| Face painters everywhere will be adding the finishing | | | | Try this: Using a mixture of pinks, blues, purples and |
| touches to their Christmas face painting creations. Just | | | | white, do some long, slim leaf-like patterns finishing in |
| like Halloween, Christmas is immensely popular for | | | | twirls at the end of each one, with the first two twirls |
| painters with designs as simple as a Christmas tree to | | | | aiming upwards and the bottom twirl aiming down. |
| the most stunning and elaborate creations covering | | | | Start at the eyes and high cheek bones, one under the |
| faces, cheeks, arms, hands and legs to full head to toe | | | | other, working towards the hairline. Maybe about three. |
| body masterpieces. If you’re a beginner on the | | | | Do two from the centre of the eyebrows towards |
| verge of your first face painting session this Christmas, | | | | your hairline, gradually working away from each other. |
| then here are a few tips that may help. | | | | Add a darker shade on the underside of each one, |
| TIP 1 - My number one tip first off is, plain and simply, | | | | then add a fine white line on the edge of the darker |
| that it’s OK to make mistakes, the reason being | | | | shade. Add some little white dots at the beginning of |
| it’s so easy to cover them up. | | | | each leaf design. This will make the pattern come alive. |
| TIP 2 - If you want to do an already popular design, | | | | Apply some of the same colours for eye shadow, |
| then stick to simple. Cheek art is ideal for beginners, | | | | then add a fine white eye liner. If you’re feeling |
| but kiddies love their arms, hands, legs and even feet | | | | confident, fine black edging will really set it off. Add a |
| painted. As Christmas is so close, there are lots of | | | | suitable colour lipstick and some touches of glitter over |
| easy, simple designs to go at. | | | | your design and lips for a beautiful sparkly finish. A |
| EASY CHRISTMAS DESIGNS - Stars, Christmas | | | | jewel centred between the eyebrows would be |
| trees, holly and berries, small Santa face, snowman, | | | | perfect. |
| snowflake and butterflies. | | | | TIP 4 - Get a practice pad and practise all different |
| FOR BOYS - Try spiders, snakes, daggers, | | | | ways of shading and highlighting. Learn what colours |
| moustache, scars. | | | | blend together and have fun while you’re doing it. |
| FOR GIRLS - Have a go at butterflies, hearts, stars, | | | | TIP 5 - If you’re still nervous, why not use a mixture |
| eye designs, flowers. | | | | of free hand and stencils until you gain more |
| TIP 3 - If you have an artistic side to you, then use it. | | | | confidence and experience. Even professionals use |
| The beauty of face painting is that it’s about being | | | | them, especially for, say, tiny stars. |
| creative. You don’t have to follow any design rules. | | | | |