Face painting?

[Scootergrrrl]

I thought this might be something useful to learn for school fundraisers - anyone out there got any tips or hints on how to get started and the best places to buy face paints?

I ordered some Grimas facepaints from The Facepaint Shop online. They didn't deliver and had to go through Paypal disputes to get my money back.

But Grimas as a brand are good.

Sorry, thats not very positive is it? But I Googled Facepaints when I wanted to buy some and the store looked good. Loaded up my basket, didn't get a confirmation of order email (as you should when buying online) then no facepaints for two weeks, no-one answering the phone, couldn't send emails to the addresses given, was very disappointing.

Snazaroo are good too, water based, go on lovely and they do good books, brushes etc. You can look at what they do on ebay, including starter packs.
The best tip I have is that children are easily pleased, and it is better to do something fast and good, than take 1/2 an hour doing something beautiful and intricate that will just get covered in snot & ice cream 5 minutes later!

Yes, agree with Rachmumoftwo: snazaroo paints are good, quick and easy. And definitely go with something that's quick to finish with the younger children especially; they'll love it anyway, and it saves them and the other ones in the line a lot of time waiting.

Have ordered my Snazaroo paints and I'm almost as excited as DD! What are good designs to learn first of all?

Just looking for face paints myself - I will look at the snazarro too, thanks

I have a face painting book (poss Usborne) from the book people, but I bought it last year. Perhaps your library might have something ?

ps the snazaroo website looks like it has good ideas & my dd (almost 5) loves being made up as a butterfly &...a dalmation !

Libraries often have books on this. One of the most basic ones is a tiger. It looks complicated, but isn't really, and whenever I get my facepaints out, most kids ask to be a tiger!
Practice on your own kids and anyone who comes round to play. It takes a bit of practice to get it right on wriggling children.
and put an old hairband in your box to keep their fringes back, and don't forget to take a mirror!

I bought Snazaroo paints but noticed that 'professional' types at tourist attractions use another brand which comes in many more colours. Wish I could remember its name ....

I generally use the designs in Snazaroo's own book, but have learned from experience that if you've got a lot of faces to paint, it's best just to offer a limited selection from which the children can pick. That way you get to be very proficient at those designs - and so quicker - and you don't have a queue of grumpy children getting restless while the child at the front works their way through the book deciding which one to pick.