Facepaint UK Blog - Reference Library

Welcome to our Blog, stuffed with information and some timeless step by steps. This is also where we keep all the articles that once graced the Member pages of The Mirror, our online magazine at the previous Facepaint UK website. They date from 2005 onwards, so some are a little outdated in style or content, but some are not! It would be such a shame to lose this invaluable resource and slice of history, so we have transferred them all as they are, warts and all!

​Inside The Reference Library Halloween

Mar 15, 2017

Reference Library

We have shelves and disks groaning with accumulated ideas for facepainting and product information. When you're groaning with frustration, let us know - a groan shared is a groan halved and the shelf gets a break too! Even if we don't know the best product to use, we will be fascinated to find out! Please email your request for an image and we will send a jpeg image to your email address with notes if...

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Inside The Reference Library Xmas

Mar 15, 2017

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, WHERE DOES TIME FLY TO?

YES, THE NIGHTS ARE LONGER, THE DAYS ARE COLDER AND SANTA'S LITTLE HELPERS ARE BEAVERING AWAY (well, we hope to be). WE ARE SHARING SOME IDEAS WITH YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT LAST YEAR'S PAGE IN THE ARCHIVE.

Many of these come from the great painters that attended our Christmas Party last year, it all happened so fast that we're not...

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Inside The Reference Library - Insects!

Mar 15, 2017

Reference Library

We have shelves and disks groaning with accumulated ideas for facepainting and product information. When you're groaning with frustration, let us know - a groan shared is a groan halved and the shelf gets a break too! Even if we don't know the best product to use, we will be fascinated to find out!

Please email your request for an image and we will send a jpeg image to your email address with notes if...

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Inside The Reference Library - Aliens

Mar 15, 2017

Reference Library

We have shelves and disks groaning with accumulated ideas for facepainting and product information. When you're groaning with frustration, let us know - a groan shared is a groan halved and the shelf gets a break too! Even if we don't know the best product to use, we will be fascinated to find out!

Please email your request for an image and we will send a jpeg image to your email address with notes if...

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Tiger Reference Library

Mar 15, 2017

SPRING FEATURE and COMPETITION: REAL TIGERS!

We all paint them all the time, but how often do we look at the real thing? Looking at these just might set you off in a new direction and banish those winter blues. Send us your photos if you get inspired by these beautiful beasts and we will add them to our tiger page!

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Inside The Reference Library XMAS 06

Mar 15, 2017

Reference LibraryWe have shelves and disks groaning with accumulated ideas for facepainting and product information. When you're groaning with frustration, let us know - a groan shared is a groan halved and the shelf gets a break too! Even if we don't know the best product to use, we will be fascinated to find out!

Please email your request for an image and we will send a jpeg image to your email address with notes if necessary for you...

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Inside The Reference Library Summer 06 Whacky requests

Mar 15, 2017

Reference Library We have shelves and disks groaning with accumulated ideas for facepainting and product information. When you're groaning with frustration, let us know - a groan shared is a groan halved and the shelf gets a break too! Even if we don't know the best product to use, we will be fascinated to find out!

Please email your request for an image and we will send a jpeg image to your email address with notes if necessary for...

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