FOTD Venetian style Peacock mask

Every year around this time of year I begin to get flooded with private appointments for Halloween parties and this year was no exception. A look or design that is highly requested every year is a peacock mask. I decided to buckle down and work this design out.

 I pulled out my sequins and gold powder to create this combination of metal and bling. Ben Nye lumieres were used for the base colors and eyes hadows.

I practice on myself rather than a practice head because I like the feel of skin lol! Here are a few selfies taken with my cell phone. I hope you are able to draw inspiration from this design and create something all your own.

  

  

  

Happy Halloween Appointments,
Shawna

My little Dolphin mask

I have tried dolphin design after dolphin design and was never truly happy with them. I always felt like it was unfinished or the proportions were all wrong until now. I have been painting this design  at parties for a while now and finally I feel happy with it.  I hope you enjoy it too. I posted this  dolphin face painting design on my facebook page and received so many likes I knew I needed to share it with you all.

I used FAB Ocean shimmer and TAG pearl blue for the base with a custom dolphin splitcake for the Dolphins.

Happy Painting,
 Shawna

Unicorn face painting

As a face painter one of the most beloved designs is the Unicorn. It's mystical and magical. Everything that face painting is to a child so, I have tried and tried to master it but, was never quite happy with my design. I decided instead of looking only at other face painters designs for inspiration it was time to look the horse in the face so to speak and model my Unicorn after an actual horse.
That was all I needed to realize what I needed to do to make it work. I sketched a design in my sketchbook and found a model and this is what I came up with. I'm really happy with her.
 Sometimes our best source of reference is nature itself.

What do you think?

Despicable Me inspired eye shadow and tutorial

This look is simply fun. I pulled this together to go with my Despicable Me Face Painting tutorial and thought I would share after so many asked for it. So here it is.
I used the following:

Beauty from the Earth eye shadows in Lemon and Pineapple

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Electric Navy

La Femme eyebrow powder in Taupe and Medium Brown

Mac Fluid Liner in Blacktrack

Cover girl The Rocket waterproof mascara in black

Enjoy this easy no fuss look. If you would like to see more eye shadow tutorials please leave a comment below.