Alicia’s Face Painting – SF Comp

This is an entry sent in for our monthly
Silly Farm Supplies Competition!

“Alicia’s Face Painting”
By Alicia Stewart

Hi,

Never even thought I would be doing something like this. I had visited a friend of mine who recently started face painting. I let her paint my face and I loved it she does wonderful work.

But I got to thinking Halloween was a month away and my 4 year old Daughter wanted to be a Clown, the year before she had been a cat and I had painted her entire face as a Cat with grease Paint. Well being 3 that halloween we had to retouch up several times Grease just smears easily and it just is not comfortable to wear. So having that experience with Grease paint for halloween I got to thinking.

Facepaint is much more comfortable to wear and the smearing is very minimal I decided the best course is to ask what paint my friend used and buy a small kit to paint my daughter’s clown face for halloween. It was a hit and just had to touch up once more before Trick or treating that night it was perfect.

Now the company I work for has a Childrens Christmas Party they do every year and invite disadvantage kids as well as the employees kids. There I Had this small kit with a good selection of colors, I decided to volunteer to facepaint I could do a few simple Cheek designs Christmas themed. I added a Few Glitters as girls do like sparkly things and got your Christmas design book to get just a few ideas on where to start. The night was a hit I stayed busy all night doing mainly Gingerbread men. I was ask several times if I did Parties I said no I work for this company and just volunteered to help out.

I had such a good time that I added a few things and from time to time I’d sit my daughter down to practice on her, like I said she is four and what four year old girl does not like facepainting or makeup. I look on you tube for ideas and techniques and practice on her.

I recently did 2 Parties one for my god daughter and then 2 months later one for her sister. I enjoy doing it so much and kids do sit so still even the little ones very few really fidget. I now plan to start doing a Few parties, just as a side job to supplment my hobby. What can I say it is addictive and there is so much out there you want to add something new to your kit all the time.

Another friend of mine had a great Idea. Go to a Park where there are lots of parties going on and set up a small stand doing a few simple designs for a few dollars depending on the size and have lots of businees cards and fliers to hand out. Not only will the kids at the parties come over but so will their parents and you will be able to drum up some party bookings at the same time.

Alicia Stewart

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Thank you for sending this in Alicia! I’ll be posting the rest of the entries until the end of September when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the face painting Silly Farm Supplies Competition.

Please leave a comment if you want to ask questions, or just want to offer encouragement!

Happy Face Painting,

Philadelphia Tivoli
www.FacePaintingTips.com

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