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The pay-as-you-go plan was turning out to be too expensive for us so we signed up for an honest to goodness smartphone.

Now I can check email when I’m upstairs! (Don’t act like that isn’t a big deal – because it is. I promise you.)

Kabuki Brushes for Body Painting – Sale!

Regularly $6.95 (cheeeeap!) now on sale this week for $4.77. You can get one for every color you use!

Coastal Scents Brush Sale

They also sell micas & pigments (a.k.a glitter powder, gem powder, diamond dust etc.) in bulk.

Disclaimer: I’m not an affiliate, I don’t own the company, I don’t know anyone who works there.

Friday Haiku – “done”

why paint twenty dots

when painting ten dots would work?

“done” is relative.

9 Conversation Starters for Shy Face Painters

Let’s talk about what to talk about when you get the kids in the chair.

We need some chair chatter so we don’t look like absorbed artists (double unintentional alliteration).

Here are 9 Conversation Starters for when you don’t really know what to talk about:

1. “Sooooo… what’s it like in high school?” (to a 6 year old)
2. “Hi! What’s your name?” ” …George.“ “Oh, George? Hey! That was my name when I was a little boy too!” (Female painter)
3. “Do you have any brothers or sisters at home? Are they older or younger?” (If Older) “Do they still smell funny?” (If Younger) “Do you still have to babysit?” (If middle kid) “Awesome! Do you like being in the middle?”
4. “Do you have any pets at home? Do you take good care of them?” What color etc…
5. (while painting a tiger) “You know, my tiger at home goes ‘ROOOAR!’ What does your tiger say?”
6. “Who is your favorite princess?”
7. “Are you married yet?? Is he your husband??” (point to daddy)
8. “Do you have a girlfriend yet?” “No!!!! “ “Oh.. so you’re married already??? Boy, you look a little young.”
9. (while painting a puppy) “My puppy at home says “mooooo”. Does your puppy say that?”

And to that end, I dislike blog posts w/o pictures so here is a recent one:

Do you have a special funny phrase you whip out when you are face painting? Let me know in the comments :)

Casey at the Bat…

I play softball once a week during the Spring and Summer seasons and every year I get a wake up call on the night of the first game.

All that running and throwing and running and swinging… after the first inning, I am done! I’m spent. My legs just give up on me.

My problem? Oh… I forgot to warm up.

Hey, Michelle, this is a Face Painting Blog… get back on topic!

Ok, ok – I just needed a little sympathy for my aching torso/limbs/entire body.

Getting back to Face Painting, this is an important lesson to remember. The birthday kid/CEO’s kid/ VIP’s kid is almost always first in my chair. And I used to get so nervous… where was my warm up face?!

So now I keep some of my almost empty pots of black and white and a rainbow cake aside from my kit and I paint my face right before I head out for gigs. A few swirls and curls and my warm up is done!

Oh, but in case I’m feeling a little shakey, I paint a few extra spiders, webs, wiggly cracks and squiggles on my legs too. Good thing I always wear long pants…

FP Haiku: Indulge Her

She has her heart set
on being a dinosaur…
Indulge her. Say yes.

2 Comments June 11, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things…

Teardrops
Swirls
Diddly dots
Graffiti splatters & drips
Liquid Bling “ooze”

I would, and have, put all of these elements together in designs. I just like thinking about them as individual lovely things as well.

The end.

FP Haiku: Commitments

What is Face Painting?

Art. Without Any Messy

Long Term Commitments.

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So Do It.

Drumroll Please