July 2007

A Trick to Keeping Your Water & Brushes Clean When You Face Paint

Now this will save you some time and hassle! When you’re facepainting, every little tip and trick you know can help enormously. So, here’s one about keeping your brushes and water clean, to save you from wasting time, having to change the water every 10 minutes. And, I can’t take credit for this one. This is a tip from [...]

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Which Colors Do I Need for Facepainting?

We get asked this question all the time. And depending on who you ask, you’ll probably get quite a few different answers. Click Here to Ask a Question OR Tell Us What You Think! Personally, I think it’s a good idea for beginners to start practising at home with atleast these five colors: red, blue, yellow, black and white. From [...]

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Face Painting Classes in August

Here are the details for face painting classes that are happening around the world in August. If you’re holding face painting classes yourself or you know of face painting classes that are coming up (that aren’t listed here), then email me and I’ll have them posted asap: i n f o @ f a c [...]

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How to Face Paint a Spider Man Design Video

There are some face painting designs that get requested all the time - like the spiderman face painting design! So here is a video that will show you how to face paint a Spiderman/Venom face painting design. (Heather B.) Leave a comment/response if you liked this video…that way I’ll know what to post more of! Happy Face [...]

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The UK Face & Body Art Convention

The UK Face painting & Body Art Convention is the biggest gathering of face painters in the UK. It’s a great place to learn all the latest face painting techniques and see live demonstrations to further your face painting skills. Its’ a great market place to buy all your face painting supplies and entertainment needs, [...]

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How to Make Face Painting Stencils

Okay, here’s an idea for the beginners that can make face painting a little easier, and a little less daunting if you’re not completely confident with painting free hand. You can use face painting stencils to paint faces with ease. This is a great face painting idea to begin with but keep practising your free [...]

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Want Face Painting Supplies? Look No Further!

We’ve finally done it, we’ve started selling professional face paints in a one stop shop for all your Face Painting Supplies! I’ve personally gone through and hand picked products that I know you’ll find a good use for. And boy did I have some fun! You’re gonna love it! We’ve also got face painting brushes, sponges, [...]

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What to Do When You Can’t Face Paint

(Continuation from “Stop Facepainting…Until You Read This!”) Yesterday I wrote a post about people who you should avoid facepainting for very important hygiene reasons. If you missed that post, then click here to read it: “Stop Facepainting…Until You Read This!” I explained who you should avoid, and now I’m going to tell you what you [...]

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Stop Facepainting… Until You Read This!

Did you know that you can’t just face paint anybody? That there are some people you have to avoid when facepainting? If you didn’t, I’m so glad you’re reading this article. This could save you a lot of stress, time and money later on down the track. So, why can’t you, you ask? Because of [...]

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Find Out How to Paint the Perfect Rainbow!

The “Rainbow” face painting design is really popular, it’s definately a design that you’ll want to have under your belt. And there are a couple different ways of painting this design, but I think that the easiest and quickest way to do it is with a sponge. So watch the video to see exactly how [...]

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How to Stop Your Face Paints from Getting Runny on a Hot Summers Day

I recently had a face painter ask me a great question about what to do when your paints get all runny and gooey in the heat. Face painters have this problem all over the world whenever summer comes around. You definately don’t want your paints to be gooey, because once the consistency has changed, it’s much [...]

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Should I Buy Professional Face Paint or Cheap Face Paint?

One question a lot of beginners ask is “Is it worth spending more money to buy professional face paint? And this is a totally valid question because professional face paint can end up costing a fair bit depending on how many paints you want. You might want to get a palette of cheap face paints in [...]

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The World Body Face Painting Festival 16th – 22nd July

The World Body Painting Festival is the first of its kind in the world and has become the Mecca of Body Painting. It will be held in Seeboden, Austria from the 16th – 22nd July this year. If you’re hearing about this for the first time, its probably too late to get tickets or plan [...]

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Establishing and Promoting a Face Painting Business: Part 2

Okay, if you haven’t read part 1, then go to: Establishing and Promoting a Face Painting Business: Part 1 and read that first. So once you have all the things listed in Part 1 you can seriously start promoting yourself. Remember that this will take time and money so be prepared to give these up. [...]

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Face Painting Classes July

Here are the details for face painting classes that are happening around the world in July. If you’re holding face painting classes yourself or you know of face painting classes that are coming up (that aren’t listed here), then email me and I’ll have them posted asap:  i n f o @ f a c e [...]

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Establishing and Promoting a Face Painting Business: Part 1.

************************* To Learn How to Start a Face Painting Business Click Here And Start Painting For Fun & For Profit! ******************************************* So you’ve learnt how to face paint and you want to know how to get your name out there? Want to start getting gigs and making some money? This article is sure to help you [...]

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5 Tips to Make You a Faster Face Painter!

Not as fast as you’d like to be with your face painting? I totally understand and it’s only normal to want to become faster at face painting so you can paint the most amount of faces possible with the time you have allocated. You want to make as many kids as possible happy and let’s [...]

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What Kind of Paints Should I Use for Face Painting?

(Okay, for all of you who have already subscribed to our free lessons or bought our face painting guide, you’ll already know this – but this is for the complete newbies, so don’t worry…I’ll have more advanced info up here soon ) Using the right face paints is crucial to face painting. And choosing the [...]

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Thank You for Your Comments 'How to Face Paint' Readers!

Wow! First of all I’d like to say thank you to all the readers especially the people who made an effort to make a comment on the blog – vicki white, Joan, Tina Bradburn, Blake, Jen, Cherry, Blanca, Karen Dierksen/Patches the clown, Christina, Karen, Lillette, Karen Usher, Helen B, Kellie, jerri, ELHAM, Pattie Heinke, Juanine, [...]

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Welcome to the How to Face Paint Blog!

Hi, my name is Philadelphia Tivoli (Founder of FacePaintingTips.com) and it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the launch of our new How to Face Paint blog ! If you want to learn how to face paint, then this is the place to be… We’re aiming to keep YOU informed with: * Face Painting Designs, * [...]

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