Face Painting Competitions

April Comp Winners Announced!

Sorry about the delay guys, I’ve been sooo busy with getting ready to go to FABAIC! Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies for the Best Contributor goes to: Julie Agcaoili! For “Face Painting in Hawaii“ Congratulations! Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize. The $10 Certificate from Supplies [...]

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Face Painting in Hawaii

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Face Painting in Hawaii” By Julie Agcaoili Aloha, My name is Julie Agcaoili and I live on the island of Maui in beautiful Hawaii. I am a stay at home mother of 4. Since last year Halloween, I have been mastering the art of [...]

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Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My! – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My!” By Anne Dunlap Hello.  I too am new at face painting but I really love it! One snowy night this month gave me the opportunity to test out my new palettes on my snowbound children. They wanted a”Lion [...]

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Dangers of Cheap Face Paint

“Dangers of Cheap Face Paint” By Erika Cataldi Last year, I started a business where I provide children’s birthday parties and special events with cartoon mascot characters.  Having little artistic ability, but a great idea of adding face painting as an option, I began studying the art of face painting. I went to a local [...]

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Step By Step Foxy Mask Face Paint Design

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“Step By Step Foxy Mask Face Paint Design” By Harmony Roth Shabtai 1. start with an orange triangle above each brow and continue the outer end towards the ear from there you draw a diagonal line to the mouth. you go over the mouth in order to “close” the mask. 2. paint the nose and [...]

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March Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies for the Best Contributor goes to: Kim Baker! For “How to Paint a Rose Bud Video“ Congratulations Kim…I am thrilled that you made a video (a very helpful video at that) for the comp! I really hope to see more video entries next month from everybody! Keep an [...]

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How to Paint a Rose Bud Video – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “How to Paint a Rose Bud Video” By Kim Baker ____________________________________ Kim, thank you soooo much for making such a helpful face painting video!!! I can’t wait to see more people sending in videos to this blog. Great work!! I’ll be posting the rest [...]

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Carnaval Face Painting – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Carnaval Face Painting” By Luísa Santos Hi Philadelphia, First of all, thank youfor the teleseminar, it was most useful! I would like to share with you my latest face painting experience… As I’ve mentioned before, Portugal is not big on face painting and it [...]

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My First Learning Experience

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “My First Learning Experience” By Laura My first learning experience with sponges was not a fun experience….let’s just say I learned the hard way that certain sponges are not made for painting faces. Here I was, just had my first face painting class and [...]

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February Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate for Supplies for the Best Author goes to: Mollie Stofan For “Mollies Face Paint Product Review“ Congratulations Mollie…your entry was so informative and helpful! I’d really like to see more entires like this! Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize The $10 Certificate for Supplies [...]

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Mollies Face Paint Product Review

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Mollies Face Paint Product Review” By Molli Stofan Hi Everyone, I have been trying-out different kinds of paint for the last few months, and I thought that I should do product reviews on 3 brands of black face paint: Paradise/Mehron, Snazaroo, and Wolfe Brothers [...]

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January Comp Winners Announced!

So sorry about the delay…Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies & a Free Copy of “How to Start a Face Painting Business“ for the Best Author goes to: Natalee Farrugia for “What Goes Around Comes Around” Congratulations Natalee…I loved your entry! Keep an eye out in your inbox for your prize [...]

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Sneaky Face Painting – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Sneaky Face Painting” By Sue Pearson Hi, I’m rather new at face painting and was painting at a family birthday party. The Birthday girls uncle didn’t think he cared to have his face painted, so when he was napping on the couch, I snuck up and painted [...]

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What Goes Around Comes Around- SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “What Goes Around Comes Around” By Natalee Farrugia Hi Philadelphia, I would love to share a story with you about a Little girls birthday Party. Renee was so excited when I arrived all dressed up in my Fairy outfit that I was greeted with [...]

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November Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from Supplies for the Best Author goes to: Nancy Gervais for “Networking in the Face Painting World” Congratulations Nancy …awesome work, keep it up, and we can’t wait to see more! You will be receiving your gift certificate within the next week. The $10 Certificate fromSupplies [...]

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Networking in the Face Painting World

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Networking in the Face Painting World” By Nancy Gervais Hello Philadelphia! I would like to share a story with you that was made possible because ofyour blog.  A couple of months ago after submitting an article for your blog, I received a comment from [...]

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Find Your Brush! – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Find Your Brush!” By Cheryl Henderson aka Mrs. Bunny, The Clown I recently had the opportunity to do face painting for a one year old’s party. The birthday girl didn’t have a clue to what was going on, but the older kids and adults [...]

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Halloween Face Painting!

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“Halloween Face Painting!” By June Thurston Hi Philadelphia, Had a great time this Halloween, I face painted at work all day to raise moneyfor Children in Need , it gave me a chance to practice every thing I havelearned and I had a lot of very happy children that day, with a lot of scaryfaces. [...]

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October Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate for Supplies for the Best Author goes to: Lisa Leyes for her entry: “Make the Child Happy” SF-Comp Entry! Congratulations Lisa, great work!  Keep it up, and we can’t wait to see more! You will be receiving your gift certificate within the next week. The $10 Certificate for [...]

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“Make The Child Happy” – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Make The Child Happy” – SF Competition Sent in by Lisa Leyes Dear Philadelphia: I am a volunteer facepainter at the Hospital for SickKids in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  I have a tip for you. I cannot carry around a jar or cup of water [...]

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Face Painting Pumpkins – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Face Painting Pumpkins” – SF Competition Sent in by Mollie Stofan a.k.a. “Mollie the Painter” Face Painting…Pumpkins? This fall, I was hired to face paint at a local farm, Janoski’s.  Their “Pumpkinland” activities go on every weekend in October.  After my first weekend painting, [...]

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Face Painter Discovered Online Becomes a Star on CBC

“Face Painter Discovered Online Becomes a Star on CBC” – SF Competition Sent in by Erin Wainwright Hi Philadelphia and fellow face painting enthusiasts! I just wanted to write to you and share a funny thing that recently happened to me. About two weeks ago, I received a voice mail message from a television show [...]

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The Best Bearcat – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “The Best Bearcat” – SF Competition Sent in by Courtney Gann My first face painting experience since I have been subscribed to facepaintingtips.com was a completely gratifying experience.. Our school had decided to give an impromptu spirit day in honor of our first football game ever. Since [...]

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Doodlebug – SF Entry

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Doodlebug” – SF Competition Sent in by Nancy Gervais Hi Philadelphia, As a graphic designer, I work in front of a computer for 8 hours a day. As a result of this, I am always on the lookout for more “hands-on” ways to express myself creatively. It [...]

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September Comp Winners Announced!

Here are the competition winners: The $50 Gift Certificate from for the Best Author goes to: Erin Wainwright for her entry: Erin’s Face Painting Tips – SF Competition! Congratulations Erin …awesome work, keep it up, and we can’t wait to see more! You will be receiving your gift certificate within the next week. The $10 Certificate from [...]

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