Taking Bodypainting to The Streets

Although Body Painting with Makeup has become more main stream in recent years, there are still places where it might not be a good idea to take Body Painting, like in the middle of Times Square in New York City, NY. Artist Andy Golub found out that a Body Painting exhibition of nude models on the the streets of Manhattan on July 30, 2011 was not well received by the NYPD. Although he has done Body Painting outdoors at New York City Landmarks before, this time he stretched the limits by having his models remove their g-strings which keeps Body Painting within the bounds of the obscenity laws.

A traditional Canvas Artist, Mr Golub, who now resides in South Nyak, NY, not far from Mehron Headquarters, where he often visits to purchase Mehron Liquid Makeup and Paradise Makeup AQ for his Body Painting endeavors. Andy discovered Body Painting after he began to paint other objects such as car parts, surfboards and even cars. After painting a mannequin, he decided that a real live body would be an interesting canvas, and so began his Body Painting in 2006 at an Artexpo.

Since 2006, Andy Golub has been pushing Body Painting to the limits with his public exhibitions on the streets of New York, as he related to Reporter Nathan Burstein, who published an article on August 9, 20111 for the New York Post entitled, Lewd Awakening, NYC Painter Displays Naked Ambition and has a close brush with the law, “When I started painting outdoors, it became an interaction that included the public. When people see a nude model, it’s like, ‘Wow’ — it makes them look at things differently.”

The Art of Body Painting is constantly evolving and Artists like Andy Golub are always looking for the next level to which to take their Art, however, taking it to the streets just might be pushing the envelop a little too far unless you are willing to get tangled up in law for your Art.

Makeup For Football Fans

Playoff fever is sweeping the Nation, the National Football League Championship Games are this weekend with four teams competing for the Championship in two divisions in the USA. United States National Football Fans are as fervent as Football Fans around the world. Fans attending the games in freezing cold weather painted in their favorite team colors has become a common sight on live television broadcasts. For the die hard fans who are willing to expose their skin to the frigid temperatures of the NFL Stadiums with painted bodies, a word of caution, Besides the health risks involved in attending football games in temperatures that often range below the freezing mark, acrylic paint, spray paint and poster paint are NOT the way to paint your skin. Acrylic Paints contain ammonia ans formaldehyde, which can cause long term respiratory lung damage. The Proper way to show your team colors is with Professional Body Painting Makeup, made with ingredients that are safe for your skin and lungs.

Two of the most popular Body Painting Makeup Products are Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair, and Paradise Makeup AQ. Both of these Professional Body Painting Makeup Products by Mehron offer a wide selection of colors and can be applied with a brush. Paradise Makeup AQ, is a water activated cake makeup that is as easy to use as a watercolor set, just wet the brush, rub the cake and apply. Paradise Makeup AQ is available in individual cakes and now in Paradise Makeup AQ Prisma BlendSet which have multiple colors in the same cake.Paradise Makeup AQ is the choice of Professional Body Painting Artists and Face Painting Makeup Artists throughout the world.

Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair is as easy to use as shaking the bottle, dipping in the brush and painting. Available is all the colors needed by Football Fans, this easy to use liquid makeup comes in a variety of sizes. For the individual, Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair comes in the 1 ounce size with brush, 4.5 ounces for more than one person, 16 ounces if you want to paint a carload of fans and a one gallon jug if you need to paint an entire section of fans at the game.

Face Painting and Body Painting for Football Fans or for any occasion should be done, the safe effective way with Professional Face and Body Painting Makeup by Mehron. When the game or party is over, removing Professional Face and Body Painting Makeup is as easy as washing with soap and warm water. You won't have to stay home from work the next day because you can't get the paint off, with Professional Face and Body Painting Mehron, you can show your colors, and remove them when you want. Don't risk long term health effects by using paint that was never meant to be applied to skin, use Face and Body Painting Makeup that was specifically formulated for your skin.

