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Now with make up! (Me again)
Right, I have MORE questions. It will NEVER end.
So I love face paint. Oh yes I do, but I've been having some problems and was wondering if anybody might help steer me in the right direction. I'll start with what I do and know.
I start by shaving, then wash my face before applying greasepaint. I have a tub of clown white by Mehron that I use, I just apply it with my fingers. After that I put baby powder on an old sock and powder my face up a lot. Then I brush the excess powder off with a soft makeup brush. After that I have two options, I either apply black greasepaint with a crayon type stick if I'm just doing black on white or I use makeup brushes and cream based paints. The black grease stick is also by Mehron and my creams are very substandard (halloween paints that are now a year old. I imagine that has something to do with the problems that follow)
Right. So my problems. First off is the white base. I notice when watching videos of people (which is almost like research) that most seem to use make up sponges to apply the paint. The clown white I have is VERY thick and won't apply with a sponge. It doesn't stick to the sponge so I get a very small amount that then won't stick to my face. Also once I powder my face I notice that the paint seems very flakey. It photographs fine and looks alright at a distance but up close it's almost fuzzy looking.
The second problem is applying another colour. The black grease stick worked for a while but increasingly I notice that it just smudges grey, and when I stop painting the black stick is now white and needs to be cleaned with a bit of tissue paper. I can't really colour with brushes at all (although this again might be the paints I'm using) due to the same problem, they won't rub off on the white base but the base will sure rub off on them. If I use any less baby powder then my white base remains too wet to touch much less paint over.
The process I use was arrived at slowly and in stages (I loved the discovery of covering the greasepaint with baby powder!) and I realize is flawed but I'm having problems finding specific instructions for clown style face paint. I don't know if the problem is the brand of grease or what but putting on a face is a serious problem. Is there anything obvious I'm doing wrong?
So I love face paint. Oh yes I do, but I've been having some problems and was wondering if anybody might help steer me in the right direction. I'll start with what I do and know.
I start by shaving, then wash my face before applying greasepaint. I have a tub of clown white by Mehron that I use, I just apply it with my fingers. After that I put baby powder on an old sock and powder my face up a lot. Then I brush the excess powder off with a soft makeup brush. After that I have two options, I either apply black greasepaint with a crayon type stick if I'm just doing black on white or I use makeup brushes and cream based paints. The black grease stick is also by Mehron and my creams are very substandard (halloween paints that are now a year old. I imagine that has something to do with the problems that follow)
Right. So my problems. First off is the white base. I notice when watching videos of people (which is almost like research) that most seem to use make up sponges to apply the paint. The clown white I have is VERY thick and won't apply with a sponge. It doesn't stick to the sponge so I get a very small amount that then won't stick to my face. Also once I powder my face I notice that the paint seems very flakey. It photographs fine and looks alright at a distance but up close it's almost fuzzy looking.
The second problem is applying another colour. The black grease stick worked for a while but increasingly I notice that it just smudges grey, and when I stop painting the black stick is now white and needs to be cleaned with a bit of tissue paper. I can't really colour with brushes at all (although this again might be the paints I'm using) due to the same problem, they won't rub off on the white base but the base will sure rub off on them. If I use any less baby powder then my white base remains too wet to touch much less paint over.
The process I use was arrived at slowly and in stages (I loved the discovery of covering the greasepaint with baby powder!) and I realize is flawed but I'm having problems finding specific instructions for clown style face paint. I don't know if the problem is the brand of grease or what but putting on a face is a serious problem. Is there anything obvious I'm doing wrong?
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