Face painting is a timeless and beloved art form that brings joy to kids and adults alike. Whether you're gearing up for a children's party, a community event, or just some weekend fun, choosing the right paint is crucial. In this guide, we'll cut through the fluff and get straight to the point: What kind of paint do you use for face painting? The Basics: Water-Activated vs. Oil-Based Let's start with the basics – the two main types of face paint: water-based (activated) and oil-based. Water activated face paints are the go-to choice for most face painters. They're easy to apply, quick to ..read more

Makeup enthusiasts are constantly on the lookout for the latest trends in the beauty industry. If you're an avid follower of makeup trends, you may have already heard about water activated liners, cake liners, aqua liners, wet liners or hydra liners, all terms used to refer to the same style of product. These innovative eyeliners have taken the beauty world by storm, offering a unique and versatile way to achieve stunning eye looks. In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the world of water activated cake liners. We'll explore what they are, how they work, their benefits, and provide you ..read more

This post is written by someone that owns and operates a store. So, yes, you can consider it bias. But the intention is not to convince you to buy from our store (JestPaint.com) but rather for you to buy from any professional face paint store, whichever one you like. You will be doing yourself a favor and helping the industry. This is just of course our opinion based on 14 years in the industry, but we think it can help those that are just getting started. And if you need more advice on how to get started, please visit this blog post, it has a complete and 100% FREE Face Painting guide wi ..read more

What Makes a Mime a Mime? The art of miming has been around for centuries. There are records of mime performances in the 3rd century BC. There are tragic mimes (Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Deburau), modern comic mimes (Harpo Marx) and tragicomic mimes (Marcel Marceau), and now a days there are scary mimes like those from the short horror film The Mime and DJ mimes like Marshmello. Mimes use their face and entire bodies to tell stories and communicate with others. They use this silent comedy to take people into invisible worlds that can seem to come real with their imagination. Most mimes wear a stro ..read more

If you are looking to learn how to do airbrush tattoos also called temporary tattoos and need a quick easy-to-follow guide with everything you need to get started, you have come to the right place. Jest Paint is the premiere spot for free information, tutorials, and guide in the body art world. Please keep reading to find everything you need to know about airbrush tattoos. What are Airbrush Tattoos or Temporary Tattoos? Airbrush tattoos are the art of spraying the face and or body with makeup-grade face and body paints that come in a liquid form to create unique temporary tattoo designs, eithe ..read more

Glitter is a fun and exciting way to add sparkle to your face and body. It can be used for special occasions such as parties, festivals, and holidays, or for everyday wear if you like to sparkle all day long! With so many different types of glitter available on the market, it can be hard to decide which one to choose. This face and body glitter guide will help you understand the different types of glitter available, how to apply them, how to remove them safely and how to choose the best one for the occasion. On this guide we will use the terms body glitter and face painting glitter often, both ..read more

Now that face paint is everywhere and you have so many brands to choose from it is important to take the time to choose the best face paint for your needs Not all face paints perform the same way, and each brand has its own particular set of strong qualities. It is hard to choose just five of them, but we have done a lot of testings and we have heard reviews from thousands of professional face painters and parents and condensed them in this blog post so that you can make a quick and easy choice. Keep in mind that we still believe that all of the face paints available at JestPaint are great br ..read more

After ten years of selling the best face paint brands on the market and testing literally almost every face paint brand out there, we decided it was time to create the ultimate face paint brand comparison guide for all of our customers and everyone that face paints and wants to understand the differences between face paint brands and what each is best for.  This post will likely evolve over time as new products and brands hit the market, so make sure to visit it often to see the new additions! | "Comparing over 30 brands of face paint is no easy work as each painter has a diffe ..read more

We get a lot of phone calls and e-mails from customers with questions about Neon and Glow in the Dark face paints. We created this post to use as a quick guide to help you decide if you want to use these types of paint, and to understand the FDA guidelines concerning their use as a cosmetic.  Their Properties The first thing we need to do is define some common terms so that we know what we are talking about from the get go.  Neon: although, in the face painting world we use this term to refer to UV reactive paints, by definition it is a colorless odorless mostly inert gase ..read more

Face Painting brushes are delicate tools and they need to be well taken care of for them to provide consistent results. If you are familiar with art brushes you will find that these are use in the same way. If you never touched an art brush before then learning to use your face painting brushes will require some practice. We recommend always choosing brushes made of synthetic bristles; natural hair brushes are too soft for this kind of medium. There are many kinds of face painting brushes and we will go over each of them on a different post since that is a topic on its own. The good ..read more