This Bella Swan and Edward Cullen Barbie Collector set is sure to be a hit with Twilight fans and those that collect Barbie bride dolls. I'm still not sure I like the Barbie Bella dolls so far although I do love the dress obviously as that was one of the big secrets of the movie Breaking Dawn.

The best part of this Twilight doll set in my opinion is Edward! He looks even more pale, if that's possible and it's very unique to find a Ken doll with this skin tone. Perez Hilton suggested adding some body shimmer to his face as he doesn't really sparkle, but they were in the shade when they got married in the forest so maybe that's why he doesn't have the glittery tones of the previous Edward doll. He has a great likeness to Robert Pattinson too so I'm sure there will be many interesting re-dress pictures of him from fellow doll collectors once they are on sale.

Entertainment Earth are selling them as a set and available for pre-order (coming in March) at $65.99

These are the Breaking Dawn 'part 1' Barbies, I think I'm quite excited about 'part 2'! Can you imagine a little Shelly Renesmee doll? Bella the Vampire Barbie?

Sometimes video tutorials make things a little bit clearer and I really like this 'How to make a 12 inch doll bed' tutorial. It uses items that you will probably already have in your home and I especially love the funky zebra print duct tape!

This is a sweet idea if you have a doll house but can't afford furniture/find one you like or if you just want to get crafty on a rainy day. It also suggests that you can use different size cereal boxes for a different scale so you should use a larger box for Barbie and maybe a tissue size box for a Littlest Pet Shop Blythe.

If you try this out let me know in the comments below with a link to your blog, I would love to see it. There are so many crafty projects I want to try out at the moment and this is on the list. I might make a Monster High one for my niece!

I found this video review on Youtube for the Monster High Create a Monster dolls and thought it would be worth posting. Emma the reviewer does such a good job, showing the starter packs and the add ons. I just noticed now after watching again, that there are small rectangular slots on the Monster High heads, obviously for the wig prong to fit in. I mention this because I was thinking about buying one of the Create a Monster add on packs to get a wig to try out on a normal Monster High head, but now I'm not sure. Maybe I could somehow remove the prong? I presume LIV doll wigs would also work in this same way?

The idea of these dolls are to make your own OOAK Monster High dolls by clicking on different parts, adding a skeleton leg here, a pink wig there. Getting creative and making combinations of unique MH dolls, which they say can be assembled in more than 250 ways!

The starter sets are Vampire and Sea Monster, Werewolf and Dragon


Then there are the Monster High add on packs, The Bee, The 2 Eyed Ghoul and the Skeleton.

This is possibly the first post of the year on Pimp My Barbie *checks, yes it is*! Happy New Year, in case you didn't see me post it in the 100 or so social networks I'm a member of lol. I've been super busy with various projects and so anytime I'm writing here, here or here it really is my 'hobby time' and if there are no fresh posts it means I'm busy doing my big girl writing job. Best bet is to follow me on Twitter @cuteek and @pimpmybarbie

Ok down to the nitty gritty, I bought a pink Barbie Hoodie in Primark - it's a blonde ponytail Barbie, doing a wink and kiss with Barbie logo above her head, surrounded by a heart. It was 14€ and I almost yanked the rail off the wall looking for my size, but I wasn't worried as there were about 40 of them hanging up. I love it because obviously, it has Barbie on it, but also because it's not a really thick hoodie and that's a good thing when you live in a climate with 20ºc plus all year round. I did post about this in my other blog Cuteek, but for those of you who don't read I HAD to post here too!



Moving on, my Disney Princess Belle doll that I received as a gift a few Christmases ago from my lovely Nan is having a hair SOS! I'm really upset about it as she is such a beautiful doll, you may have seen my tweet about it.

Here she is on the pic in the left the day I got her, with glossy hair - and on the right more recently with bigger looking hair, unplayed with just displayed and her hair is coming off in my hand or when I pick her up. It's almost like split ends!












This hasn't happened with any of my other dolls, even the ones that were displayed next to her. I don't even want to attempt to brush or boil style her hair for fear of what might happen, but do I have any choice? Should I try to re-root her hair? Should I brush it to see if it's just the ends? Is this a problem with the Disney Belle doll or Mattel Belle dolls too? Please if you have any advice or this has happened to your dolls tell me what to do in the comments.

In other news, My Little Pony is slowly taking over my desk as I become a 'Brony' or 'Pegasister' (MLP Friendship is Magic fan names). I do have some of the original ponies, I think one is rare, I will have to get them out and do a proper photo of them altogether with the newer gen. Anyway, these smaller My Little Ponies are from McDonald's Happy Meals and as soon as I saw them I just wanted to eat my weight in burgers.



