hiring a face painter

• A professional face and body painter should hold

  current liability insurance

  and be able to provide you with a copy upon request.
  
  
• Up to date police/working with children check.
  
  
• Examples of similar work that you are after for your function should be available to view.
  
  
• Pricing varies considerably from painter to painter.
  
  
• Is the painter you are booking with doing your job or sending someone else whose work you may not have seen? Is it the same quality level?
  Make sure you get what you are paying for.
  
  
• Be clear as to how many people and the sort of faces (level of detail) you are expecting. If you are having 40 children and you want one painter for one hour only, it will probably not work! Quick designs are approx 2-4 minutes, more detailed faces up to 5-8 minutes. Very quick and small images for larger crowds can be faster, and limiting the options to say a spider, a small butterfly/flower, or Christmas icon can speed things up as well. Note that these times and capabilities vary between painters.
  
  
• If there are lots of kids (or adults as the case may be) please look at employing multiple painters, or multiple painters for the busiest part of the day.
  
  
• Book as early as possible to get your preferred painter. Deposits may apply to confirm your booking. If you cancel last minute you may incur a cancellation fee.
  
  
• Painters should only use

  professional quality face paints

  . Craft/kindy style glitter glues for example are not suitable. Many things are labelled as non-toxic ie some house paints, but you wouldn't put them on your face. Professional products also work better!
  
  
• Please provide a good environment for your face painter. This means at least a card table and two chairs per painter, under cover (out of the weather and wind). If it's too cold, hot or dark it becomes impossible to do good work. Please don't put us in front of the loos, or speakers. If you wouldn't want to be painting in your event environment, then neither would we. We respond well to offers of drinks and food (these should be included regardless on jobs of 3 plus hours), and will take short breaks on longer jobs.
  
  
• If we are asked to paint something offensive we have the right to refuse to paint it. We also have the right to refuse people we deem to be rude or offensive, or if we feel the environment is unsafe. Alcohol, drugs and face/body painting do not mix. If you hire us it's your responsibility to ensure our safety.
  
  
• Babies and young children under 2-3 years. We prefer not to paint children of this age as their skin is still developing. Plus they are often not really able to sit still or understand what is going on. Can suggest something small on their arm perhaps where they can easily follow then what is happening but it is the parents/carers responsibility.
  
  
• Confirm everything in writing/email when booking and again during the week prior.
  
  
• Payment is negotiated per client and is usually before or on the day of the job at the very latest.
  
  
• If you like our work tell everyone, if you don't, please tell us so we can continue to improve.