Body Painting Models Always Wanted

The canvas for Body Painting Artists is the human body. To practice their craft Body Painting Artists are always in need of volunteer models. The interest in Body Painting is growing rapidly, as an art form as well as a competitive event. Artists from all walks of life are gravitating to the living art of Body Painting. Makeup Artists naturally are attached to the art of Body Painting as the ultimate expression of their craft. Painters and sculptors are being drawn to Body Painting by the uniqueness of creating living art. Body Painting Artists

As an Artist becomes more involved in the passion of Body Painting, volunteer models become important to the progression of the art. A lot of Body Painting Artists sketch out their ideas, nothing can bring them into the proper dimension than a model. Ultimately a living canvas is what the Body Painting Artist needs to see the true dimensions of their vision.

As a Body Painting Model, one can expect long hours and little or no pay. Body Painting Makeup should always be used if you decide to volunteer as a Model for a Body Painter, paint is for canvas, walls, and paper not for skin. You should be sure that the Body Painting Artists who will "paint" you is using safe Makeup, not acrylic paint or any other kind of paint. Professional Body Painting Makeup can be removed with soap and water, darker colors may require Professional Makeup removers, but never paint remover, paint thinners or other hazardous paint removers.

Professional Body Painting Artists can thank their models for their time by beginning with Velvet Finish Primer by Mehron. A spa treatment in a bottle, Mehron's new Velvet Finish Primer contains skin absorbent Vitamins C and E, powerful anti-oxidants that prevent skin damage from age, pollution and weather along with Aloe Vera and moisturizing ingredients that deeply moisturize the skin. Body Makeup Artists should keep a stock of Velvet Finish Primer as a taken of thanks for their models. You may not be able to thank your volunteer model with a gift certificate to a spa, you can give them a spa treatment with Velvet Finish Primer.

To insure that even the darker colors of Body Painting Makeup are easily removed a layer of Barrier Spray is recommended to create a layer between the skin and Makeup. Barrier Spray was originally developed to limit perspiration for Stage Performers, now it has found a new use in the Makeup Collection of Body Painting Makeup Artists.

Body Painting Makeup Accents

Body Painting is an Art Form that is steamrolling into the mainstream. Once a cultist Art Form it is now sought after by commercial interests for print ads, television commercials, live promotional appearances, and sporting events. Body Painting is accomplished with Body Painting Makeup, not paint. As with all forms of art, Body Painting is a constantly evolving art., and a living art. Makeup Artists from all makeup disciplines are now engaging in Body Painting and discovering a new form of expression.

The tools of Body Painting Makeup Artists are already in the Makeup Artist's Bag. Makeup Brushes and Sponge Applicators are used with water activated cake makeup such as Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ. The newest wave in Body Painting is Air Brush Makeup. Mehron introduced a new line of green tea based, vitamin infused Air Brush makeup in highly pigmented, diversified colors, LUX AirBrush Makeup.

Artists and Makeup Artists alike who are interested in exploring this swiftly growing living art form should always remember that most of the model's skin will be covered in color. The pores of the skin need to breathe, therefore only safe Body Painting Makeup should be used to pursue your living art visions. Paint is for canvas, walls and paper. Makeup is for application to the human body. Be safe, look to Mehron, manufacturers of Makeup since 1927 in the USA free from animal testing. Mehron produces highly pigmented, safe Makeup for the Body Painting Artist, Paradise Makeup AQ and LUX Airbrush Makeup.

To add an extra dimension to your Body Painting creation, Mehron has a compliment of Body Painting Makeup Accents. Mehron Body Painting Makeup Accents allows the Body painting Artist to add glitter, sparkles and Metallic Powder to their living art creation. Along with Detailz, a liquid detailing makeup that is part of the Paradise Makeup AQ Collection, Makeup Artist can add Gemstones and seashells and other cosmetic accessories to their artistic creation with AdGem, a latex free body adhesive that has is safe to use, easy to remove, yet strong enough to hold detailing accents to any Body Painting.

