Face Painting Competitions

Melbourne Body Art Competition (MBAC) 2011

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The third year of MBAC proved to be bigger and better than ever! With more categories, including brush &  sponge, Amateur, special FX, extreme hair and makeup & face painting. There were around 40 + competitors all painting thier hearts out! A theme of “wired for sound” was given to all categories, and we set [...]

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One Stroke Face Painting Contest!

FacePaintingTips.com and Clayton from Marvelous Masks in Chicago are proud to host a one-stroke face painting contest on YouTube! We can’t wait to see your one-stroke face painting entries! Watch the Video Below for Details & to Enter! Good luck! Click here to Leave a Comment if You Have a Question! 1st Place: Diamond FX [...]

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Hygiene Tips For Face Painting

Hello Everybody, Wow can you believe it’s February already!  This month I am very excited to be an instructor at the Australian Body Art Awards Convention. This event began last year as a Face and Body painting competition, held in Melbourne, Australia, and has grown this year into a bigger competition with more categories to enter [...]

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November 2009 Comp Winners!

(It was sooo hard to pick this month, thank you so much for all the brilliant posts sent in this month!) Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies For The Best Contributor goes to: Marion Mitchell ! For “Do What You Love & You’ll Never Work a Day In Your Life” [...]

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No Job Too Small – Face Painting Heart to Heart

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “No Job Too Small – Face Painting Heart to Heart” by Alana Dill To me, face painting is much more than a way to make a quick buck.  Certainly it’s a challenge to paint on a canvas that wiggles or giggles or wants to chat [...]

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Memories of Amy

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Memories of Amy“ By Marianne Bartley It was time for the concert and the crowd began to flow toward the auditorium.  My eyes were blurry from the recent onslaught of children wanting to be painted and the movement of bodies up the promenade looked ever [...]

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Creativity in Face Painting

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Creativity in Face Painting“ By Rachel B. Hi, I don’t know if anyone else finds they need a photo to look at for painting ideas but it makes me wonder about my creativity as I don’t seem to be able to create my own. Yet, [...]

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Do What You Love!

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“Do What You Love & You’ll Never Work a Day In Your Life“ By Marion Mitchell Hi Philadelphia, I just wanted to share my recent experience with facepainting. About a year ago, I started facepainting my daughter, after she had a last minute freak out over having her face painted at a local event. You [...]

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October 2009 Comp Winners!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies For The Best Contributor goes to: Nikki Karn For “Charity Work – SF Comp” Congratulations Nikki…great article, charity work is so beneficial in so many ways and for so many people! Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize Nikki:-) The $10 [...]

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Les Visages

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“Les Visages” By Lisa Sandiford Philadelphia, I am soooo grateful for all your advice, videos and newsletters. You are such a generous person when comes to your knowledge and expertise. My experience with facepainting is not as vast as yours but i certainly feel like it will soon be. Facepainting is something i really enjoy [...]

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Second Job Face Painting

“Second Job Face Painting” By Sheila Aldrich About two years ago my mother and I were asked to volenteer our time face painting for a Chilren’s Miracle Network fundraiser in our community, which is a very small community.  We were asked because the both of us have some artistic ability and we are alway willing [...]

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Charity Work

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“Charity Work” By Nikki Karn Many of us have causes and charities that are dear to our hearts for various reasons. It can be difficult to choose where to give your time (and supplies) when there is an endless list of worthy organizations. So what is a charitable, but gotta pay the bills, face painter [...]

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September 2009 Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies For The Best Contributor goes to: Tracy Mangan ! For “Fairy Garden Tea Party” Congratulations Tracey…gorgeous designs and party theme. Loved it! Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize Tracey:-) The $10 Certificate from Supplies for the Best Commenter goes to: [...]

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Tiger Face Painting Designs

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Tiger Face Painting Designs” By Annie Dunlap Hello, Tigers are my ultimate favorite face design.  They were the easiest to learn and because I can vary the color scheme–I can please lots of eager faces with just one design These are my niece and nephew-Sophie [...]

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Ivonne’s Face Painting

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This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Ivonne’s Face Painting” By Ivonne Hello, I am Ivonne, I would like to thank you for all your help sending me techniques and advise to become a face painter. I started just four months ago and everything you said is completed right. I try to [...]

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Weekend Warrior Face Painting

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Weekend Warrior Face Painting” By June I work for the local fire department and we also have a sports center owned by the city.  Both the fire department and the sports center along with the police department are constantly having functions geared toward children. Well, [...]

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Alicia’s Face Painting

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Alicia’s Face Painting” By Alicia Stewart Hi, Never even thought I would be doing something like this. I had visited a friend of mine who recently started face painting. I let her paint my face and I loved it she does wonderful work. But I [...]

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Sport Fans Face Painting

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“Sport Fans Face Painting!” By Jese Hi Philadelphia, I am glad you are back to the Blog… I was looking for ideas on Full Face Painting for Sport Fans… I looked at your videos for inspiration and LOVED the helmet and the 1/2 and 1/2 game face you did on your sister… So I wanted [...]

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Fairy Garden Tea Party

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This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Fairy Garden Tea Party!” Tracy Mangan My son and my daughter always shared their birthday parties every year since they are both born in August. This year my daughter, Autumn, wanted her own girly party, so we decided to have a Fairy Garden Tea party. [...]

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Paint Me a Tiger Please!

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Paint Me a Tiger Please!” Karol DiPietro (Nashua Telegraph) Face painting isn’t just for the little ones anymore … with sophisticated artwork from local talent Karol DiPietro, anyone can enjoy a transformation. From a tiger or super hero to a princess, flower or butterfly, designs [...]

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August Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies For The Best Contributor goes to: Mollie Stofan aka “Mollie the Painter”! For “Face Painting 300+ Kids” Congratulations Mollie…such a good post, and extremely helpful tip on painting large numbers of kids. Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize Mollie The [...]

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Face Painting Over 300 Kids In Under 4 Hours!

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By Mollie Stofan aka “Mollie the Painter” Hi everyone! I recently got a call to do a school festival a few weeks ago, to paint about 300+ kids! I just about fell out of my chair when I heard how many. I have never painted that many people at one time! But I never back [...]

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First Time Face Painter

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “First Time Face Painter” By Julia Smith My story. I have been clowing for years now and found face art very scary and though I tried couple times it just seem so involved. I booked a party a couple weeks ago and told the lady [...]

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Bear Face Painting Design

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“Bear Face Painting Design” By Ben Bonser Hi Philly. Here’s the step by step for a bear design. (1) Start by sponging a white, biege or yellow muzzle around the model’s nose, mouth and chin. You should avoid the nose, lips and the groove between. Also add a round lump near the lips as shown. [...]

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Surviving Facepainting Competitions

This is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Thoughts on Surviving Facepainting Competitions” By Robbie Pack I’ve entered a few facepainting competitions. I’ve even won a few on them. Some I thought I might have a chance of winning. Some I never would have guessed I would have won. It took quite a [...]

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