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Old 05-16-2008, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SparkyDMFD View Post
I really love using Starblends for background colors. It's much quicker for me than sponging. I only use mine dry. It's also the most "cost-effective" of the powders when doing a LOT of face painting.

When I do "older" youth or adults with more sophisticated designs, I prefer using my Ben Nye Luminiere powders. They're much more rich and shimmery but cost a lot more and come in a little container.

It helps if you take the opposite end of your smoothie-blender (the hard handle) and gently scrape some of the starblend loose which will allow you to pick-up a little more to lay on the skin.

Marcella has a GREAT DVD on using the powders which helped me a lot.

Good luck!

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Sparky, What is the name of that DVD so I can possibly get my hands on it?
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