Whimsical Sorceress - Face Painting

Facepainting

Face painting is a fun activity of all, Helen loves face painting, no just the child but adults too. It is a fab services to have at festivals, parties, coorperate events and promotional events. The designs can be themed to the event and you can add festival glitter, glitter tattoos, face gems and ink tattoos as an add on service with personalised stencils for tattoo designs. Helen also does facepainting for photoshoots and film too.

Helen has a gazebo with insurance for bigger all day events. Helen mainly does pay per hour but will do pay per face at big festivals if there is enough tickets sold. Helen tends to do more quirky festivals like goth, viking, witch, pagan, fantasy, medieval, renaissance and fairy festivals, but has been known to do music festivals, country shows etc.

For parties Helen stays local to Daventry, Banbury, Towcester, Brackley and surrounding villages.

For Festivals Helen goes nationwide.

For parties, events, festivals, coroperate events, please contact Helen.

Images of work is in the Gallery below after the writing.

FAQ....

How much do you charge?

Prices of parties start from £120 for a minimum of 2 hours and then £60 per additional hour. of Big events and coorperate events these prices are different.

How many people can you paint at an event?

Around 10-12 per hour for simple 3-5 minute designs.

Are the paints safe?

I only use EU and/or FDA approved face paints Paints are water based.

What's the best way to remove the paint?

To remove face paint use liquid soap, activate soap in palm of hand first to cause soap to lather and then massage into face painted area to draw the paint out, the lather will change to a similar colour of the paints used. Then repeat if needed and wash face normally.

Some colours may stain certain skin types more than others, but it should come off in a few more washes.

All paint is water based so if it gets on clothing soap, water and stain remover should remove the paint on most clothing but fabric type, fabric colour and paint colour dependant.

My child has a cold sore, ill, has infectious disease – can she be painted?

No. Anything that can contaminate my kit and infect others. If the child also has been unwell withing 24 hours they may not have a facepaint.

There is a list which is not limited to which are in my terms and conditions of people with conditions which cannot have my services, this includes: Cold sores, chicken pox, acne, rashes, eczema, head lice and so forth.

What is the minimum age you will paint?

3 years old is the youngest someone can be to have a face paint, no artis in the UKt is insured for children under the age of 3 years old.

Children must be accompanied at all times & not be left by the parent/carer whilst I am painting or in the queue - I am not a baby sitter, this sevice would be greatly higher.

What about health & safety?

Health and safetly is an important part of my job. I only use one sponge per face and I only use clean brushes on a person so a brush does not touch another person unless it has been watered, soaped, rinses, cleaned, dried, IPA sprayed and then dried before it can go on another person. My kit is clean between each event. Artists do not just rinse brushes just in dirty water anymore- this has not been done since the early 90's, if you see this at an effect it most likely they have poor hygiene and not insured.

Artist now spray the painted instead of dipping in water for this very reason too.

Pleas so my T & C's for more information on T&C , H&S.

Will you work outdoors?

Yes! for Festivals I have my own 3x3 Gazebo with PLI, For birthday partys and small events I require the event organiser to provide a 3x3m shelter as I will not always have time to put up and dismantle theses between jobs

Will you work for free?

No.

Would you ask a plumber to fix your taps for free? This is my livelihood, I do this like most people have a 9-5 job. This is not a hobby or top up money. Like you I have to pay bills. The money I quote you is to pay the expenses for glitter, stencils, glues, hygiene products etc. and lastly a small fraction is to pay my time and experience (not the hours cleaning the kit and cleaning products after).

For charities with small events – Each year I choose one charity to donate my time to. Other charity events I suggest the organisers to obtain a sponsor for my services.

For registered charities holding festivals and big family fun days - I can work on a pay per face basis and donate a percentage back to the charity as long as my basic costs have been covered or pay a small pitch fee.

How do I book?

Please go to my contact page and contact me via email with your requirements. I will send you a contract and a copy of my Terms & Conditions. To secure your booking date for need to pay a non refundable desposit which will need to be paid at time of booking with the return of the signed contract.

Terms & Conditions, Health & Safety

For Facepainting, Glitter Tattoos, Festival Glitter, Ink Temporary Tattoos.

(This is not the T & C's party/events payment contact and agreement, this is the terms expected from the people in the queue or on my station currently having the service)

Sorry no under 3-year-olds can have Facepaint, under 3 year olds cannot be face painted in the UK.
Sorry no under 6-year-olds can have Festival glitter if available on the day.
Sorry no face paint or other services can be done on persons who have coldsores, impetigo, open wounds, broken skin, conjunctivitis or other eye infections, runny nose, infected skin, any other infections, headlice ill or symptoms of illness such as colds and any condition which could infect others or harm the individuals whom want these services . This also includes conditions such as severe eczema or psoriasis.
Children need to be supervised by a Guardian while having services provided. No Guardian, no Facepaint or other services will be performed on that child.
Guardian needs to lift children onto the chair if needed.
Please make sure the person who is having the face paint or other service as a clean face or body area for the application.
Queue Management, those wanting to be painted or use another services by the artist, must remain in the queue to avoid tension between customers and so the artist can work out where to stop the queue for toilet, lunch, and cleaning breaks to avoid disappointment. If the persons using the service are not in the queue (e.g. children on the bouncy castle) then they maybe refused service by the artist due to time allocated time per person especially during busy periods to be fair to all that who have waited patiently.
Public must not touch the products. If any public member touches equipment or damages equipment, the artist has the right to bill the member of the public or private event organiser.
Please make sure the artist is aware of any allergies the person having face paint or other services might have. If the person to be painted has not been painted before or has sensitive skin, it is possible that face painting may cause irritation. Please therefore ask for a patch test. If there is no reaction after 15 minutes, the person may be painted. Beware that you may have to queue twice if you need a patch test.
Even though rare, if the person who has had the services provided here has a skin reaction such as redness or itchy skin, remove the products immediately with soap and water, if the reaction persists seek medical advice.
The artist will not provide services to any person (regardless of age) against their wishes including sleeping children.
The artist will not paint anything that the artist deemed to be offensive, obscene and/or inappropriate for the event or group.
Please do not eat or drink whilst being painted.
Verbal or physical abuse will not be tolerated.
Do not crowd the artist, only one person is allowed in the artist’s service area with a guardian (and one or two siblings if of a young age which cannot wait unattended in a queue). Please wait your turn and keep back until told it is your turn.
Once the queue has been closed, no-one else will be painted.
If a person has arrived with face paint or glitter, not provided by the artist, they will not be allowed to be painted. They may be allowed an arm paint instead. This is following strict health and safety policies.
The Artist follows a strict code of practice regarding hygiene. All equipment is cleaned thoroughly before, during and after each event. Therefore, the artist may stop the queue for cleaning breaks that maybe require.

Help Reduce queue times.

Please choose what you would like to have done prior to reaching the service area (No Example Boards means open choice within reason).

Photography.

If you have given the face painter permission to take, photos of their work. First we would like to thank you. By allowing the artist to take images, you have given permission for these photos to be used on their social media, portfolio, promotional material and website. You have the right to ask for removal of any images which you have given permission for at any time. At certain events, the Artist may ask for a consent form to be filled in by a guardian.

Face Painting Gallery

Above: Same facepaint under different lightning, perfect for dark budget scare events

Above: This project I was the only makeup artist. The look had to done so it looked like the actors and singer applied the makeup themselves. The singer wanted the Union Jack on his face with some light patterns and on his body looks that represented where hs came from and his hertiage. He choose specifically what he wanted and the layout .

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