Face Painting Designs

"Makeup Tips For Wild Cat Looks"

Face painting designs are most often thought of as vibrant images drawn on the faces of children at places for events like festivals and fairs. Now there’s a whole new realm of artistry that appeals to teenagers and adults. The styles you might have enjoyed as a child have been reinvented and they’ve become wilder than ever. If you enjoy trying out makeup tips for creating wild fantasy makeup, you’re sure to enjoy working with paints for your face and body.

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Tiger Face Painting Designs

Beautiful cat and tiger faces are always popular face painting designs to both create and wear. If you want to indulge in a touch of creativity, you’ll find painting a simple wild tiger look is actually one of the easiest. You can use a limited palette of colors, maybe just 2 or 3 face paints and get a spectacular look.

Do you want to go totally wild? Pop in a pair of crazy colored contact lenses to add that extra "Wow!"

How To Paint A Cat Face

To do a look like the one above you’ll need 3 colors. White, black and a reddish brown are all it takes in addition to your normal makeup primer, foundation and concealer. You'll create a smooth base first and then follow with the colors:

1.Prep for the look by creating the base for the look by applying makeup primer.

2.Apply makeup foundation in your regular color.

3.Use a cosmetics concealer where needed.

4.Take white face paint and apply it with a white makeup wedge above the eye crease all the way up to and just above your eyebrow.

5.Make sure to cover the inner eye area next to your nose and then take a line under the eyes.

6.Next, apply the brown face paint on the bridge of your nose, cheeks and chin.

7.Use an eyeliner gel or liquid eyeliner to apply cat eye makeup around your eyes and remember to flip up the end of the line.

8.Finish the eyes by drawing tiger stripes under your eyes. To balance the look draw two short chunky stripes above the center of your eyebrow. Make them look a little like leaves.

9.Top off your entire look with body stripes done using the same body point which you used on your face. You’ll do this the same way as above using the white makeup wedge to apply the white. Apply the brown on the side areas of your shoulders. Using a brush dipped in the black body paint, simply draw tiger stripes on your shoulders.

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You'll find that painting fantasy designs can be addictive. If you love doing this type of body art then you might want to consider investing in an airbrush. Is simple more your thing? Try using stencils. You can use them for simple designs or combine them for striking visual effects. Remember, when you can do an easy design like the one above you can take those same elements and transfer them to designs like:

The best part of face painting designs are that they don't have to be complicated. You can get a great look using a limited makeup palette, using makeup wedges and creating contrast. It all comes together and suddenly you have a look that’s stunning!

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