Barbie

So, I’m not big on the whole princess thing. The sparkles, the shiny sequins, the tiaras and wands…it’s just not for me.

She's the epitome of beauty to many young girls. But see what Barbie would look like if she washed her makeup off, like the rest of us, before bed.

The week before Christmas, my husband and I were looking for a gift for a friend’s daughter and we ventured into Hamleys of London on Regent Street. To say the famous toyshop was mayhem on top of chaos, wrapped inside pandemonium would hardly begin to describe it.