It is important to remember that the skin is the body's largest organ, it needs to breathe, its pores can not be suffocated with paint. Acrylic paints, oil paints and even water paints are never safe to use on the body, especially when it comes to the art of Body Painting, an Art that covers most of the body's largest organ. Mehron Body Painting Makeup and Body Painting Makeup Accents and accessories are made especially for the Art of Body Painting. Whether you are a beginner or a professional Body Painting enthusiast, Mehron Body Painting Makeup is the right choice for you.

Featured Makeup Artist Mark Greenawalt

Throughout the year the Mehron Blog will feature Makeup Artists whose dedication to their craft and use of Makeup deserves a spotlight be shined on them. Tonight the Mehron Blog features the work of Mark Greenawalt. Mr. Greenawalt, like a lot of talented Makeup Artists dabbles in a variety of Artistic pursuits including photography, film, and music. Mark's work in Makeup includes Face Painting and Body Painting. At the 2009 AEMI World Bodypainting Festival in Shanghai, China Mark Greenawalt took the second place trophy back home to The Ahwatukee Foothills of Phoenix, Arizona where he currently resides.

Using copper LUX Airbrush Makeup by Mehron, Mark Greenawalt recreated a statue of a little mermaid by body painting a live model. This body painting of the little mermaid and others enabled him to place second in the 2009 AEMI World Bodypainting Festival in China.

Among his commercial bodypainting portfolio Mr. Greenawalt participated in the Playboy Mansion PJ and Lingerie Party in 2008 along with other award winning Bodypainting Artists, Pashur, Nick Herrera, Mark Reid, Nick Wolfe, and Brian Wolfe. Mark has also done commercial Bodypainting work for Cutty Black, Smirnoff Vodka, Smirnoff Ice, Red Stripe, Heineken, and Budlight.

Mark has been a participant in Worldwide Body Painting Competitions throughout the past decade and continues to hone his skills in the field of body painting along with his film endeavors. Combining his love of film work and his body painting skills, Mark painted eight male models in the likeness of the Oscar Statues to stand on the red carpet at Oscar Night America on more than one occasion. His ability to turn living models into statues is a unique body painting talent that is a small part of his Makeup Artist skills. You can view Mark Greenawalt's selected portfolio of artistic achievements at his Web Site.

College Bowl Fan Makeup

The College Football Bowl Schedule will be in full swing over the next few weeks culminating with the New Year's Day Bowl games. For fans of College Football it is the last exciting games of another long college football season. For the lucky college football teams that make it to the Bowl Games it means national exposure for the players, bands, and fans. The college football players know that national television audiences in the millions will be watching them, including scouts from the NFL. The college bands will be putting on their best halftime performances because they also know that most will be televised to audiences that have never seen their show. Then there are the fans, cheering, decked in school regalia and even painted in school colors. The television cameras always capture fans that have painted their bodies in the team colors for the big event. What the television cameras don't capture is the day after when the body painted fans of the college team struggle to remove the paint that they used to show their team spirit on Bowl Game Day.

As with everything in life there is a right way and a wrong way to accomplish something. The wrong way to paint your body in support of your team with school colors is to use paint. Paint is meant for paper, canvas, concrete and plaster. it is not meant for skin. The right way to paint your skin with team colors is use Makeup that was manufactured specially to be applied to skin. Not only is is safer and healthier for your skin, but Body Painting Makeup is easier to apply and easier to remove than paint. Although Body Painting is an art which is proliferating in this century, the name is a misnomer. Body Painting is accomplished with Makeup not paint.

