Why I paint my face before a job

You can ask anyone who has ever worked with me or taken a workshop with me and they will tell you the same. I always paint my own face before a face painting gig. You may ask why I do this well, there are a couple of reasons...

A. You know who I am when I arrive to your event- I can't tell you how many times I've worked events and birthday parties where other entertainers were hired to work the same event and I couldn't tell what they came to do. It amazes me when entertainers show up in casual, everyday clothes. You should have "a look" or a uniform or a costume that defines who you are. I myself wear all black because I'm an artist (a Makeup artist to be exact) and it sets me apart from the guests at the party or event and corporate clients especially like this since brand advertising is typically a no no at corporate events. It's also clean looking and makes spills on yourself less tragic to clean up later on.

B. Everyone will want what you have on your face- It really doesn't matter what I paint on my face because I know at least half of the girls I paint that day will want what I have painted on my face because they can see how cool and sparkly it looks in real life unlike a flat photo. If I don't have many gigs that day I will paint something theme related to the event. If I have 3 or more jobs in the day I will paint something that can be used for each type of event. Typically it's an eye design or cheek art that I can paint relatively quickly as some events may have more guests than expected and you don't want to have to paint fourty 10 minutes designs. That's crazy talk .

C. Walking advertisement- In between gigs while you're getting gas or picking up a bite to eat you are literally a walking advertisement for your company. I have given out and booked so many jobs just from that. (Be sure to always carry business cards with you for this reason) People will comment on how pretty or cool my makeup is and that right there is the ice breaker and a moment to share what it is that I do for a living. I love what I do and am proud of it so why wouldn't I want to share that with the world. It really is the most fun job ever!

Here are some of my working designs:

Cal State Long Beach Basketball face painting

Zoo Party face painting

Luau Party face painting

Fairy Party face painting

Star Wars Party face painting

Adult animal themed party face painting

Elsa Party face painting

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Sunflower/Daisy Face Painting Today's FOTD

Now that I am the official face painter for  the California state University of Long Beach, I knew I had to paint my face with the Cal State Long Beach school colors but, I didn't want a LB logo on my face so I opted for what else but, flowers! Sunflowers and daisies to be exact.
The kids and everyone loved this design. I even painted a mask inspired by this design on a little girl. Of course I forgot to take my camera! Maybe next time.

Products used to create this look: I used Wolfe face paint for this entire look and Pure light glitter to add some sparkle and shine.

 Happy Painting!!

This weekend's face painting

I had the pleasure of painting about 35 guests in 2 hours at a local party and let me tell you it was a doozy. I was painting from 4pm to 6pm and with the time change it now gets dark around 5pm so they brought out lights and at one point a circuit broke and ALL of the power went out so, I was painting by the light of an ipad LOL!!
It also happened to be the day of the infamous USC/UCLA football game and as you can see there were a few USC fans.

 Here are some pics from the day.....

Sweet little Monkey party

This party was so jam packed with cute little munchkins that I had no time to stop and take pics in between face painting and glitter tattoos but, a lovely mother took a few to share. Here they are...

Face and Body Painting this weekend

Over the weekend I had a few parties and while I couldn't take pics at all of them I was able to snap a few.
Some are of the birthday girl dressed as Belle from Beauty and the beast with her beautiful mommy. And a gorgeous mother daughter body painting...

 If you would like pics like this at your party visit my new website at www.facenbodyart.com

Flutterfly Fairy

What is a Flutterfly fairy you ask? Well it's a Butterfly with a touch of flowers, sprinkled with fairy dust. This little cutie was having her picture taken for her birthday party invitations today and I thought I'd share. Isn't she adorable???