Superstar Face & Body Paint: Helen Elvins - The Lorax Film Premier using Supers...

Superstar Face & Body Paint: Helen Elvins - The Lorax Film Premier using Supers...: So when a team of painters get together to go on a job - what do we take?  the usual table and chairs, a nice black table cloth and of...

Helen Elvins - The Lorax Film Premier using Superstar Face Paint

So when a team of painters get together to go on a job - what do we take?  the usual table and chairs, a nice black table cloth and of course the superstar paint range......

The first UK premier to be held outside of London was last Sunday at Cineworld in Birmingham.  They closed the roads, had Danny De Vito flying in to walk up an 80m orange carpet, and the film .... THE LORAX 

What a gift for facepainters this will be, so after a few weeks of preparation and designing new face designs specially for the film premier day, off we went.  Of course, this is me, so it wasnt just the table and chairs and paint that went with me but the following really made a difference..... 1 photographer....2 excited girls and their dad, pretty pastel coloured newly printed tops for the painters, a couple of fabulous balloon modellers, none slip pastel coloured mats for the paints to sit on, flowered t-towells for us and clothes to put over the childrens laps in case of spillages, little pastel pots and a big flowered bowl in the centre of the table for us all to take our sponges from.  Two mobile tray kits and small selection of Superstar paints for outside painting, along the orange carpet.   Various pots of glitter, brushes and a light up display board with the Lorax faces stuck on, water carrier. 

We arrived at the Cinema in good time, set up our inside painting area and shared out the paints, what a choice, the pictures went down a storm and almost immediately we had a queue of people all wanting to be painted.  The painters, Sandra Crofts, Alice Elvins, Jen Roberts and myself - painted solidly for 4 hours mixing and mingling with footballers wives, wags, stars of TV, including (and I know you'll excuse a little name dropping here...) Susan Collins (the bill), Daniella Lloyd and her gorgeous boy Archie, Emile Heskey, the USA Olympic team, Foxy & Juliano from Free Radio, to name a few and of course Danny De Vito - who was keen to have his photograph taken with one of our customers, were all among our stream of happy customers.  

The faces all beautifully executed using Superstar paints, all intense colours and entirely suited to this beautiful and thought provoking film.  A must for kids of all ages, and which will be a very popular theme for parties and events, so in order to help those of you who'd like to get in on the Lorax action, I've created a step by step walk through booklet suitable for new and experienced painters, to look at as a preview to what would be suitable faces to do.  Even if you haven't seen the film, these designs will enable you to do some beautiful faces with detail and the colours to match.  

Hope you enjoy looking at some of the pictures - for more in the book -which will be available this week, either on download, or printable PDF go to http://www.facesunlimited.co.uk/ or e mail helenelvins@yahoo.co.uk   thanks Superstar & The Face painting Shop - the paints are fabulous  - absolutely cant wait until the next one ! 

Helen Elvins - Superstar

Have to admit I was a bit aprehensive about travelling to Austria once the decision had been made to go, let alone doing it with a completely new set of paints waiting for me when I arrived, but the Tackle Tart in me wouldnt let me leave without some of my every day kit - just a few favorites you understand ! just in case ! so off we went.. across mountains and rivers ... the longest drive we've ever had ! 

I neadn't have worried though, Marco, and the team from Superstar were really helpful and despite the van arriving a little later than planned, they let me have the demo pack they were using on the stand to practice with and get my first fix of the paint.  Until they could put together my own kit once the boxes were unpacked.  Also giving me a stock of T Shirts to paint in - I really could have left my suitcase at home! 

I got back to the tent and layed out all the colours, onto the specially cut board I'd taken with me, sorting out the ones that I thought I'd need the next day at the competition.  I couldnt resist a little play though and trying out the colours in the heat on Thursday evening was a pleasure.  No gloopy mess, the line black and white sitting perfectly on top of the colours I had chosen.  They were blending like a dream.  All of them smelling beautiful, with a delecate floral scent, and the fabulous Ziva blue standing out as my most favorite of the shimmer colours.  

