October 2007

How to Paint Stitches for Halloween Designs

Happy Halloween! The most fun, creative and spooky occasion of the year is finally here! Many of you will be out trick or treating no doubt, and some of you will be attending Halloween parties if not tonight than this weekend. One of my favorite halloween make up ideas are painting Stitches! And we were recently asked how to paint [...]

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Halloween Face Painting Photos and Party Ideas

As I said in yesterdays post, I’d show you some more Halloween face painting photos from the Halloween party my children were at, so here they are and I hope you get some good ideas for your Halloween party celebrations! Left: My sister is turning my daughter into a toilet paper mummy! A fun halloween [...]

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Halloween Make Up Ideas

Here’s a couple halloween make up ideas that I came up with just this last weekend! My daughters, their cousins and friends had a fun halloween party, and I was busy face painting as usual. The mask on the girl has a kind of a gothic feel to it (very popular with tweens and teens) and it uses the ‘tear [...]

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Halloween Special Effects Make Up Supplies

Besides costumes and face paint designs, there are other halloween make up supplies that you’ll need in the following week! I’ve had many an email enquiring about where to get such special effects make up items like gel blood, black tooth wax, and special effects wax and the good news is…. you can find it all right here [...]

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Face Paint Designs Steps: Multi-Tone Flower

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Today I’m going to share with you a face painting technique that I really like to use, it’s a technique that will allow you to quickly paint simple face paint designs like a flower or a butterfly with a beautiful two toned effect! (Thanks to a lady named Jan who left a comment on our blog [...]

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Halloween Face Painting Tips

Here’s a quick face painting tip for children this Halloween… Try not to paint the area around their mouths, alter the design if needed, that way when they get into mess eating their halloween treats, they won’t end up eating paint and messing up your beautiful face paint design! And if you don’t have any [...]

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Halloween Make Up Ideas – Wrinkles, Moles and Warts!

Here are some fun halloween make up ideas for you and your kids that you can combine with your face painting! Wrinkles and Bumps To create an unusual skin texture or wrinkles, use white school glue. Find a white glue that is safe for use on the skin, is completely non-toxic and easy to remove. For wrinkles, apply [...]

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Butterfly Face Paint Design, Simple Cheek Art Steps

I thought I’d share one of my favorite face paint designs with you -a small butterfly that you can do in under 1 minute! You can change the colors if you wish, and maybe combine it with more face painting around the eyes, its up to you! Step 1: Use pink paint and a small brush to paint [...]

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Halloween Make Up Ideas – Scars and Teeth

Here are a couple of my favorite halloween make up ideas that you can easily use with our face paint designs this Halloween. Scars To create the look of scars on your skin, you can use gelatin for a simple but realistic look. Combine the gelatin with hot water and stir. Let it cool to a comfortable [...]

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World Body Painting Festival Saturday 2007

If you missed the World Body Painting Festival check out this video, it includes snippets of what happened on the Saturday of the festival. Hopefully this amazing body painting is sure to give you some face painting inspiration! Happy Face Painting, Philadelphia Tivoli Face Painting Tips “Helping You Paint with Your Favorite Face Paints!” Click Here to Buy Face [...]

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What is a Stipple Sponge?

A stipple sponge can be very useful to you in face painting! It’s a textured sponge with lots of holes that when applied can give you a great stubble effect. It works great on pirate face painting designs when trying to create a 5 o’clock shadow and makes it easy to paint clouds on a design with [...]

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Halloween: How to Create a Fake Wound Video

Here’s one of my favorite halloween make up ideas: creating fake wounds or burns. This video will show you step-by-step how to create a big wound/burn using purple, red and black face paints, toilet paper, liquid latex, sponges, brushes, styling hair gel and blood gel.  Boys love these halloween make up ideas and you can use them with a zombie [...]

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Halloween Make Up Tips – Homemade

Here are a few homemade halloween make up tips that you can use along with your halloween face painting designs! * Create blisters on your face, by applying Vaseline with white tissues scattered on it. * Use dark blue eye shadow and apply it with a messy manner to give yourself a scary look and look slightly bruised. * [...]

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Flower Face Painting Designs Video

If you liked the video we posted here titled: How to Face Paint the Tear Drop Technique Video then you’ll love this face painting design because it uses the tear drop technique to create a beautiful flower face painting design! Enjoy! Click Here to Buy Face Paints! (Heather B.) Click Here to Buy Face Paints! [...]

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Cheek Art or Full Face Painting Designs? – Open Mic

Cheek Art or Full Face face painting designs? What do you like to paint the most? And what do your customers request more often? Click here to Give Us Your Answer. I think it’s important to have both a selection of cheek art and full face face painting designs up your sleeve. Cheek art is generally a [...]

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Halloween Face Painting Party Ideas

Here’s a couple halloween face painting party ideas that you can use this Halloween or at any birthday party: * While you’re face painting the first child, let the other children watch, and make them try to guess what design you’re painting. The first one to guess it right gets their face painted next, or [...]

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Halloween Make Up Guide is Now Available!

It’s finally here! And just in time for Halloween, you can now get access to “The Halloween Make Up Guide” right here: www.facepaintingtips.com/halloween It has everything you need to begin face painting this Halloween with speed and absolute ease, thanks to the step by step photos and instructions of 20 popular Halloween face painting designs! [...]

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