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Barbie cosmetics are coming soon to a playground near you.
  • nothing new

    Ripple is right--there is nothing new about this idea. When I was growing up a lot of girls had "play" makeup that came in atrocious bright colors--a lot of pink, of course. I even remember a group of girls in the third grade putting on the makeup at recess and wearing it in school. Of course, that's when the teacher got angry and yelled at them: "You look like a bunch of cheap teenage hookers!" Ah, those were the good old days...