Making Split Cakes

ChangingFaceDesigns wrote: I do find that most split cakes on the market work better on fairer skinned people and did not translate well on olive to darker skin tones. So I have come up with several splits I made especially for working with those tones of skin. .

How true! A lot of my clients have been black and latino children and i've found that some pastel paints just kinda....fade away on their skin. It only recently occurred to me that I could make my own splits but its the trial and error thats driving me a little nuts.

Tamara, I'd love to see a pic of which colors you think are flattering for darker skins. I want each person to feel awesome regardless of their skin tone and if I could make some splits that I knew would be awesome on darker skin it would be worth the time/money to me.

yes tamara i would love to know what you use...your work always seams to really pop and the colors so vibrant.

ChangingFaceDesigns
Please show us those colors for dark & olive skin because splits I made are just off when I use them on darker skin ; (

Love split & rainbow cakes because I got into making them to compact my kit & apply many colors faster using just one sponge. Here is how I made them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUAbMw1RK1c&feature=youtu.be

I have many strips of colors left and trade them at my Jam to create new splits or refill my current ones, mostly Snaz sparkling, electric & metallic.

Oops, forgot to add that each well contains ALL classic OR all sparkling, electric & metallic colors. My floral colors in the OS pallet below are all DFX because Snaz blends too well to show contrast between petals.

Happy Painting,
Susan

When I first started ordering split cakes DFX were the only ones readily available from my supplier in the UK. They are really small and last no time at all and I always manage to wear them down unevenly. I sorted it by buying the colours in full discs and replenishing the colours in the split cakes as when I need to.

With regard to paradise split cakes, I ordered some prisma cakes and really love them. I replenish them the same as the DFX splits.

Having all that extra paint means that I can come up with my own combos
as well. It may seem like a lot of money in one go but at least you have stock in, you pay less postage in the long run and as I never know when I'll get busy or what will become the popular split there's no panic ordering. I have to be a bit organized as everything takes a minimum of 4 working days to get here.

You can only get Snazaroo paints here. Everything else has to come from the UK.

Martha,
Where can I buy the clear containers you used for your one stokes?

Tamara!
We want to see your splits!

Like you i thought i would make the investment and make my own split cakes. i seem to go through neon rainbow cakes very quickly so I got single cakes of each of the diamond FX neon colours and cut them up - giving me 7 cakes for considerably less.

They do work well - my only advice would be to make it thick and really squish them together as mine started to separate a bit.

I have also made lots of snaz splits - orange and yellow for tigers, pink and purple for butterflies - a tip I discovered on FPF.
I was on a split cake making frenzy and ran out of actual face paint cake holders so i devised my own by taking a plastic disposable drinking cup and cutting it down. Gave me the perfect size for some one strokes!

Get splitting. Good luck.

x

I love to make splits from paradise! They blend well!

wmeventservices wrote:Martha,
Where can I buy the clear containers you used for your one stokes?

Didn't buy them-just bought the gems that came in them. I repurposed the containers as they were awesome for one-strokes. Seven splits in one container - gotta love that!

You should try snazaroo sparkle orange and sparkle yellow, it makes a gorgeous tiger.

Empty paint palettes in the €2 shop are perfect for making splits. They look a bit like the 4th item from the top.

http://www.facepaint-uk.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=600&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=127

TAMARA, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR SPLITS!

Here in Galway we have quite a large African community and I always struggle to make the desigs look WOW. Especially boys. What do you do when they ask for spiderman and the red looks more pink than red. For the girls I tend to use neons, which they love. It woud be nice to have more choices that I know will work.

Just a quick tip.

I use an empty Snazaroo pallette that holds 8 discs of paint. To get your Snaz paint out of the blue container just pop it in the freezer for about 15 mins, slide a knife between the blue container and the clear plastic that holds the paint and it will pop off easily.