Looking for research on why we use professional paints and not the cheap stuff

i like to stay on top of things and I question things...always have. That's how I got into face painting. One craptacular face paint at a rennisance festival and charged 20.00 for it when I was just 18. I decided then and there I was going to learn how to do it and no kid was ever going to leave my booth unhappy.

Hi Shandi!

In addition to all the reasons already posted for not using acrylics, my FP business is insured.

I'm pretty sure that if anyone ever had a reaction and I was using products not made for application to skin, that my insurance would never cover any claims and I would be in big legal trouble.

Really glad that you asked this question and welcome to the group!!

Cheryl

Shandi,
I was catching up on the thread, and I'm glad you found an answer, cause it's a good question. Who here knows the history of facepainting? Yeah, people have been using make-up (which is what modern face paint is) for a long time, and theater and clowning, but at some point the industry had to set a standard. Just like, I'm sure, at some point there will be a standard set for the great brush-cleaning system debate like there is in Canada.

So, who can tell us about the olden days?

olden days? where you ground up colored rocks and mixed it with bearfat?

HA! The original grease paint!

Yes... like that clown that smears paint onto kids with his fingers, reminiscent of caveman painting... those days.

No, really, was there a point where skin painting for fun took off enough that it drove the creation of water based paints with decent ingredients?

i remember in the days of 'flower children' the paints used, where i was, was standard watercolor paint. i dont remember acrylics being arround, and oil paint was too messy. some of those 'hair'brains would try anything. the first actual face paint available in this region was mehron liguid paint, i still carry black and white with me. i dont remember much more beyond some rotten halloween colors(once dressed as an alien, but the face paint turned out more blue then green.....people thought i was dead!)