Am I the only one that thinks the Bippidy Boppidy Boutique is sort of creepy?

[kangaand2roos]

I have a 4 year old daughter and will not take her there. I guess I find it a bit unsettling, in the same realm of children in beauty pageants, which I also find creepy. What's wrong with a little girl just wearing her dress and looking beautiful the way she is not with all the extra makeup and glitter and sprays?

 

[Figment632]

What is creepy about a little girl dressing like a Princess. Little girls love dress up and the BBB is a glorified dress up.

 

[Erika]

I have a 4 year old daughter and will not take her there. I guess I find it a bit unsettling, in the same realm of children in beauty pageants, which I also find creepy. What's wrong with a little girl just wearing her dress and looking beautiful the way she is not with all the extra makeup and glitter and sprays?

I used to feel that way. But then I remembered how much fun I used to have playing dress-up, especially at my friends' houses where their moms gave them makeup to play with (my mom didn't wear any). So, I let her wear a little nail polish from time to time, but then you turn around and she's running through the house with an eye patch and a pirate sword. It's all make believe. In real life, which would be worse- probably the pirate :lol:

I agree with you on the pageant thing but there is a big difference between a little childish glitter and trying to make a preschooler look and walk like an adult. :shrug:

My little girl is currently in my lap and has no idea what I am typing, but does request that I include the little guy with the fire. So, disclaimer: this emoticon is in no way an expression of my current mood :fork:

 

[Phonedave]

I don't think it's creepy. If a kid want's to get dressed up, then let them do it.

Beauty pagents I can understand. Some parents force their kids into those, but many kids would love a chance to wear a pricess dress and get all glittery. At that age, most kids don't understand the concept of "natural makeup" and to the the more sparkles, the more glamorous they are.

The only problem I have with BBB, and the reason that I don't take my kids, is that my kids live in the pool when not at the parks. That along with the fact that they destroy a normal hairstyle of a simple ponytail in under 10 minutes, means the whole expensive BBB treatment would last about 30 minutes on them.

-dave

 

[LoriMistress]

I think there's a huge difference between a beauty pageant and dressing up as your favorite princess. But I can see why you would be "creep you out."

 

[Chrononymous]

I'm there with you,Kanga... I always thought it was a little unsettling as well.

I like the idea of it a lot. Heck, I dress up as a princess as often asI can possibly get away with in my job!
There's nothing wrong with rockin' a gorgeous sparkly dress and a fancy hairdo!

It's the execution of it that makes me squirm. They just look so...overdone. The makeup is strong, and the little pageant type sash is weird to me. I don't think the "real" princesses wear quite that much make-up.

 

[happymom52003]

BBB and beauty pageants are two entirely different things, with totally different motives behind them. Apples to oranges.

I don't think it is any different than dressing up for Halloween. It is just for one day....and it is just "make believe". The glittery makeup, etc. is what makes it so much fun...because it is something special that they don't get to do in their everyday life. Sitting in the chair and being fussed over at BBB, and having the special makeup, nail polish, etc. is what makes the experience so much fun. My daughter has her first ever appt. at BBB for this summer, and she is so excited!

I'm all for teaching our daughters that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty, and that they do not need alot of make up to be pretty, etc...but lets face it....reality is that most little girls (and big girls) love, love, LOVE this kind of stuff. So why not let them have a little fun with things like BBB once in a while?

 

[sockmonkeygirl]

So, what happens when the inevitable happens, and a boy asks to be all dolled up like Cinderella?

 

[Andrew54]

I see it as expensive no harm fun.

 

[Laura]

I have a 4 year old daughter and will not take her there. I guess I find it a bit unsettling, in the same realm of children in beauty pageants, which I also find creepy. What's wrong with a little girl just wearing her dress and looking beautiful the way she is not with all the extra makeup and glitter and sprays?

Unsettling is the word for it for me too. I am fine with little girls playing dress-up with pretty clothes, and even having their hair all pretty is fine with me as well. But putting makeup on a 4-6 year old bothers me. I am forced to put it on my own 6 year old for ballet recitals (because of the stage lighting) and I can't imagine having her walk around a theme park like that. Little girls are such natural, flawless beauties...I don't see the need to put makeup on them, but that's just MO.

 

[musketeer]

As the parents of twin 10-month old girls, we've talked for years (before kids) how we would creatively avoid them even seeing the place or knowing of its existence.

