| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | Face paints are widely available at online stores or |
| Face painting is great fun for children and is fantastic | | | | through dance, theater and fancy dress shops as well |
| entertainment for any kind of event, whether a | | | | as toy or craft shops. Face paint is typically supplied |
| birthday party, village fair, school fete or shopping | | | | in 18ml or 75ml tubes or pots. When calculating |
| mall/company promotion. Applied properly, face | | | | quantities, it is useful to know that the 18ml paints |
| painting is a true art form and there are many useful | | | | will easily paint one hundred full faces. If you are |
| products to assist in providing a professional finish. | | | | doing smaller designs, for example cheek art, that |
| If you are organizing a face painting event, | | | | number can be multiplied by twenty to thirty. |
| remember that it is important to use face paints that | | | | The 75ml paints will be sufficient to cover at least |
| are specially formulated to be kind to the most | | | | 450 full faces. When it comes to choosing colors, the |
| delicate skin and are fragrance-free, as many people | | | | sky is the limit with a veritable rainbow of hues |
| with sensitive skins are intolerant to perfumes. Make | | | | available, in either matte or sparkling ranges. |
| sure the face paints are manufactured using only | | | | Accessories such as good quality sponges, brushes |
| ingredients fully compliant with EU or FDA toy and | | | | and glitter dust are essential. |
| cosmetic regulations and are non-toxic. | | | | For a professional look, it is worth buying or |
| It is recommended that you use water-based face | | | | borrowing a book on face painting. There are several |
| paints, so they will be easy to get off and will not | | | | good books on face painting available, with |
| stain clothing. Do not be tempted to use crayon | | | | step-by-step instructions and photographs on |
| sticks, as these tend to be grease based, coarse and | | | | achieving professional results and with some good |
| drag on the skin. Face paints should not be used on a | | | | ideas to try. There are even face painting books |
| child who has any open cuts, sores or fresh bruising, | | | | dedicated to one particular theme, for example cat, |
| or on anyone suffering from a cold sore or | | | | princess or butterfly designs, which would be |
| conjunctivitis or any other known infectious skin | | | | invaluable for a themed party. |
| condition. | | | | |