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Why this picture? She made me smile.

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Two teens. My daughter did the one on the left, I did the right.

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Wanted to do something different, so I used shading to try and really alter the shape of his face. The result was creepy enough that even adults walking by were commenting. He hung around our booth for about ten minutes, and probably scared away thirty dollars worth of girl customers. Ah well. :)

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Ten seconds after jumping down from my chair. Ten seconds.

It is important to IMMEDIATELY get them back in the chair to fix it, and even more important to make sure that they are not upset. A smudge like this is nothing, but if they start crying (as this one damn near did) you will have a huge mess to correct.

You cannot ever send a kid out smudged or otherwise looking like crap (unless they are one or something -- then everyone understands and it's just cute). Every kid is a billboard advertising your talent. Besides, that kid you fixed might just become a lifetime customer, and the five minutes you spend fixing her might be worth hundreds of dollars down the road. Without trying to come across as preachy, our job as face painters or makeup artists is to turn every girl into a PRINCESS.

thanks for sharing these. Also one benefit to cleaning up and correcting a smear, demonstrates to the parents the quality of your product and that it is removeable and not just paint like we've all seen others do.

Your blue guy looks cool.

Thanks for always sharing so many pictures. I absolutely love your work and you share such great tips. I always can't wait for the next pictures to come........ You are very generous with your talents and your time. It is appreciated more than you know....

I think that it is great that you and your daughter have such a matching style. I know that when multiple artists are working together, it is sometimes better to let the same artist do a siblings group and give them all the same style. The blue half face really looks good on the kid.

I think that it is great that you and your daughter have such a matching style. I know that when multiple artists are working together, it is sometimes better to let the same artist do a siblings group and give them all the same style. The blue half face really looks good on the kid.

It's not so much that we have matching styles (we actually don't), but that either of us is capable of doing anything the other does. This kind of thing happens all the time -- two friends or siblings requesting the same design. When this happens the biggest challenge is not so much matching what the other artist is doing, but rather in making sure that both look about equally good and share the same embellishments (for example, if one has a gem the other damn sure better have a gem as well).

This is why I keep several boxes of hair clips in my facepainting kit. And bravo to Smacky for fixing the smudges! If you're going to do quality work you've gotta fix the smudges regardless of who caused them, it just makes your customers appreciate you even more.
By the way, loved the little kid with the blue half-face hahah. Soo sweet on one side and definitely creepy on the other. hahaha!