Monster High™ Beauty Salon

Review by eFreeware

If you have a child who knows the Monster High dolls by name, this is the game most likely to hold their attention. Monster High Beauty Salon is a free makeover title from CrazyLabs LTD that puts eight of the franchise's characters in a salon setting and hands over the styling tools. Frankie Stein, Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, Cleo de Nile, Lagoona Blue, Ari Hauntington, Silvi Timberwolf and Twyla are all playable, and the whole point is choosing one and working through her look.

The appeal for me is that this is a licensed product rather than a lookalike. Mattel's characters and trademarks are used under license, which means the dolls, their names and their visual identities are the real ones. For a fan of the series, that matters more than any single feature, because the recognition is what makes the first minute feel familiar.

It has been installed more than 100 million times and holds a 4.5 average across 658,291 ratings, numbers that suggest a large and generally satisfied audience. The game is free to download and supported by ads and in-app purchases, which is worth knowing before a child starts playing.

A salon built around one franchise

Plenty of makeover games exist, and most of them use generic characters you have no reason to care about. What separates this one is that every activity is tied to a specific cast. You are not styling an anonymous face; you are giving Clawdeen Wolf a new hairdo or accessorizing Draculaura, and the game leans into that throughout.

Hair, nails, makeup, clothing and accessories all sit inside the same salon rather than being split across separate mini-apps, so a session can move from a dye job to a shoe change without leaving the screen. For younger players that continuity is useful.

The developer also includes a selfie filter pack and a photo feed called Spookygram, which extends the game past styling into showing off the result. That combination of creation and display is what gives the title more staying power than a simple dress-up toy.

Hair, dye and the tools that come with them

The hair salon is the centerpiece. Each character gets a styling session with tools including magic growing spray, rainbow hair dye and mousse, and there is a Znap option that electrifies hair for a more dramatic result. The developer frames this as a hair challenge, which suggests the game guides you toward a target look rather than leaving you entirely to your own devices.

Rainbow coloring is a recurring theme, and the range of dyes is clearly meant to be the main draw for anyone who enjoys hair games. Whether a child prefers a subtle change or something loud and unnatural, the tools appear to cover both ends.

This is the section I would expect younger players to return to most often, because hair is the fastest thing to change and the most visible once it is done. It also feeds directly into the selfie features later, since a new hairstyle is the obvious thing to photograph.

Nails, makeup and the creepy details

Acrylic nails get their own treatment, with a collection of designs the developer presents as something you will not find in other makeup games. I would treat that as marketing rather than fact, but the inclusion of a dedicated nail stage is a sensible addition, because it gives the makeover a natural sequence: hair, then nails, then face.

The makeup tools include lightning stickers and spider face jewels, which push the look toward the spooky end rather than the conventional beauty end. That is consistent with the franchise, and it means the game does not simply reproduce the same pink-and-pastel styling found in dozens of other titles.

These are the makeup artist tools the game offers, a claim every game in this category tends to make. What matters more is that the options are themed to the characters rather than generic, and that appears to be the case here.

Dressing the ghoul gang

Dress-up covers the full wardrobe: mummy leggings, dresses suited to a rock star monster, and a large shoe collection. Jewelry is part of the same system, with shaped earrings and spiky collar necklaces available for Draculaura and the rest of the cast.

The variety here is the point. A styling game lives or dies on how many combinations it allows, and between clothing, shoes, jewelry and the hair and makeup stages, there is enough overlap that two players could produce very different versions of the same character.

I would expect this to be the section that appeals to children who already collect the dolls, because dressing a digital version of a figure they own is a natural extension of how they already play. It is also the part that benefits most from the licensed characters, since the outfits read as belonging to specific personalities.

Selfies, filters and Spookygram

The game also offers a filter pack with monstrous looks and Zomboy dance moves. You can also create your own filters, an option for players who want to go past the presets.

Finished photos can be posted to Spookygram, an in-game feed where the looks are displayed. It gives the makeover a purpose beyond the screen you just finished.

For me, the custom filter tool is the most interesting part of the package, because it turns the game from a set of choices into something closer to a small creative toy. A child who enjoys making things rather than just picking from a list will get more out of it than one who only wants to dress a doll.

Suited to younger fans of the dolls

The game carries an Everyone rating, and its content is styling, dress-up and photography, with the spooky elements kept to stickers, jewels and character designs rather than anything frightening. That makes it a reasonable fit for the age group the dolls themselves are aimed at.

It is a free download with ads and in-app purchases, so a parent should expect both to be present. The game has been available since October 2017 and was updated in October 2026, with the most recent changes described as fixing animation glitches and improving how the game looks overall.

Anyone who wants a styling game with a specific, recognizable cast will find this one built exactly for that. A player who prefers open-ended creation with no franchise attached may find the theme does more work than the mechanics.

A makeover game that knows its audience

Monster High Beauty Salon does one thing and does it with the official characters: it lets a fan style eight dolls through hair, nails, makeup and dress-up, then photograph the result and post it to an in-game feed. The licensed cast, the themed tools and the custom filters are what give it an edge over the many generic makeover games on the store.

The trade-offs are the usual ones for a free title. Ads and in-app purchases are part of the package, and the experience is built around the Monster High brand rather than around deep customization systems. Neither is a flaw, but both shape who will enjoy it.

I would point this at children who already know the dolls and at parents looking for a styling game with a familiar, licensed theme. It is a straightforward recommendation for that audience, and a less compelling one for players who have no attachment to the characters.

What's new in version 5.8.33

Oops! A few tiny gremlins were messing up the game—but we sent them packing! Now everything looks extra spook-tacular, animations are smoother, and your Monster High world is prettier than ever. Get ready to haunt the halls in style!