March Poll Results - Feature You Miss The Most

March has come to an end and another poll has come to a close! The question for this month was 'What removed feature do you miss the most?' So this means what feature that was in Fashion Forward but was removed in Styling Star do you miss having in the game. There was 98 votes in total and the results were pretty evenly spread out.

So the results are in on what removed feature players wish was still in the game. The results are:
1st = Fashion Shows
2nd = Modelling Jobs
3rd = Train Station Locations
4th = Old Hairstyles
5th = Caprice Chalet
6th = Real Time 3DS Clock
7th = Designer Lounge/Commission Requests, Removed Designer Items & Characters
8th = Designing Make-Up Sets
9th = Streetflow/Sporty Image & Miniatures Shop
10th = Unlocking Colours, AR Functionality & Unlocking Make-Up Sets

Not surprised that fashion shows came out as number one as it has always been an essential part of the series. Plus they offered a challenging activity of trying to create the perfect outfit. It seems most of the features people voted for were ones that allowed players to use their creativity such as modelling or designing rooms. It's such a shame that all these wonderful features were removed in Styling Star.

Come back fashion shows - we miss you!

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Differences Between Style Boutique 2 & Style Boutique 3

There has been a huge amount of changes made to the features and game play in Style Boutique 3: Styling Star (Style Savvy 4). A number of features and game play elements from the previous game have been altered and old features from New Style Boutique (also known as Trendsetters) have been reintroduced in the new game. This guide will look out how features and game play elements have changed between Fashion Forward and Styling Star and which features from Trendsetters have been reintroduced

Designing - This feature has moved from the boutique to the apartment. The number of items you can design has been cut down with items such as tights and the special items like school uniforms have been removed. Stage Costumes are a new item that you can design. The number of patterns and motifs you can use whilst designing have been reduced slightly as well. 

Shopping Bags & Logo - You can now create a unique logo and shopping bag to use at your shop. These can be accessed via the Design menu but only a few designs can be stored at a time.

You can now design shopping bags to use at the boutique.

Design Portfolio - The space to store designs has increased in Styling Star and there are now two sections: one for your own designs and one for designs you have downloaded via the Design Centre.

Apartment - The option to decorate your apartment has returned in the new game. You can purchase furniture and miniatures to decorate your apartment with from various shops in the city. You can change items such as the bed, wallpaper and flooring. Some items are required and you cannot remove them, for example table and chairs set.

Redecorate the interior of your apartment.

Hair Salon Requests - You no longer need to answer questions and guess a customers style in Styling Star. The questions still appear occasionally but they are much more simplified and customers are more relaxed with their requests for hair styles.

Hairstyles - New styles and fringes have been added to the game and some hairstyles have been removed. The up-do category has disappeared and the styles from there have been moved into the three basic categories of short, medium or long. Hairstyles now unlock automatically as you progress through the main story line and you no longer need to unlock them.

Make-up Sets - These do not need to be located and unlocked in Styling Star. Make-up sets will become available at the Beautician whilst you play through the main story line. The style of make-up sets have returned to the ones like in Trendsetters with a similar design look. You can no longer design your own make-up sets like you could at the Make-Up Lab in Fashion Forward. The method for selling make-up sets to customers has changed and you can just pick them now in the make-up menu.

Example of a make-up set in Styling Star.

Make-Up Menu Layout - Make-up items are now displayed by color palettes according to the shades at the Beautician and Apartment. You need to purchase each shade in each make-up item category individually now (you can buy lots of shades at once) from the Beautician and the items range in price.

Nails - A new feature to the game that allows you to paint your own nails or the nails of customers. There is a range of styles available and a guide on Nails can be found here.

Colours - The frustrating and time consuming task of unlocking colours has been removed in the new game which delighted many players. Colours now become available at the Beautician and Hair Salon whilst you play through the main story line. Rainbow is no longer a character in the game.