The My Little Pony Scrapbook: G1 in the UK and Europe

1988

Grooming Parlour with Kiss Curl/Brush Me Beautiful Boutique


Brush Me Beautiful

Grooming Parlour/Brush me Beautiful Boutique
(North America)

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Ponies Sold in 1988 in the UK Twice as Fancy (Party) Ponies | First Tooth Baby Ponies | Adventure Boy Ponies | Birthday Party with Tutti Frutti | Princess Ponies (Set 1) |Kiss Curl's Grooming Parlour | Summer Wing Ponies| Magic Message Ponies | Happytails Ponies (Import) | Newborn Twins (Set II, Partial) | Pretty & Pearly Baby Sea Ponies (UK Release) | Crimp & Curl Hair Salon | Lullabye Nursery | Baby Buggy | Sundae Best Ponies | Baby Bonnet School of Dance

Other 1988 Ponies Speedy (Europe) | Regenbogen-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Baby-Ponys (Germany/Austria) | Princess Ponies (Set II) | Princess Ponies (Germany/Austria) | Brush & Grow Ponies | Peekaboo Babies | Pony Friends (Animals) Set II| Sweetberry Ponies (UK: 1990)| Watercolor Baby Sea Ponies (UK: 1989) | Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe | Brush Me Beautiful Boutique | Slumber Party Gift Set | Perfume Puff Palace (UK: 1989) | Twice as Fancy Ponies: Set II | Clipper | Satin 'n' Lace (Magenta) |Sparkle Ponies (Mail Order)



NO PONY IN NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE

Pony Data
Set Grooming Parlour (1988-1989)
Brush Me Beautiful Boutique (1988)
Asst. Number ?
Accessories  White saddle, harness and reins, neon pink basket with white strap, long hanging brush (neon pink or regular pink), yellow round hat, white floral hat, pink (UK) or neon pink (North America) regular comb, pink blanket, green and pink ribbons, tag reading Grooming Parlour (Europe/UK) or Brush me Beautiful Boutique (North America)
Pose Posey
Distribution UK and some parts of Europe (as Grooming Parlour with Kiss Curl)
North America and some other countries (as Brush me Beautiful Boutique, no pony)
Other Versions Peachy's Grooming Parlour (Worldwide)
Snuzzle's Grooming Parlour (UK only)
Snowball the Cat
Snowball the Cat: White with green stripes
(Called Catnip in the Brush me Beautiful Boutique)

The Grooming Parlour...again

If it wasn't enough that 1988 saw the release of the Crimp and Curl Hair Salon, with all the styling accessories a kid could want, it also saw the third and final iteration of the Grooming Parlour. Unlike the previous reissue, which had just changed ponies from Peachy to Snuzzle, this version was recoloured to purple and teal, although the basic accessory complement was largely the same. The playset was sold with a pony called Kiss Curl, who was very much in the style of earlier pony characters. This pony was sold in the UK and in Europe, but not in North America.

Over the Atlantic, the playset was called the Brush Me Beautiful Boutique. The box featured Brush and Grow Ponies, and the commercial promoted it with Princess Ponies, but no ponies were sold with it.

Brush Me Beautiful Boutique
Brush Me Beautiful Boutique
North America, 1988

Loose playsets can be told apart by the label on the back - UK ones have Grooming Parlour (and European ones a suitable translation of this) and Brush Me Beautiful Boutiques have a different label altogether.

Both releases came with a small white kitten, called Snowball in the UK and Catnip in North America. Snowball and Kiss Curl both appeared in the My Little Pony comic from 1988. Kiss Curl is relatively common second hand, and often is found with faded hair - although some symbol versions are more common than others.

Playset Ponies Sold in the UK in 1988