face-painting

Simple Flower Fairy Face Paint VIDEO TUTORIAL

Hello Face Painting Friends, I have a fast design tutorial to share with you, its a flower fairy that can be painted quickly for busy events, or added to to make more elaborate. The flowers could also be painted on a cheek, arm or neck line for a more grown up effect. BUY FACE PAINTING SUPPLIES [...]

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Rudolph Christmas Design VIDEO Tutorial

Season’s Greetings everybody, I hope you are all enjoying the Holiday season face painting as much as I am. I am particularly enjoying painting Rudolph on lots of boys and girls faces, it is so cute on them! I have made a video tutorial for you with a Rudolph design to try… Face Painting Supplies [...]

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Lace Mask Video Tutorial Slideshow

Hello Everyone, I am excited that I have finally branched out into the big world of you tube videos…..I have made this one for you using images from a step by step design of a lacey mask – this is great for teens and adults: Click Here to Buy Your Face Painting Supplies Leave a [...]

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Painting Pregnant Bellies

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One of my favourite canvasses to paint on is a lovely round belly of an expectant mother. Often the little one inside let’s you know they are there with a few wiggles and kicks! its really beautiful. Whether you have ten minutes or an hour to spend here are a few tips to help you and [...]

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Agostino – Why We Paint Our Face & Body Video

“Before Cave Walls” is a lecture by internationally renowned face & body painting artist Christopher Agostino about why we paint our face and body. Christopher is one of my all time favorite artists in this field, and I think you’ll find this video VERY interesting and inspiring!! Buy Face Paints for your Face Painting Kit [...]

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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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Face Painting and Story Telling with Christopher Agostino Video

Watch as Christopher Agostino (internationally renowned face painter) paints a simple design and tells an awesome traditional folktale about the “Rainbow Bat” at the same time. Story telling is something that everybody enjoys, even adults like to listen to childrens stories if they’re told in an entertaining way – I learnt that from Marcela Murad aka Mama Clown - she also [...]

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Face Painting Display Board Ideas

Sent in by Kim Baker Hi Philadelphia- I wanted to show my display boards.  I got the ideas from other face painters.  I used a black board 30″x40″ (76x102cm) that is about a 1/4″ thick.  My mother picked them up at Office Depot I think.  Then I laminated my pictures using Self- Adhesive Laminating Sheets (also [...]

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Erin’s Face Painting Tips

“Face Painting Tips” Sent in by Erin Wainwright My name is Erin, elementary teacher and face painter located in Montréal, Canada! Since I wrote on your Blog last, my small business has picked up and I am actually doing quite a lot of work! Since I started off quite small, with very little money, I’ve decided [...]

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Face Painting Asleep – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Face Painting Asleep” – SF Competition Sent in by Natalee Farrugia Hi my name is Natalee, I am a mum with two young boys who has been face painting for about a year and a half now. I love your tips and look forward to all your blogs. [...]

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My Wonder Down Under Photos!

Here you go, my photos from Wonder Down Under! My favs are the body paintings…the one with the Aussie flag with a koala is Mark Reids, the ragedy anne doll/clown is Yolanda Bartrams and the Purple Wonder Down Under Girl was painted by Lynne Jamieson! Enjoy! If you like, send in your photos of the convention, and I’ll [...]

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Just Got Back from Wonder Down Under!

Hey guys, I just got back from Melbourne, Australia where I attended Wonder Down Under – Australia’s 1st Face & Body Painters & Entertainers Convention. I had a marvelous time, went to so many classes and learnt so much about face painting, body painting, ballooning, clowning, magic etc  and made so many new friends. Watch [...]

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Keeping Your Face Painting Area Clean Video

Hey guys, I found this short video that has some great tips about keeping your face painting area clean. Parents don’t want their kids to be painted by a messy artist, they want to be sure that your face painting is clean and safe right? Well then, Watch the video and apply the techniques! (Video by [...]

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Butterfly Face Painting Design

Hey guys, here it is as promised, a butterfly face painting designs video tutorial! Enjoy! Buy Face Painting Supplies Right Here! Please leave comments to tell me what you think.. And if you’re interested in learning more face painting designs click here! Happy Face Painting, Philadelphia Tivoli www.FacePaintingTips.com “Helping You Paint with Your Favorite Face Paints!” [...]

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Costumes and Face Painting – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Costumes and Face Painting” Sent in by Darlene Cookson My son likes to play in old halloween costumes. He came to me one day and wanted his face painted like a motorcross driver since he did not have a helmet to wear. He had a small dirt [...]

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Websites to Advertise Your Facepainting Business

This is the first of many posts about advertising your facepainting business online. To start off, I wanted to help out people who don’t have a website yet but want to have a prescence on the web to begin with. (For those of you who have a website, this post will still be beneficial). You [...]

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Mum Loses Her Models When They Become Face Painters – SF Comp

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Mum Loses Her Models When They Become Face Painters!” Sent in by Karen Witt For the past year I have been getting right into face painting. I love it! But of course every eager face painter needs eager, patient (and forgiving) models to practice on in the [...]

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Beginner Face Painting Success – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Beginner Face Painting Success!” Sent in by Mylene Losier I am very new to the face painting world, but wanted to share a great experience I had starting out.  I was recruited to do face painting for a childrens christmas party at my work.  Needless to say [...]

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Face Painting for Smiles – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Face Painting for Smiles” Sent in by Darell G. Victoria Hi, Just as eager as I am to master my Face Painting talent, I volunteered to do a party for underprivileged children. When I was about to setup my things at the party, a child approached me and said “Can [...]

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Weddings with Face Painting, Clowns and Magicians?

I just came across this blog post for couples trying to organize their own ‘perfect wedding’ and it had some great tips about how to keep the children entertained. Elle (from wedaholic.com) suggests hiring a clown or magician or a face painter to keep the kids entertained. And I’d never thought about doing face painting or clowning at a [...]

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Passion for Face Painting – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! “Passion for Face Painting” Sent in by Dana Chavez Passion + hard work = happy living!!! Growing up, I would always be the person everyone would go to for their halloween make-up. Having twelve male cousins who lived just down the street, I’d spend halloween afternoon creating [...]

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Face Painting by Glowstick! – SF Competition

The following is an entry sent in for our monthly Competition! ________________________________ Face Painting by Glowstick! Sent in by Debbi Last year, summer 2007, I donated my services to a picnic for the Dream Factory in Kansas City. This is a 100% volunteer group that grants wishes to kids who are terribly ill or dying. I am a baby [...]

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Standing or Sitting While Face Painting?

Some face painters stand while they paint, and others prefer to be seated. Either way you need to make sure that you are comfortable, thats the main thing. It is very easy to do long-term damage to your back by holding an uncomfortable position for hours, and face painting is an activity that can easily cause [...]

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Save Time on Face Painting by Using a Spray Bottle!

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Looking for more ways to save time when you’re face painting? Well, why wouldn’t you…after all, the more time you save, the quicker you become, and then you’ll be able to paint more faces right? So here’s my quick tip for today… If you’re using cake paints that need water to apply, use a spray bottle to [...]

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Body Painting in Fashion: Guido Daniele

I found this great news story/video from CBS about World famous body painter Guido Daniele and a body painting gig he did for a jewelery fashion show. Body painting is really becoming very popular in the commercial world, if you want to start doing body painting aswell as face painting….there is a demand for it. Click here to watch [...]

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