Friday came and the day of the competition dawned.  Dehydration setting in we soldiered on and the painting in general went quite well.  In between drinking lots of water, and feeling very lightheaded at the prospect of the fabulous display of artwork later that day.  The atmosphere was getting more and more exciting and with seconds to spare, I finished my design and helped my model into her headwear and shoes, we put the finishing touches to her painting. 

Melanie was one of the best models i've ever worked with, she knew exactly how to stand, and how to move and be photographed and after going through the judging process ( a little daunting for a first timer !) we emerged into the photographic area.  With sets and coloured backdrops for the photographers to use, the models filed onto each catwalk and did their stuff brilliantly. 

after about 2 hours of being photographed on the banks of the lake at Portschach we made our way to the main stage for the presentation.  each model taking their turn and Melanie being one of the few models to hit the wet catwalk in the highest heels i've seen - she did beautifully !. 

Afterwards - a cold drink and wait for the results, unfortunately this time, not in the final 35 but not far off it and already looking forward to next year, having so much more experience and knowledge to work with.  

Saturday was spent recouping our energy and working out the plan for Sunday - Body painting on the stand, or Glitter body art, I chose to take part in the Y body Glitter art competition but using my favorite Ziva paint as my inspiration, once again Melanie showed off the glitter and painting to her best ability and to say that I think EVERYONE took photo's of her, was an understatement!  It took us half an hour to walk the 100 yards to the surreal stage where the prizes were being announced, and being photographed at every step was so much fun with groups of people applauding her (glittered by me - 2nd place) and her friend Angie (glittered by Kate Dean - awarded 1st place) on their body art.  

I have to say I've never used such a beautiful range of paints, and I cant wait to get back out there to try out more of the fabulous colours on my regular customers who I know will love the Superstar paints as well as other painters too.  They have the best and brightest pigments and the best brush work capabilities I've seen in a very long time.

Some pictures of our first adventure with Superstar ... more adventures to come very soon.  

Helen 

Superstar By Debra Mills

Hi there I’m Debra Mills and I’ve been face painting as a hobby for the past 2 years now.  I started of at my kids school fete’s etc Summer & Christmas times and realised that I was actually better at it than the other volunteers (if I may say so myself).  Friends would tell me I should do it professionally.  Well I’m not quite a professional but, I do give it my all and I am always learning about new techniques and different varieties of paints. In the last 6 months I have done a couple of corporate events as well as private parties.  So here I am, writing a blog on behalf of TheFace Painting shop on Superstar branded face paints.

Usually my stash consists of a mix of DFX, which is my staple also arty brush cakes, and Tag, then I found The Face Painting Shop and subsequently Superstar paints, so I thought I would give them a go.  The first thing I liked was that there is a choice of 2 sizes and as it was a brand I was not familiar with I purchased some of the smaller cakes to give them ago.  I must say when they were delivered I was absolutely delighted by the vibrancy of the colours I’d only chosen 3 colours 1 matte 105 Bubblegum pink and whoa its bright, I loved it immediately the other 2 are Shimmers 130 Blue Shimmer & 133 Rose Shimmer.  Using the paints for the first time I was surprised that I had not heard of them before.  They’re nice and creamy and have a wonderful scent about them.  Here are a couple of pictures showing how the paints look using both a brush and a sponge when applying to the skin.They also clean away with a baby wipe without staining. Hope you like. 

You can keep up to date with me on my Facebook page  

Debz.

 

Tel: 020 8333 1832 or 07515744573      email: debis1@ntlworld.com

Welcome

Welcome to our new and dedicated Superstar blog. Provided by The Face Painting Shop, but written by face and body painting artists from around the UK.

This blog is entirely dedicated to Superstar face and body paint, giving you tips, advice, reviews, pictures, step by steps and much more.  

If you would like to get involved and write a blog post, contact us at - sales@thefacepaintingshop.com 

Kicking off our new blog is face painter Debra Mills from London.

Enjoy :-)