How many can you paint in 1 hour?
12-15 in 1 hour with regular /full face/ half face/more detailed designs
20 -25 with quick/ smaller designs, where speed painting is requested due to high volume of attendees. Designs are limited to fewer choices.
Each design can take anywhere between 1-5 minutes to paint. It is worth recognizing, that child taking time deciding what design they want, getting on and off the chair, having their mirror moment or needing to clean their face before I can start painting etc.. can add up to additional time of 1-3 minutes per child. Therefore, when deciding how long you may need for your private event, allowing 5 minutes per child, is recommended guide.
Evening and adult painting sessions are usually more relaxed and allow more creativity, accepting various requests and matching face or body art to outfits. Time per each design varies but queue is always considered.
How much do you charge?
Charges vary depending on distance to travel, number of guests/children to paint, length of booking or any other requirements. Always best to contact me and provide all important details about your event, and to receive accurate quote. I can offer small discount, if I can squeeze your party in between other events and therefore save on travel costs or filling in some spaces in my diary. However, here you can find some useful cost guide:
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Charge for regular 2-hr child’s birthday party is £130 (within 15miles/35 mins of travel, for up to 30 children).
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New!!! All day rate (up to 8 hours of painting) is £390
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Day time rate (between 9am -6pm ) is £50-£60 per hour
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Evening rate (between 6pm – midnight) is £75-£85 per hour
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For longer distances, or shorter bookings, small travel fee to cover fuel or travel time, may be added.
How far do you travel?
I serve a 40- mile radius around Bingham, NG13 (covering Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire) for any parties and events.
I can travel Nationwide for all day or large corporate events.
Can you paint at our event and keep all the money collected by the public instead of hiring you?
No, unfortunately, this isn't something I offer, for many reasons behind it. I work on hourly hire basis only, unless I volunteer, in my local area or for chosen charity.
This is a service hire, that is tailored to attract public to the event or to give back to community by the organisers, offering free Face painting to public on the day. My responsibility and focus is painting as many as possible, handling queues and adhere to health and safety, without handling any payments.
Some organisers wish to cover costs of hire or to even raise additional funds, by hiring face painting and charging the public specific fee or asking for donations. The money is usually collected by volunteers or by me on their behalf, if they wish for me to do so. Charge per face is decided by the organisers.
Why can’t you paint under 3s?
There are few reasons why. One is, that it is against my insurance policy to paint under 3s and going against it, would invalidate my insurance. Very small children have very sensitive and still developing skin, and exposing them to face paint, can cause sensitivity to products later in life. It is also against recommendations of the paint manufacturer. Also, very small children may not be able to sit well for very long and with that, there are other risks involved.
Small hand painting may be offered, if child is almost 3 and it seems appropriate, at the discretion of the artist.
What products do you use?
I only use high quality face paints bought on reputable websites such as The Facepainting shop, Magicbox Face Paints, 2Meenie and bfxfacepaintshop or similar, all based in the UK. These are EU and FDA compliant, cosmetic grade paints. All paints are water activated; wax, glycerin or Senegal gum based.
All paints in use are also hypoallergenic, do not contain Gluten, parabens of fragrance; and are not tested on animals.
If you are concerned about ingredient, please contact me.