World Bodypainting Competitions Begin

After days of events the World Bodypainting Festival main event days began this morning July 17, 2009 and will continue through the 19th. The quest for the World Championships in five categories. The World Awards are presented in four main Body painting categories with the 5th award presented to a promising amateur in Brush/Sponge Body Painting makeup application. The four World Awards presented will highlight the talents of the best judged Bodypainting in the categories of, Brush/Sponge, Airbrush, Special Effects, and The night contest for UV Effects. Along with the Bodypainting Awards will be the 2009 World Award for Face Painting sponsored by Mehron.

The theme of July 17th, and 18th, 2009 is “Poetry – the power of words", while the final day's theme is, “Spirituality – beyond the visible world”, lofty goals for the imaginations of Body Painting Makeup Artists representing over 40 countries at the 2009 World Bodypainting Festival. After days of feeding off of each other's energy and enjoying festivities such as the Body Circus, the world's most creative Body Painting Makeup Artists will be pulling out all the stops to impress the judges in these exciting competitions that will result in 4 Master Body Painting Artists and 1 Amateur Bodypainting Makeup Artist receiving the the 2009 World BodyPainting Festival Award. In 2009 One creative Face Painting Makeup Artist will also receive the recognition of the Mehron sponsored Award for Face painting.

You can try to follow along via a live streaming television from the official 2009 World Bodypainting Festival Web Site. If the live stream is not always available there are many videos to watch from the 2009 World Bodypainting Festival and from past World Bodypainting Festivals. There is also a streaming radio station broadcasting from the Festival along with complete details of the events as they happen. To see the amazing Bodypainting happening at the 2009 World Bodypainting Festival visit the official World Bodypainting Web Site and get lost in a world of fascinating imagination presented by creative artists from around the world.

Mehron Sponsors 2009 World Facepainting Award

Mehron is proud to be the Sponsor of the 2009 Facepainting Award at the World Bodypainting Festival being held from July 13-19, 2009 in Austria. Mehron's sponsorship of the 2009 Facepainting award goes hand in hand with the wide selection of Face Painting Makeup that Mehron produces.

Mehron is sponsoring this award because of the close ties that Mehron has around the world with Face Painters and Makeup Artists. Mehron has nurtured close friendships with Face Painting Professionals and amateurs alike. Mehron makes talented new friends constantly with the ever growing choices of Face Painting and Body Painting Makeup.

Mehron produces a selection of Body Painting Makeup developed and manufactured in the USA with the same attention to detail as the artists who use them apply to their creations. With over eighty years in the Theatrical Makeup field, Mehron has transformed that experience and applied it to all the Makeup currently produced in their facilities in the USA. With creative collaboration from one of the World's renowned Face and Body Painters, Jinny Houle, Mehron co-created Paradise Makeup AQ, a water activated cake makeup with dynamic, vibrant, consistent colors using high quality ingredients for an application that will last. Paradise Makeup AQ is one of the Mehron Makeup Lines that is used by Face Painters around the world. When creating Paradise AQ Makeup with Mehron, Jinny was concerned with the color selection. Paradise Makeup AQ is available in a color selection that face painters and body painters appreciate.