls, too. You’ll need a bit of help with a full scale fashion show, so call over a best friend to help you plan and execute.

The first step will be to design fashion looks for each of the dolls and to dress them accordingly. Then you’ll need to arrange the dolls in line for the show and check to see if any of them will be changing clothes during the course of the show and planning for this rabid-fire wardrobe change.

Finally, you’ll need to pull together a play list of upbeat songs your Bratz dolls can walk to as they strut their stuff down the runway. So organize your favorite tunes, clear a runway and help those dolls reach fashion glory.

Online Bratz Games

If you simply can’t bring yourself to dig around for old doll clothes, take yourself online where you can find plenty of the latest and greatest Bratz fashion with less work and more options. Online Bratz games are dress up games where you dress Bratz dolls in the kind of fashion you like. Make outfits, accessorize, then save or print and do it all over again. Online Bratz games will satisfy your itch for fashion and be a cure for your boredom many times over.

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Barbie is a relatively safe fashion icon. She’s been around for decades, has many fabulous outfits, a spirit of independence, multiple careers and even grew a thicker waistline. Not only is she extremely fashionable, she’s also intelligent and self-sufficient – how else would she become Doctor Barbie and survive on her own after the famous break-up with Ken.

Most parents approve of Barbie dolls and encourage their daughters to play with them. Girls can dress up the dolls, use them in various games, and once your child is hooked on Barbie, Christmas and birthdays are covered as far as creative gifts are concerned. There are countless Barbie accessories.

A few decades ago some might not have agreed, but by today’s standards Barbie is fresh, youthful and wholesome. Many parents don’t feel the same to be true of the new fashion doll alternative – Bratz games. These dolls are young fashionistas, but they are a bit too edgy for most parents’ discerning taste.

Bratz Dolls

The Bratz dolls burst onto the fashion game scene in a big way a few years ago. They were created by a former employee of Mattel who knew a bit about fashion dolls, but that is where the similarity to Barbie stops.

The Bratz are younger than Barbie. They are edgy, urban and very sultry with wide pouting lips and big beautiful eyes. For parents comfortable with Barbie dolls, a Bratz doll in a mini skirt, combat boots and revealing shirt is a bit too much to take at times. But girls love them.

Where Barbie satisfies the “good girl” within, Bratz can be the more stubborn and possibly obnoxious self ready to come out. Barbie had her share of controversy years ago, and now Bratz games are taking over the spotlight on edgy doll with too much sex appeal.

And there is sex appeal. Bratz are hard to describe as wholesome with their characteristic bedroom eyes and risqué wardrobe. But for the most part this hasn’t stopped parents from purchasing the Bratz game collections for their children.

Trying Out Bratz

If your child is starting to get an itch for something a bit trendier than Barbie, but you’re not sure how you feel about the Bratz games, you can easily experience much of what the Bratz have to offer by going online. After taking a tour down the formerly pink aisle of the toy store, head to an online Bratz game to see these girls in action. Then you and your daughter can decide if she’s ready to take on the world of Bratz.