To achieve a dynamically true color presentation of your team colors on your body for the big Bowl Game, you can choose from a number of easy to use, affordable professional Body Painting Makeup from Mehron, the standard in Body Painting Makeup. Mehron Body Painting Makeup is used throughout the world by Professional Body Painting Artists in commercial applications, theater, film and competitions. With a world of colors to choose from, Mehron Body Painting Makeup is made in the USA with selected ingredients that is gentle on the skin and highly pigmented for a bold rich color. Never tested on animals, Mehron Body Painting Makeup has the colors of your team. Choose from the Water Based Fantasy F-X™ Makeup available in easy to use tubes, the water activated cake makeup of Paradise Makeup AQ, or Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair. No matter which of the professional Body Painting Makeup Products you choose, you will save hours in removal time and your skin will appreciate not having the toxic chemicals of paint seeping into it. Get ready to cheer for your favorite College Bowl Team with the Makeup that has already made it to the Pros, Mehron, the Theatrical Makeup of Choice since 1927.

The Art of Body Painting - Paradise Makeup AQ

A sure sign that the Art of Body Painting will continue to flourish is that the ad agencies are seeking out some of world's leading Body Painting Artists to use their artistic talents for commercial advertising. The Art of Body Painting continues to mature with International Competitions and the competitors receiving more coverage around the world in the press. The artistic creations of Body Painters is so phenomenally unusual that it is instantly appreciated with amazement. Now that the main stream advertising companies have seen the art progress, they realize that the commercial possibilities virtually endless. Body Painting Artists continue to mature as they practice their art and are presented with new tools and colors to use in the creation of their art.

Body Painting is an art that has been predominately practiced by Makeup Artists, as the medium is Makeup not paint. The biggest mistake that novice Body Painters make is trying to use paint. Not only is paint not the proper texture for skin application it is unsafe for human absorption. In Body Painting, the skin of the body is the canvas. Remembering that the skin is the body's largest organ is essential when practicing the art of Body Painting. Body Painting is an art that requires two people to practice, the model and the artist. The safety of the Model should always be taken into consideration when creating Body Art. Body Art requires safe, non-toxic, anti-abrasive makeup to protect the skin of the model which is the canvas of the Body Painting Artist. In order to protect the canvas only Body Painting Makeup should be used.

For Artists who normally paint on canvas and are now trying Body Painting, Paradise Makeup AQ is the perfect Makeup to use for your transition from canvas to skin. Paradise Makeup AQ is a water activated cake makeup that can be applied with brushes with the same technique as water colors or oil paint. Artists who are proficient with brushes and paint will find Paradise Makeup AQ a very similar experience. The hues and shades of colors can be changed by the lightness or heaviness of the brush stroke, the brushing technique or the blending of colors. The range of colors in the Paradise Makeup AQ selection is an artists dream. Paradise Makeup AQ is available in both Primary Colors and Speciality Colors with new color introductions always in progress as the art demands. Paradise Makeup AQ was co-created by an Artist, Jinny Houle, a World renowned Makeup Artist who has taken home first place in numerous Face Painting and Body Painting Competitions throughout the world, and it is manufactured by Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927. Mehron Makeup has always been made in the USA from selected ingredients free from animal testing.

Along with Paradise Makeup AQ - Brushes , artists who have normally worked in piant on canvas should have no problem transferring their talents to the Art of Body Painting. Many world renowned Body Painters are also sculptors and painters who were drawn to the creative possibilities of the Art of Body Painting. Every Artist knows that the proper brushes and quality paint are essential in pursuing artistic creations, the same applies to the Art of Body Painting, it is essential to use the proper Body Painting Makeup and the proper tools of the trade such as Paradise Makeup AQ - Brushes . Body Painting textures and applications can be enhanced by applying Paradise Makeup AQ with sponge makeup applicators. Just as with any art form Body Painting is an art that is only limited by imagination and skills of the artist when the proper tools are used. Paradise Makeup AQ along with Paradise Makeup AQ - Brushes may be the beginning of an entirely new artistic endeavor. Working on a living canvas producing a temporary art is in itself a new experience for most artists.

Because the actual Body Painting is a temporary art, Body Painting is an art form reliant upon another art form in order to be shared on a mass scale. The Art of Photography is an essential

tool for the Body Painting Artist to be able to preserve the artistic creation. It becomes a natural progression in the evolution of Body Painting for the advertising industry to capture this art in print and on video. Body Painting as an art is undoubtedly unusual, but also extremely fascinating.

