How to wash it off!

OLIVE OIL OR COCONUT OIL is the healthy way to go .

I've never had a problem taking it off i just use hott water and soap i find the hardest colors to get off of course black and red and green

Emma and I made a face washing video for the "Lather Lift" method, which is basically as Tash described. As you can see in the video Emma has blues and greens on her face and it wipes right off.

There is a huge commercial at the front for not using acrylics so you can skip it. It does work. It looks horrible, especially if you've used a lot of black, but FOR SOME REASON, it works. I think it might have to do with the dry paint attaching to the lather rather than the skin.

Usually, the only trouble I have is paint staying around the eyes...probably because the soap doesn't make it there. I didn't know about the Gary Cole demo, I'd like to link to it on the video if you have a link, Tash.

http://youtu.be/7cHmaQj1EYI

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Here's a video I did back before Halloween

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS3MVxRCCOo&feature=channel_video_title

Check the labels of many lotions. They'll usually include "petrolatum," which is petroleum-based. I'm pretty careful about lotions, since my dry skin makes me have to use it all winter long. The skin is the largest organ in the body, and it does absorb what's on it INTO you.

The organic lotions and the kinds sold in stores where people eat more helath-consciously tend to say things on the labels like "no petroleum, no parabens, no sulphates," etc.

It's worth looking for and paying a bit extra for, in my opinion.

Also, just to add my third cent to my two cents above, all those "anti-bacterial" soaps and lotions that have hit the market the past ten years are not really such a good thing. What they do is kill some bacteria and leave some alive. The ones that are left alive have survived the lotion because they have some genetic ability to fight off the anti-bacterial properties in the lotion. These stronger bacteria then reproduce and create stronger strains of bacteria which can be more harmful in the long run.

If we just stuck to good handwashing with REGULAR soap and water, it would be much much healthier in the long run. The news continually reports and recycles this story, and the companies continue to keep making and selling the anti-bacterial products in bigger and bigger numbers.

Okay. That's my rant for a Friday night. If you want to research all this more, just go surfing around.

I stick to body products that are free of petroleum, and to regular soaps and shampoos. I've researched it a lot and this seems the best way to go. Good stores to get these better products are Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Fairway, health food stores, and then also, some of the products you find there can be bulk ordered at various online sites.

I agree. I'm not much of a lotion user. I prefer organic products and food.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe mineral oil is another name for petroleum. Check those labels!

I was such a crazy new mom when my babies were born. They were both cloth diapered, no plastics till they were older, and no lotions(well some organic sunscreens in the summer).

Okay, I'll add one more thing to my rant!

Most of the "cleaning aisles" in grocery stores are FULL of unnecessary (and quite harmful) chemicals, colorants, perfumes, dyes, etc.

Ever see all the glass cleaners that are purple and orange and etcetera? That's just excess coloring for our visual entertainment. We should all really stick to rainbows and flowers, which are nature's way of providing color!

I switched all my household cleaning to basically baking soda and white vinegar. For kitchen surfaces, I mix vinegar and H2O in a squirt bottle. Now, I am not a meat eater, so salmonella is not a huge concern of mine. I will say that if you are preparing meat on surfaces, you might find a real need for a product that DOES have the proper chemicals in it to kill that stuff.

I'm not a die-hard. I had a tough cleaning job recently that required more than plain vinegar, and while I wasn't thrilled, I had to, so I went for it and purchased a bottle of petroleum-based ick to get the job done.

But for regular daily stuff, I've used only the baking soda (sinks, the bowl, etc.) and vinegar for years. Much much healthier.

Also, read the labels on a lot of baby products. Baby oil is petroleum-based. But I thin Burt's Bees and some other companies put out petroleum-free stuff for babies, and bigger people too.

Okay, sorry so off-topic! Just a topic near and dear to me. I would love to see people use healthier stuff. It would greatly reduce allergies, sinus conditions, and so much other stuff. Fresh clean air and good basic products would be a wonderful start.

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Have a great weekend!

That's a great idea! I'll buy a bunch of microfiber cloths, they're available with flowers and nice colours for a very cheap price. I can give them to the persons who visit my workshop with a little card with washing-instructions!
Sounds like a nice service doesn't it?!

Microfiber wash clothes would be cute to hand out with biz cards

I'm also a vinegar water cleaner. I've even trained my hubby to use it, too! LOL