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How to Face Paint

5 Things You Need to Know Before You Get Started!

Introduction

Learning how to face paint can be easy and a whole

lot of fun... if you've got the right kind of help or
training of course! And there are a few very
important things you must know before you get
started.

Once you know these things, you can also have fun
with the kids especially at birthday parties and
special occasions.

And most importantly by learning how to face paint

you can save yourself quite a bit of money by not
having to hire a face painter, but you’re probably too
busy to go out and take a face painting class right?

You’d rather learn how to face paint from home and

that’s exactly why I wrote this article and “The
Comprehensive Guide to Face Painting”

Here are 5 things that you need to know about learning how to face paint:

1. Face Paints: You’ll of course need to have face paints, but what kind of face
paint should you get? You should only use face paint that’s specially made for
the skin - face and body. The important thing to look out for when buying face
paint is whether or not they comply with various authorities in your country
(e.g. U.S. FDA.) within the guidelines for use on the skin.

Water based face paint is the most popular and its the easiest to wash off –
It’s used by face painters just starting to learn how to face paint and by
professional face painters.

2. Paint Colors: To begin with, get a palette that has black, white and the
primary colors – red, blue and yellow. With these colors you can mix what
ever color you need. This will also you give you great practice if you have just
started learning how to face paint. Then once you’ve started painting quite
often you’ll start to notice that you’ll need certain colors more so than other
 colors.

And you can buy these specific colors in addition to black, white, red, blue
and yellow. e.g. You might find that green is a really popular color so instead
of constantly mixing blue and yellow together to make green you might want
to just get a palette of green paint.

3. Paint Brushes: Well, generally the more brushes you have the better! But
when I first learned how to face paint I used a thin brush for detail, a couple
medium sized brushes and a large brush for larger areas. This combination of
paint brushes worked pretty well for me and I also recommend it to you. You
can buy more brushes as you go, just make sure you look after them all.

4. Hygiene: This is extremely important in the face painting world and

something you just got to be aware of when learning how to face paint. Never
paint someone who has: any open cuts or sores on their face. Instead
suggest painting on there arms or legs, a bit of body painting is just as fun!

Never paint someone with a cold sore or conjunctivitis or any other known
infectious skin condition, allergic reactions to soaps, skin creams, etc without
a prior skin test. Instead try glitter spray gel, stickers or temporary tattoos.

5. Get Designs: Trying to think up your own face painting designs can be
difficult and coming up with popular designs that kids will definitely love is even
harder that’s why I created “The Comprehensive Guide to Face Painting”
(Downloadable ebook) it has a whopping 50 popular designs with step-by-step
photos and instructions and all the tricks, techniques and trade secrets about
learning how to face paint. It'll help you learn how to face paint with the speed of
lightening!

About the Author:

Philadelphia Tivoli is the Founder of FacePaintingTips.com:

If you want to learn how to face paint, just download her fun
and easy step-by-step face painting guides to the most
popular face painting designs right here:
www.FacePaintingTips.com

And also check out her How to Face Paint Blog here: www.FacePaintingTips.com/blog