FABAIC 2009

Pre Day Registration for the 2009 Face and Body Art International Convention (FABAIC) to be held in Orlando, Fl begins at 9:00 AM on May 20, 2009. This annual convention lasting until May 24, 2009 is open to the public and offers classes and workshops for all skill levels of Face Painting Artists and Body Painting Artists. FABAIC offers over 50 instructors in the field of Face Painting and Body Painting with Makeup. The top Face Painters and Body Painters from all over the world decend upon Orlando, Fl during FABAIC to share their skills through instructional classes and workshops and to dazzle the world in Face Painting and Body Painting Competitions.

Mehron is a sponsor or FABAIC in 2009 as they have been in the past. At the 2009 Face and Body Art International Convention Mehron is filled with expectation, waitig to see what the World Renowned Face Painters and Body Painters in attendance will create with Lux Airbrush, Mehron's newest introduction in the world of Face Painting Makeup and Body Painting Makeup. The depth of the colors offered by Mehron in this naturally based air brush makeup will make for some vibrant, dynamic and futuristic designs throughout the the Face and Body Art International Convention Days. With the initial introduction of Lux Airbrush Makeup Mehron is beginning on another innovative journey to formulate and produce the highest quality, durable, vibrant face and body painting makeup available throughout the world.

Many of the International Makeup Artists attending FBAIC 2009 will be experiencing the naturally based airbrush makeup from Mehron for the first time. Lux Airbrush Makeup was introduced to the public by Mehron earlier in the year on March 6-9, 2009 at the Halloween Costume Convention in Las Vegas. Now on May 20th -24th in Orlando, FL many of the International Stars of Face Painting Makeup Artistry and Body Painting Makeup will be working with Lux Airbrush Makeup for the very first time, they will be marvelling and experimenting with the rich depths of colors offered by this green tea based airbrush makeup collection.

If you are attending the 2009 FABAIC be sure to stop by the Mehron Exhibition Booth and get an in person look at the the vibrant colors of all of Mehron's Professional Quality Makeup and Makeup supplies that have been used by the Professional Performance Industry since 1927.

Mardi Gras Makeup

Mardi Gras is February 24, 2009. Mardi Gras is most famously celebrated in New Orleans, LA, with decorative floats and costumes. Mardi Gras participants celebrate the day before Ash Wednesday with a gala parade and festivities to mark Fat Tuesday, the last day to fest before lent begins.

Decorative masks and costumes are the outfit of day. This year, Mardi Gras participants can also express themselves with the hottest trend in Makeup, Face Painting Makeup and Body Painting Makeup. Face Painting Makeup can be used to create decorative faces instead of wearing masks. The wide selection of decorative face painting makeup available from Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927, lends itself perfectly to the celebration of Fat Tuesday. The colors and quality of Mehron Face Painting Makeup requires a vision to create Mardi Gras characters with makeup.

Madi Gras parade participants can consider highlighting their costumes with the high quality Body Painting Makeup produced by Mehron in the USA. Body Painting Makeup by Mehron is used by world renowned Body Painting Makeup Artists. In fact one of the most recognized Body Painters in the World, Jinny Houle is the co-creator of Paradise Makeup AQ by Mehron. Paradise Makeup AQ is a water activated cake makeup that is produced in more colors than a rainbow and can be used just like water paint, except the canvas is the body. The Art of Body Painting, currently taking the Make Up industry by storm, is a perfect compliment to the colorful festival of Madi Gras.

For this year's Mardi Gras expand your costume with amazing makeup produced using the knowledge that Mehron has achieved through over eighty years in the theatrical makeup business. For the costumes and parties of Mardi Gras visit the Mehron Web Site where you can browse not only a full line of Face and Body Painting Makeup but also complete Character Makeup Kits, packaged with all the makeup needed to create specific characters along with complete step by step instructions written by Professional Makeup Artists.