For Christmas a friend of mine bought my nine year old granddaughter a make over doll, a Bratz Yasmin to be precise, and as she actually received two of these from Santa this one I decided to keep at my house for when she visits as there is little point in her having two identical dolls at home.

The first thing I liked about this doll is the fact that it has a body, those of you with little girls will know what I mean. The old fashioned Girls World and more modern Barbie Styling Head are simply heads with long hair and this has always looked very odd to me, this Bratz styler is an over sized Bratz doll without movable limbs so looks much better.

Yasmin is completely plastic apart from her hair which is made from nylon, and before you panic about this the hair is very easy to brush and keep looking tidy unlike other dolls which have nylon hair that is a nightmare to brush and will rip out from the roots. Her clothes and everything are made of the same sturdy plastic, if you're interested her trousers are black and her strapless top is a gold colour.

The doll comes with a small range of accessories to style and colour her hair and nails, plus some lip gloss, body glitter and blusher for her cheeks. These cosmetics can also be used on your child, although my granddaughter has her own bag of 'girly' goodies so doesn't use these tiny applicators as they'd be gone in no time if she did.

The nail varnishes in particular are good and because the brushes are small it means my granddaughter, who is not the most adept make up artist in the world, can do Yasmin up in a few different styles and it all looks neat and well done. If I had to complain about anything it would be that the make up and cosmetics are rather basic so you can't create too many different looks with this doll unless you're prepared to spend quite a bit of time on the hair or use some of your own cosmetics.

The only problem with this would be that the cosmetics which comes with Yasmin are made to be easily washed off with warm water, whereas my granddaughter ruined her Barbie Styling Head by using her mum's lipstick on it and the grease in the lippy stained the head and left it looking a real mess.

There's another issue for me but I'm not sure whether it's a personal dislike or a real issue. I personally think Yasmin has too much sex appeal for youngsters, the doll is suitable for kids' aged six years and above but she's sitting in a seductive pose which I'm in two minds whether is suitable for young girls. Don't get me wrong, my granddaughter has lots and lots of Bratz dolls which I do not have a problem with but please look above and see if you can see what I mean.

Overall this is a nice enough doll but I'm glad it hasn't become a favourite toy in all honesty, she played with Yasmin more or less constantly when she stayed with me in New Years week but since she ran out of body glitter and one of the brushes snapped on the nail varnish she hasn't really bothered with it.

This Bratz Fashion Makeover Doll costs £19.99 from Argos which is what I'd expect to pay for something like this considering most of the normal sized Bratz cost between £9.99 and £14.99.