Slow time of year or rates too high?

I'm someone that does this as a full time business, and I've been doing it for over 8 years.. so believe me when I say that the ENTIRE winter is just going to be a slow time of year for face painting. December is dead for me, as is typically Novemer... January, I see 5-6 bookings, February... maybe 3-4 bookings.. It picks back up in March and it's back on the crazy train by the time April rolls around. You just have to plan for winter, it will always(for the most part) be this way.

It summer here on the other side of the world. I live on the coast and I've found the humidity to be a real killer for the face painting side of my biz. At market events, I keep hearing, "you'll be swimming later, it will just wash off...". Been glad to have the glitter tats, that's for sure.
As for private bookings/enquiries, also slow in that department. I put it down to the expense of Christmas weighing down on parents.

^^ agreed totally.. fingers xxed for feb onwards!

Hmmm, Ashley. My Dec. is slow, but not dead. I've gotten a lot of my restaurants to do special Christmas Events & I do a lot of Corporate Christmas Parties.
My January is even better than last year!!! I've had a party or 2 every weekend!!!