【Game Highlights】

Toca Hair Salon 4 is a hands-on hair-stylist simulation game developed by Toca Boca. It is free of charge yet contains ads as well as in-app purchases. What makes the game so popular might be the following features that should be highlighted to players. First of all, Toca Hair Salon 4 has a hair and beard station and players can stylize the hair and beard for their customers. Secondly, players can also purchase the face station and do makeup for their customers. Thirdly, in the style station, customers will ask players to dress themselves up in different fashion styles and players will be able to help their customers to try on over 100 kinds of styles with outfits and accessories. Fourthly, in the Photo Booth, players can take photos of the customers they have stylized and memorize the moment in the form of pictures by asking customers to strike a pose. Ultimately, the Shampoo station is for those who want to wash their hair before doing styles. Be aware of the fact that when you watch their hair, their makeup will also drip. So you had better not wash their hair after you make up for them or else your efforts will be in vain.

【How to Play】

As a hair salon simulation game, players will play the role of a hair stylist to do makeup, design a fashionable look, as well as do hairstyles for their customers with their creativity and imagination. The game is free of charge, so you can easily try this game without spending any money. However, special items like accessories should be paid for if you want to use them. There are altogether four types of stations or booths for you to choose from when playing, you can purchase those stations so as to expand your gameplay experience. First of all, the very essence of the game lies in its hair and beard station. By choosing this station to play, players will be able to make hairstyles for customers by cutting, trimming, shaving, or re-growing their hair. There are also special curling tools for players to take advantage of to make curvy hair. You can also dye your hair in all kinds of colors. In Face Station, players can do makeup for their customers using makeup products and create attractive facial features like lush lashes as well as blush. What’s more, you can dress up your customer and take a photo for them respectively at the Style Station and Photo Booth. Finally, wash your customers’ hair at Shampoo Station and wash their makeup off as well.

【Pros and Cons】

Toca Hair Salon 4 has the following pros. First of all, the game features excellent graphic design and the character images are quite cute, which is pleasing to players’ eyes. Secondly, there are altogether 4 gameplay modes for players to explore, including the hair and beard station, face station, style station, photo booth, and shampoo station, each with interesting elements and gameplay mechanics for players to explore and challenge. However, Toca Hair Salon 4 is still complained of by players due to the following reasons. Firstly, the charged items in the game are quite pricey. Secondly, the controls and the interface are not well designed, and sometimes it gets really hard for players to operate the procedures in the game. To sum up, the game is of high quality and worth a try thanks to its rich content and excellent graphic design. Despite its cons, the pros of the game still outshine most of the games of similar types.