They are quite different from the MLP's I had as a kid in the sense that the eyes are bigger and more Kawaii looking? So far I have 2 Pinkie Pies, 1 Twilight Sparkle and 2 Fluttershys although there are 6 different ones to collect.

I think they make sweet friends for my Littlest Pet Shop Blythe dolls, don't you agree?

There's a LOT of buzz in the doll world surrounding a Kim Kardashian Barbie doll! If you have been on Twitter in the last week you will have seen Kim and Barbie tweeting each other about meeting up soon and shopping and wishing each other Happy Holidays.

No wonder the rumour mill is churning. It comes as no surprise to me that a Kim Barbie would be on the cards, since the recent Nicki Minaj Barbie and Katy Perry Barbie dolls made for charity were such a hit. Miss Kardashian isn't exactly a stick insect and has real curves, so I think in that sense it will be interesting to see where Mattel go with this - IF IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.

2011 saw controversy and hype over TokiDoki Barbie and her supposed bad influence on children (even though the doll was sold via Barbie Collector FOR ADULTS! If the Kim Kardashian Barbie does materialise she is bound to cause some kind of hiccup, probably with the same people who had a problem with TokiDoki.

I would like to see this doll made and many are comparing Barbie Basics 2.5 model 4 to Kim. Do you think she will look something like this?


Photo: Salvador L.A on Flickr

So remember a few posts ago when I mentioned Flowers n' Fashion Blythe from the Littlest Pet Shop series? She is a Carrefour exclusive and I thought her fashions were sweet but she looked a little odd without a fringe/bangs. Well, looks like Santa Claus has been reading my blog because she was under the Christmas tree this week and I'm so glad! I haven't been collecting Blythe for very long and I much prefer the smaller Blythe dolls as they are handbag size and I can take them on adventures.

LPS Blythe dolls do not have eyebrows, which is ok I think when they have their hair covering their head, so I was glad that with a little restyling after taking 'Poppy' (as she is now known) out of her box her hair fell nicely and wasn't so harsh.

Here is Poppy with the rest of my LPS Blythe dolls under the Christmas tree, I think she fits right in don't you? Check out how voluminous her hair is out of the box!!



Fashion n Flowers Blythe is also available from Amazon US and Amazon UK

This Draculaura and Clawd Wolf Monster High doll set are on the most wanted list where I live. I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but in Spain Monster High Dolls are at the top of many wishlists this Christmas.

Thinking back, there was a similar craziness last Christmas, which was when they first started trending here and everybody began snapping them up in November this year, which made them sell out.

Toys R Us in my area have been keeping people waiting for weeks just for Monster High Dolls and Carrefour supermarket haven't had any in weeks. But, then people aren't just buying one doll, they are grabbing 3 and 4 dolls at a time.

Comparing the Barbie shelves which everywhere look fully stocked, the Monster High shelves are sparse and lacking.

As we have 3 Kings Day in January and that is the main present giving day, I hope some more shipments come in soon. But I was lucky to pick up this set online, you can find them on Amazon US and Amazon UK

As I mentioned in the last post Bleach Salon in London have teamed up with Barbie to experiment with some crazy new hairstyles and also to promote Barbie's Designable Hair Extensions.

The stylists over at Bleach have been coming up with some amazing designs and they are super inspiring. It's really difficult to have favourites and this is everything that Pimp My Barbie stands for! I love that they have used Sharpies on Barbie's hair, something I have done in the past too!

Katy Candy Barbie by Nicole


Tutti Fruiti Barbie by Tasha


Glitter Monster Barbie by Scarlett


A Barbie Mirage Barbie by Bradley


Check out more Bleach X Barbies here in part one!

I've been meaning to post about the Bleach salon in London collaboration with Barbie for a little while and had so much to do with my other projects it slipped under the carpet.

Anyway, seeing as the main focus of Pimp My Barbie is custom Barbies and having fun making OOAK dolls, I just HAD to post about these wonderful customizations.


The idea is that Barbie is Bleach salons latest high profile client and Babz is pretty experimental with her hair at the moment, which ties in well with the Barbie Designable Hair Extensions release.
Every day Bleach are making our eyes happy with the latest Pimped Barbie, the inspirations behind the doll and a little bit about the colourists and stylists from Bleach.

I hope these inspire any wannabe Barbie artists, I know they have inspired me a lot, the importance is to have fun and express yourself.

Baby Moon Dancer Barbie by Nicole and Cherie Bowie Barbie by Louis
















Rude Ri Ri Barbie by Grace and USA Barbie by Matthew















Tina Tartan Barbie by Alex



Bar-B Barbie by Alisha



Palmela Barbie by Alex


I think you will agree the wonderful people at Bleach salon have done the best job ever in pimping these Barbies. To stop this post from getting too pic heavy there will be a part 2. Click here to see more Bleach OOAK Barbies!