Many mothers tell how their child (whether it’s a boy or a girl) takes out adult makeup and paints everything around. Well, if this happens to walls, mirrors. But more often, children parody mom and do their own makeup. It would seem that the size of the disaster is small: he took and washed a small makeup artist. But in fact, we don’t realize what harm adult cosmetics can do to the baby’s skin. The harmful substances in its composition can cause damage to health. Therefore, for these mods and created a special harmless paint.
Color selection
Today, the selection of quality materials and tools is huge. The shops sell paints, felt-tip pens, pencils, face painting chalks, spray cans, split-cakes (for creating wide multi-colored lines with one wave of the hand). Children need a special, responsible approach to choosing safe paints. First, they must be low fat. Secondly, paints are selected on a water basis. The right choice contributes to the easy and quick application of makeup, as well as simple and convenient removal with plain water and soap.
Alternative to Shopping
If you are going to make a face painting for children at home, then just use the recipe for homemade paints. This option is suitable as an alternative, so as not to buy a whole set, it is optimal for the first experiments and testing your artistic talents. The composition is simple and accessible to anyone. The ingredients are as follows:
- 3 tablespoons of starch;
- 10-15 grams of baby cream;
- 1.5 tablespoons of warm water;
- multi-colored food colors.
Everything mixes to a homogeneous state, it is better to add dye drop by drop to observe how the color saturation changes. In this option you will be absolutely sure of the quality and safety of the composition.
Necessary tools
First of all, it's paints. Indeed, where without them? The complexity of the choice will be among manufacturers, type, color range. It is best to study this question thoroughly and not to be shy, ask for certification in stores.
Secondly, brushes - rubbing paint with your fingers is not the best option. Brushes can be made of natural pile or synthetics. It is preferable to buy from natural materials. Also, brushes should be in stock (thin - for drawing points and drawing contours, thick - for large parts, a flat brush - for tinting).
Thirdly, cosmetic sponges. They are used to apply and create light and airy tones of drawings on the faces of children. And it turns out faster and more accurately.
Fourth, dry and wet wipes. To adjust the pattern and remove unnecessary strokes of paint.
Fifth, depending on your sketches, it is worth preparing cosmetic spangles, stencils, rhinestones or other auxiliary accessories.
Safety precautions and what you need to know
Given the features of delicate baby skin, the most important thing is that paints to create drawings on the faces of children do not cause allergies. It is clear that there is always the possibility of individual intolerance, but these are quite rare and special cases. Therefore, you should know the full composition of the colors and check with your parents (if you are doing makeup for someone else's child) about the presence of a possible reaction to the components.
To keep the child’s clothes clean after makeup, and the surrounding objects retain their original appearance, it is worth using a large napkin or sheet and have wet wipes ready at hand. You should also make sure that there are no pimples, scratches or wounds on the face. If at this moment the question arises: “Why?”, For the best and most clear explanations it is better to consult a doctor. In short, in order not to aggravate the situation (beauty is beauty, but health is more important).
Before applying the picture, it is best to degrease the skin of the face (either with a damp cloth or wash with soap) so that the paint lays evenly. With their drawings on their faces, children are ready to spend endless time. But adults should remember that after about 3 hours you need to wash your child. This applies even to the highest quality face painting for children.
Earnings on creativity
Having tried once, some want to do face painting and more. Some will have a hobby for theme parties and holidays at home, while others will go to this niche with their heads, at a professional level. No wonder they say: work should be fun, especially if it is associated with children. Face drawings for beginning masters will be given easily, especially if there is a desire to improve in this type of creativity.
In this section, you can collect a few "buts" that beginner make-up artists face. To begin with, it is worth mentioning that, like in many types of creativity, at the beginning of your journey you should not expect huge suitcases with money. We need to consider where and how you plan to do this. At city festivals and events, in crowded places (zoos, circuses) - this is just a seasonal side job. Another option would be the on-site nature of work, at home to customers. Then you have to think over your portfolio and advertising options. In any case, you should familiarize yourself with all the possibilities, you can start working with the experience of light drawings on the face.
It is usually difficult for children to sit in one place for a long time, so they will have to do everything quickly and efficiently. Another rather difficult moment will be the setting of rules for young models, especially when working on the street. It is unlikely that you will want to spend extra time persuading the child to wipe the cake or ice cream from his face. Therefore, you need to have a certain number of rules, including safety precautions, and to familiarize them in advance with those who wish to use your services so that conflicts do not arise. In more detail, with all the nuances and subtleties of such a profession, thematic forums will help to understand where newcomers and aces of their business are going. Here you can always ask an exciting question and get qualified assistance, study the work of other artists, exhibit your creations in order to find out the opinions of others. And yet, if you like to do drawings on your face, to learn the latest in makeup, to be always in the topic of relevant characters, then you will certainly be able to achieve great success.
Makeup options
The most popular ideas for drawings on the face of a child are:
- Animals, mainly young animals of the fauna (kittens, puppies, lions, hares, butterflies, mice).
- Girls represent themselves as princesses, so the choice of makeup theme will be appropriate (mermaid, fairy, princess, female characters of popular animated series).
- Boys prefer male characters of famous cartoons or fairy-tale characters, such as ninja turtles, robots, transformers, famous super-heroes (Batman, Iron Man, Superman), formidable pirates.
- For the youngest, a set of cartoon characters of their age category or something easily recognizable is relevant.
- Older children choose something more elegant: girls give preference to patterns, abstract drawings, boys love formidable and strong characters.
The most commonly used and win-win face painting for children is a cat. Great for adults.
There is another interesting option - “something”. And in this case, you should be savvy in order to be able to offer several relevant options for the desired age group.
The easiest drawings on the face for children will not be precisely drawn details, but easily recognizable elements of the character’s image. It is with them that it is worth starting your new hobby.
Halloween face painting for children.
Separately, we can note the Halloween holiday that came from Ireland . Gloomy atmosphere, a bunch of creepy scenery, costumes frightening with their realism. Despite all the seemingly negative, the festival is accompanied by an excellent mood of the participants. Dressing adults in other characters (from horror films, cartoons, wildlife, fantasy) are required. Children's outfits are more positive and peaceful. Mostly small witches, costumes of devils, superheroes, tiger cubs, wolf cubs, pirates, fairies, ghosts predominate.
For completeness of the images, children create facial drawings corresponding to the theme of the costume. Everyone is trying to make the most individual, most realistic way for the holiday, so this process can take quite a long time.
Professional Images
There is no need to be a professional artist to do face painting for children. At home, you can use simple sketches that do not take much time. But if this is your way of earning, then the mastery of creation should be at a high level.
Continuous improvement of skills will help to create not just pictures, faces of characters, but real works of art. The pleasure of high-quality and detailed makeup will be received not only by you, but also by the child.