Free hand glitter tattoos?

Has anyone tried free hand glitter "tattoo" application? I tried tonight and it was so much fun! Not sure if this is practical for festival work, but since I'm now offering eye bling glamour parties (for proms, etc) I could offer this as well. I could see this application for brides, too- with white glitter. What do ya'll think?



My daughter liked it so much that we think we're going to do our hands before every party! So many people aren't sure about the glitter tattoos so if they see us wearing them we won't have to explain as much LOL Plus they're soooo sparkly and gorgeous and glittery that I'm sure the little ones will love it.

I have been doing freehand glitter tats for quite a while....let me see if I can find some pics
These are the first two I ever did freehand....





These are henna inspired...







And this one was just for fun....

Gorgeous!! Do you get much demand for them or is it something you suggest to them? I'm thinking I should just make up some on mine and my daughter's hands and take pictures to show, but the camera just doesn't capture the beauty of them very well...

To be honest, I have been pushing glitter tats for parties around here, and they just haven't taken off.... I have done one glitter tattoo party that was freehand only glitter tats.....and that was YEARS ago.
All other parties have been face painting.
We offer glitter tats alongside face painting at festivals, and they are a good seller there, but they are all stencil as my daughter is the glitter tat gal and I am always busy painting or doing henna.
The majority of freehand glitter tats I have done have been in conjunction with henna events or programs.

Wow Lisa,
Those are absolutely beautiful! A couple of them almost look like they were done with liquid bling they are so perfect! My problem doing freehand glitter tats is the glue starts to dry and I lose the image of what I have already painted as it's harder for me to see when it's dry.

BTW..........
I need to pick your brain about doing festival henna!

Oooooo pretty!

Linda tint the glue with food coloring. I haven't tried the free handing yet - they look great! What kind of brush do you use and are you cleaning the brush in alcohol as yu work?

Just an FYI, I don't know much about freehand tats as I use stencils so far, but at FABBULAS, I did have a very large glitter tat across my chest and up like a necklace. The fabulous gals doing it used tinted glue. When the glitter tat came off a few days later, I was stained with the food colour. They really didn't have much in the glue, just barely a tint, but my skin soaked it up and kept it. I'm not complaining, I loved the design they gave me, but just be careful HOW much colour you put in your glue. Maybe this just happened to me and no one else I don't know.

Lisa, how do you do the very fine henna like details? I get thicker bolder lines when I tried to freehand, when i try small details, I either don;t get enough glue, or it's too much and globs...?? Maybe I just have stumpy hands that need to practice a finer touch with the brush?? LOL

yeah it does leave a bit of a stain I don't know how else to handle it. It needs to have some color so you can see it -i wonder if I can use a drop of paint? Any ideas/ I can't see them in dim light with out the tint.

What about a drop of liquid face paint in the glue instead of food coloring?

I have an old eyeliner brush that I use for fine lines so it doesn't get all glompy.

Do not put liquid Snaz in your adhesive....it will make it mold. I don't know about other brands.
I use two methods for my freehand glitter tats....for the henna style ones with thin lines and details, I use a henna applicator.
For bolder designs, like the "lisa" one or big swirly designs or flowers, etc...face painting inspired designs, I use a 4 brush, two rinse bath system and an assembly line method.

I actually don't use Snaz anything, I was thinking Mehron, which I've mixed with other stuff and not had mold.
That's so weird.

I was thinking about this on the way hom to use a henna applicator.Does it clog? How much work time do you have before it clogs if it does.

Yup...I found out the hard way. I bought a bottle of Snaz liquid white, and Snaz liquid black around the same time I started doing glitter tats. Well =, someone recommended using it in the adhesive to make it a little more visible. So I added two drops of liquid white from a previously unopened bottle of bothe adhesive and Snaz..... long story short....had to throw out all of my adhesive because it got NASTY with mold growth.
I never used the liquid Snaz either....I was kind of afraid of it after that, thought it might be contaminated. I think it is still in a drawer somewhere...never even opened the black.