Okay everyone, I am in a Composition class right now in college, and we had a research paper assigned. I really would like to do it on Face Painting, but am having touble finding hard facts about it that are published in books or on the internet... I need both.

The various points I am looking to use are Safe Face Paints, The Different Kinds of Paintings (Cheek art, full face, body painting, etc.), The history of face painting both as an art and for other uses, turning it into a business, and how face painting is veiwed around the world in various cultures.

I know it's a lot to ask, but I could really use the help. Like I said, I need information from both hard copy material and internet sources and I am at a loss for the first and coming up very short for the second.

If I don't have adequate sources to show my prof. I have to find another topic... please help!