Help - Vanity set for 8 year old

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We are doing the Salvation Army tree at work and I chose an 8 year old who wants barbies, vanity set and bay blades. I have no idea what the last thing is. I am getting her a couple of Barbies, one thing of bay blades once I figure out what it is, and I am stuck on a vanity set. I can't get her a full vanity set. Could she just want like a princess mini vanity with mirror as fake makeup? At 8, would she want real princess lipsticks or fake?? Obviously, I have no experience with kids.

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Nov 27, 2012 11:24:44 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

I would probably get a small vanity set and some real make-up (but like the Hello Kitty stuff at Target).

My niece is 7 and would laugh at you if you gave her plastic make-up, lol.

Thank you! I'm on amazon and they don't have the ages listed. I couldn't figure how old the girl was on the box. Great idea about the hello kitty stuff.

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Some companies have peel off nail polish. I loved it as a kid because I wasn't allowed to wear nail polish to school so I could still practice and just peel it off. I also loved Lip Smackers.

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Not sure how much you want to spend, but I think something like this would be an appropriate "vanity set" for an 8-year old: www.walmart.com/ip/15522416?adid=22222222227000627076&wmlspartner=wlpa&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=&wl3=13690944190&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem

You could but some of the aforementioned Hello Kitty make-up, lip smackers, or maybe some inexpensive jewelry from a Claire's kind of place in the little drawer. When I was maybe 10 or so I got one of those Conair light up make-up mirrors and some cheap make-up for Christmas, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Something like that might work, too.

BTW, beyblades are these kind of pointless spinning top things based on a weird anime show. My 5 year old DS wants them, too. The good news is you can find them about anywhere, and they aren't very expensive.

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www.beyblade.com/splash?redir=1

You can find them on Amazon, at TRU and pretty much anywhere.

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I was going to suggest a makeup mirror but that tabletop vanity looks cool.

Any sort of makeup would probably work. Especially stuff with glitter would be super cool. But a lot of times at Christmas you can get real makeup set at department stores that have a zillion eyeshadows and lip gloss for around $10 - it's real makeup, but cheap stuff and perfect for that age.