It is a decent casual game and probably my favorite one in the series so far that I have played. It would have gotten a positive review at the 9,99€ price it used to be, however the price increased for seemingly no reason to 17,49€ in 2024 which makes me not recommend it instead as it is not anywhere worth that money to me for what it is.

Works fine on Linux with Proton (Proton 5.0-1).

Nostalgic game. Recommended for chill gaming.

Excellent sequel to Beauty secrets. A cray but fun story, fantastic mechanics. Pity Beauty Secrets isn't available to buy on Steam.

So, today I have Sally's Salon: Kiss & Make-Up for reviewing and oh boy I DO enjoy playing this game a lot so far! I think Delicious with Emily and Fabulous with Angela now have a worthy rival *wink*.

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There are three characters that I cannot but mention from the very beginning. First, there is Sally - a stylist that we remember from other GameHouse titles. She is friendly, spontaneous, and incredibly talkative. She can be very impulsive, and as we all know too well, this can lead to big troubles. Second, we have Francois, a time-long friend of Emily - if you do not remember him, then you have not played Delicious games at all because this guy is difficult to forget. And the last but not the least, there is the antagonist – April, Sally’s so-called childhood friend. She will bring a lot of trouble to our carefree girl, as well as try to earn big bucks along the way. This trio will play the major role in the whole story. But do not tell Francois! He thinks he is the main hero here, of course.

Anyway….So, Sally has always dreamed of having a fabulous salon that will provide all manner of services. And surprise-surprise! April has an offer – a luxurious spa that needs just a little bit of investment. Sally cannot but trust her *best* friend and immediately sells her current salon to get this one-in-the-life-offer. Francois tried to persuade her against it, but would she even listen? No, of course not.

Sally is overjoyed about her purchase of course, and as a co-owner she is supposed to finally get a chance to make her dream come true. Bu-u-u-ut…But I did not call April an antagonist for nothing. Sally and Francois will have to deal with lots of problems to survive this new adventure!


GameHouse specializes on time-management games, and Sally’s Salon is not an exception. You will have to serve customers as fast as possible to get the highest score, as well as complete additional tasks unique for each level. There is also a tricky mouse hunt that you need to pay attention to.

Each customer has a heart over his or her head. It indicates how happy they are with the treatment and will eventually convert into the final score. As you understand, you need to do your best to make them happy or you risk failing the level. The emptier a customer’s heart is, the angrier they will become. They may even storm out without paying.

If a customer has a golden heart, then huray! They cannot become impatient at all, so just line them up at the checkout and get an additional bonus for serving several of them simultaneously (called a “treatment chain”).

You can also upgrade you equipment and the room itself. In Sally’s Salon you also have a Helper (Francois, to be precise), and using diamonds, you can improve his performance significantly. You get diamonds for completing Challenges and getting stars on common levels, as well as in the Trophy section – this is the same as Achievements in Steam.

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- The story and the characters. Both are hilarious, amazing and cute at the same time. If you are not a big fan of comedy or sitcoms, then I am not sure that you will enjoy both of these features; but if you are, then be ready for some good time with this time-management gem. Sally and Francois truly shine during the whole story;

- The narration. The story is presented by Francois who comments each action and gives his opinion about, well, everything. He can even stop the time to explain what happened before this or that scene. This is quite unusual for Game House titles while we usually follow the story as it happens and not before the events at hand, but it worked great in Sally’s Salon. Francois is an amazing character, so it was only natural to give him his prime-time at last!

- Animations. In addition to the usual movements and interactions, we now have fully animated scenes. Not just characters’ sprites moving on the backgrounds, but cinematic moments that give a feeling of watching a comedy series on TV. Add it to Francois’s narration and you get a super combo of great fun. Oh, and Sally will show her special moves at the end of each stage – just wait for the stars to show. However, there are some issues that I will mention in the negative part of my review;

- 60 great levels + 28 Challenges + Helpers + lots of mini-games + Carl the Mouse. Lots of stuff to experience and to collect – there are achievements for each of them, remember?

- The Jolly Jig. Just see it and you will understand what I mean.


- Even though I liked the overall humor, I think some jokes were cheesy at times and I heard some of them before. However, if you are in the right mood (and not too picky), you will not have any issues;

- The music is good, but nothing worth writing home about. Still, this is my usual issue, so you will not be bothered by it at all, most probably. All in all, the music is quite lively and lovely – double *L* for a good score.


- I have noticed some freezes during animations of the story part. There were about 2-3 of them over 2 hours of playing, I think. Quite minor freezes, mind you, but still noticeable. There were several of them during the stages too;

- Some story animations looked blurry; you will notice it during one of the first scenes – if I am wrong about it, be free to correct me in the comments, but I am quite sure that my eyes did not deceive me.

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Sally's Salon: Kiss & Make-Up is a great addition to GameHouse’s collection of time-management titles. It is bright, hilarious and touching at the same time. The characters will win your heart immediately, and new cinematic scenes brought new life to their interactions. If you liked Delicious, Fabulous and Heart’s Medicine, you will like Sally’s Salon too.
I wish you good gaming and a lot of fun!

fun game good story line

A very cool and funny game, The achievements are pretty unique because mostly all are able to be achieved during the game, and not like most in the end. The jokes and the story where great and the animations very cool. The helper system was something unique and cool as well. All in all i really liked the game and it was fun from start to finish. I can highly recommend this game

Usually this series is a huge hit for me, but this one is a giant miss. I ran into a bug on many maps where I'd be stuck in a location unable to move the character, causing me to restart.

The story...Jesus. I got about mid-way before just skipping through it. I couldn't care about any of the characters or find interest in the story. It felt like something I'd write in middle school. I had to force myself to finish (Which I did for the achievements.)

The game play itself was simple enough, easy and fun, but unless you are a die-hard of this game-style or the company (They have MANY other great others) I'd give this a skip.

Achievements were straight forward and easy to get it, enough diamonds to unlock everything you need too.

It's easy to do the levels and relaxing after a hard day.

The story is stupid, BUT I love the game play mechanics, which are a bit different and more interesting to play compared to the Emily series. Plus I like the spa/ beauty/ wellness theme, which is quite unique in this genre.

I always loved time management games since the era of Diner Dash, then come Delicious, Fabulous, Heart Medicine, Sally's Salon. Then come this game with the supposed same name and connected universe with all of the game i mentioned before, not that i hate it, i like it a lot! Seeing the character are interacting in one scene and another. But this game.... gameplay and mechanics are fine, but my god!! WHO WROTE THE STORY!! They need to be fired... The story is horrendous, the characters are dumbed down almost retared i would say, even Sally herself are being dumbdown. Literally the worst entry in the franchise.

If you want to buy this game, hopefully you are ready to cringe hard.