It creeps me out to no end, for many of the same reasons mentioned above.

 

[sbkline]

So, what happens when the inevitable happens, and a boy asks to be all dolled up like Cinderella?

From Disney's POV, the money is all the same, and I'm sure they would give the customers what they want, if the parents are silly enough to allow their boy to do that.

But as for me and my family, no boy under my roof would be allowed to be dolled up like Cinderella. I don't even let my son play with dolls, let alone get a princess makeover. :lol:

As far as the question at hand, I don't really have a problem with it. It's a one time pampering at a family WDW vacation, so why not splurge a little and let your daughter do it this once. I agree about the pageants, but that is more of a regular lifestyle thing, whereas this is a special one time thing...or at least once a year, or however often you take your family to WDW.

I guess it's kind of similar in my mind to allowing your kid to dress up and walk around town in a costume once a year for Halloween, vs making a practice of taking your kid around town dressed up in goofball outfits.

Our daughter is only 7 months old, so we don't have to worry about it for a while, but one of these days, my wife and I would both like to take her to BBB and get all decked out. But we're both agreed that we don't want to have anything to do with these pageants, and my wife actually feels so strongly against that kind of thing that she likes to watch "Toddlers and Tiaras" just so she can get mad and criticize the mothers. LOL

 

[Testtrack321]

I find there's a difference between wearing a dress and putting your hair up to look like a princess and doing the same with a ton of make-up, glitter, spray, and what not. You can dress up and have fun without being made up to look unnatural.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

My little girl is currently in my lap and has no idea what I am typing, but does request that I include the little guy with the fire. So, disclaimer: this emoticon is in no way an expression of my current mood :fork:

:lol:

I guess I'm cool with this in theory, if it's something the girls want to do. I agree that little girls don't need makeup, but if it's in fun, I probably wouldn't tell my imaginary daughter she couldn't do it.

Parading them around in little competitions is creepy to me, though. I'm not sure where the line is. Probably anything that involves adults evaluating and "judging" them.

 

[happymom52003]

Unsettling is the word for it for me too. I am fine with little girls playing dress-up with pretty clothes, and even having their hair all pretty is fine with me as well. But putting makeup on a 4-6 year old bothers me. I am forced to put it on my own 6 year old for ballet recitals (because of the stage lighting) and I can't imagine having her walk around a theme park like that. Little girls are such natural, flawless beauties...I don't see the need to put makeup on them, but that's just MO.

Now that WOULD bother me. Our dance studio actually does not allow makeup at recitals at all, even if the parents want the kids to wear makeup. In my mind there is a difference between forcing little girls to wear makeup on stage for a performance and choosing to do BBB. I am sure that many of you will not see a difference and will not understand how I see a difference, but I do. It is kind of hard to explain why I see it as being different...but I think it has to do with the motives or intentions behind each one. I see requiring makeup at little girl's dance performance more in line with the idea behind beauty pageants, and I see BBB more in line with something like Halloween.

 

[ddrongowski]

So, what happens when the inevitable happens, and a boy asks to be all dolled up like Cinderella?

Does BBB have makeup that goes with red shirts?

 

[sbkline]

does bbb have makeup that goes with red shirts?

:roflol::roflol:

 

[happymom52003]

I find there's a difference between wearing a dress and putting your hair up to look like a princess and doing the same with a ton of make-up, glitter, spray, and what not. You can dress up and have fun without being made up to look unnatural.

What about little boys who paint their faces to look like a pirate skeleton on halloween? Or little girls painting their faces green for a witch costume? I just don't see the difference between that and BBB. BBB is playing make believe for a day, just like halloween. It is not intentionally putting makeup on a little girl to make her more attractive or make her look older, like when you do it for it for beauty pageants. It is a "costume", and in my opinion it is no different than any other kind of face makeup for costumes.:shrug:
My son is going to be doing the Pirates League at WDW while my daughter does BBB, and he has already chosen the full pirate face makeup that looks like a skeleton. He will be playing "make believe" by wearing his pirate makeup that day, while my daughter will be playing "make believe" by wearing her princess makeup that day. They will both have a ton of fun, and I am quite certain no harm will come to either one of them for wearing makeup for a day!

 

[RiversideBunny]

The Main Street Barber Shop in the MK may appear creepy to some guests.
The animatronic barbers there look so real.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Not creepy just another Disney rip off, get yer wadd out.