[Nettie Belle]

As you might remember, I have a budding clown in my family. She is 6 years old, and wants to learn EVERYTHING a clown does.

One night, when I was face painting her cousin's face, she got ahold of my Paradise face paints, and literally RUINED the set. I couldn't get too mad at her because she was so proud of her face painting talent. I just sort of cried on the inside.

Well, one time when I was in Wal-Mart, I was in the craft section and came across a set of face paints, for, I think around $3.00. I looked it over, it was non-toxic and kid friendly. They had a small set and a larger set, so I bought them both. I told my granddaughter I had bought her some face paints, and you would have thought I bought her a new Porche! She was so excited, and couldn't wait to use them. I also bought her a $1.00 plastic cape to go over her clothes, so she sat down to use them. These paints are nice for a budding junior joey to practice with, and the price is definitely right. It sure beats getting the good ones ruined.

Little kids don't know how to get the right amount of paint on the brush, and tend to send the brush clear to the bottom of the paint and they also don't know how to NOT blend the colors. So ... that was lesson 2, after my face paints were ruined.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this with those of you who have small children who are aspiring clowns. And here are the pictures of my granddaughter as she was practicing on herself!!

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BTW - I don't think I would recommend using these face paints for a professional. I don't know enough about them, but they're great for practice.