Quality Materials

Using top quality face-painting and balloon twisting materials can make a significant difference in the overall experience of any event or party. High-quality face-painting materials ensure that the paint adheres smoothly to the skin, resulting in a long-lasting and vibrant design. Additionally, these materials are typically non-toxic and safe for sensitive skin, reducing the risk of allergic reactions or irritation. Similarly, using top-quality balloon twisting materials can ensure that balloons are sturdy and resistant to popping, resulting in longer-lasting balloon sculptures that can serve as memorable decorations or party favors. Overall, investing in high-quality face-painting and balloon twisting materials can elevate the quality of any event and contribute to a fun and memorable experience for all participants.

Quality face-paints should be hypoallergenic, safe to use with sensitive skin types, anti-bacterial, highly pigmented, fast-drying, and FDA approved. Here are some popular quality face-painting brands:

Wolfe FX, Mehron, Kryolan, Snazzaroo, Kraze, and Kryvaline

While Snazzaroo has less pigments than it’s higher priced competitors, it can often be found in brick-and-mortar craft stores, such as Michael’s, so it can come in clutch for a face-painter in need. Knowing what works best for you, will help influence your material purchases, If you use large solid colors for full body-painting designs, a large pot of color, perhaps in interlocking containers, like Wolfe Brothers will work best for you. However, if you are a fast-paced party face-painter who used gradients of color all of the time, set of vibrant and varied split cakes will be your best friend.

Brushes will help define clear and bold designs and produce your best work. Blazin Brush by Marcela Bustamante are well-known synthetic face-painting brushes. They are recognizable by their purple branding, and many videos are accessible for face-painting tutorials using these exact brush sets. This can be extremely valuable for at-home practice and learning from video tutorials.

High quality materials is especially important for balloon-twisting. You want your designs to be beautiful, functional, and also last. Poor quality balloons will pop or unravel on you before you hand over the finished product. Qualatex balloons are the most widely-known and available balloon brand. Qualatex brand can often be found in brick-and-mortar party supply stores in bags of multi-colored bags of balloons. By planning aged of time and ordering balloons online, you can buy bags of a single color, so organizing balloons for twisting is far less time-consuming. Having a reliable pump is definitely necessary. The Qualatex Hand Held Air Inflator – Double Action Balloon Pump is by far one of the most popular and reliable hand pumps. For balloon artists working for hours and hours, they will want a more automated pump, such as standing or electric balloon pump.