Face Painting FAQ
Face Painting, Body Painting, Belly Painting, Bling Bar, Unicorn Horns, Monster Horns, & Private Appointments
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We charge per hour and typically have a 2 hour minimum on Saturdays and Sundays and a 90 minute minimum during the weekdays
We charge per person when we are at events such as Dexter Daze, Howell Melon Festival, Milford Memories, Farmer’s Markets, and other open to the public events & art festivals where we have paid to have a booth space - our fee is typically $15/per face
Private appointments & belly paintings are quoted by Nikki ahead of time
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We prefer to paint at the speed of 8-10 people per hour: this allows us to create the unique, detailed faces that you see on our website
For high-volume events: we can paint quicker quarter face designs, offering 3-6 options, at the speed of approximately 15-20 people per hour
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We focus our face painting on full faces and half faces that are elaborate & detailed rather than quick, smaller designs
The designs we create are always catered to the face shape and the person’s level of patience in our chair
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Bling Bar is our Adult & Teen-Focused Body & Face Painting Service
We bring jewels, gems, chunky glitter, feathers, stencils and anything else sparkly or cool that we have found has been popular with this unique service
We don’t bring any sort of choice board - our guest sits in the chair and trusts us to create a unique piece of art that enhances elaborates on the person’s face, dress, costume, etc - we typically do this on the eye and add gems, feathers, stencil work, glitter and more
This is a very popular service for bar & bat mitzvahs, bachelorette parties, bar nights, wedding receptions, adult birthday parties, sweet 16, and other adult/teen centered events
Yes - we will also perform this service on tweens and younger children however there is a bit of patience involved
All genders love this service - don’t worry! Check out our chapeaux bling bar below if you would like this service elevated with unique balloon fashionable creations added on for your guests as well
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Our 3D Unicorn Horns & 3D Monster Horns are an add-on service for any of our face & body painting services offered.
Each horn is unique and hand created completely by the Rockin’ Robot Staff one at a time out of polymer clay and safely glued onto the skin using a cosmetic glue to enhance a face painting design
Kitty face painting? Unikitty! Wonder Woman? Wonder-Corn! Skeleton? Skeleton Monster! Check out the Face Painting Gallery to see some photos of our face painting with these cool horns on the designs and how cool it can enhance the look!
We suggest ages 8+ for 3D pieces - after they fall off (which, obviously they will) they can be used again and again with any type of cosmetic glue
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Yes - almost any design can be accommodated on the arm, leg, thigh, shoulder, back, chest, stomach etc
We also take private painting appointments for full elaborate face paintings and full body paintings for models, commercials, photography sessions, Halloween, and more
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Ideal conditions for outdoor painting is: Not windy, no precipitation, 65-75 degrees, access to warm running water, and we must be under a tent/pavilion
If these accommodations cannot be met - we will need to be indoors in a controlled climate
This is not only for our comfort, the children's comfort, and everyone's general moodiness: but also for the quality of our work and our paints: too hot and our paints can melt, too cold and our paints won’t paint!
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We ask that you provide us with a standard height table with good lighting, and ask that we are away from large stinky trash receptacles and loud speakers
We bring our own tall chair and our special painting kit
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The FDA and our liability insurance says:
The youngest age that we can face paint is 3
We have found that 4-5 is the best age to begin face painting, but really love to paint older children, teens, and adults the most: we really like to create full faces with a lot of detail
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We use top quality professional products that are all FDA compliant and made for cosmetic purposes - most of which are a water activated or powder based paint. We do not use alcohol based products except for in private appointments
Some of our brands include: Wolfe FX, TAG, and Paradise
We will not and do not use craft paints or craft glitters
If you have any type of allergy: please ask your artist to perform a patch test on your arm before painting on your face
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Most of our face paint is water activated. This means to get the face paint onto the skin: we need to get it wet first - and to get it off the skin, it needs to get wet. This also means that if the skin is too wet (sweaty/rainy) the paint can slip off
We do have other paint with a powder base that can take a little more work to rinse off and we will use these paints on excessively hot and sweaty days/children
Our face paint will wash off pretty easily once it is reactivated with water: rain, pool water, a baby wipe, or the bathtub - We instruct parents to wash with with soapy water and a washcloth
Some darker colors may linger or may take additional swipes and some fairer toned skin may have different results than others
We do not suggest going to bed with face paint on and wearing it a second day: but face paint can last
In private appointments: we use other paints, products, and sealers before and after painting to allow the looks we are creating to last the desired time the client needs
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Most of the time: the kids want to watch their friends get painted. We usually try to encourage the older children to allow the younger children to get painted first so that their patience isn’t expelled too early
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Yes! Have you been asked to face paint for your school event or church and been left with a huge line of kids and crying with no end in sight?
Do you just want something for your teenager to make some money doing this summer?
Maybe your kid is super good at art and hey - this could be cool for them!
We offer classes that set you up with a basic face painting kit and teach you how to face paint just like the Rockin’ Robots
We also offer classes on how to create our bling, our 3D unicorn horns, and our 3D monster horns - these classes are also going to be available online on our website soon
We recommend ages 14+
Glow Parties
Glow in the dark painting, UV painting, UV REACTIVE parties, Black Light Parties, Neon Glow Balloons, etc
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There is no such thing as glow in the dark face paint or glow in the dark body paint
There is UV-reactive body paint and uv reactive face paint - for this to work you will need to use the correct UV lighting conditions
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There is no such thing as glow in the dark balloons
There are UV-reactive and neon balloons - for them to work you will need to use the correct UV lighting conditions
Alternatively you can also opt for a “Glow Party” which does not use any UV-Reactive or Neon balloons, and instead we illuminate the balloons interiorly with LED bulbs
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We recommend complete darkness and using UV black light, ultra violet curing, etc - this lighting will need to be shining directly on any surface that you wish to “react” and glow
Additionally you may opt to use uplighting in blues and purples along the walls (this will not create more UV reaction, only add more to the mood and create more light)
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We recommend complete darkness and using uplighting around the space to illuminate the room to your desired “glowing” color
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Depending on the size/scale of your party: you can get many of these lights online, rent them from lighting services, or ask your DJ or venue if they are able to provide them for you
We also have many vendors that we can recommend regarding light-up marquee letters
Any and all lights inside of the balloons or UV reactive balloons will be handled by the Rockin’ Robots
general ENTERTAINMENT FAQ
Line management, outdoors vs indoors, age requirements, open to the public events, packages, and more
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Why pay additional vendors to decorate your event when we can decorate it and entertain your guests?
We’ll save you hiring additional vendors, and we’ll give you a discount on your decor!
We show up early, we decorate the party, we entertain the guests, we clean it up: you get the credit
You save time, you save money, you save stress
We even offer certain deals with decor that give you a FREE hour of entertainment!
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The artists cannot actively monitor the line: as our primary job is to focus on the guest that we are currently serving
One of two line management systems must be in place for any event with more than an average of 10 guests coming through the line per hour
Option 1: A Line manager
Option 2: Ticket System
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A Line manager is anyone over the age of 18 who can actively monitor the line, field questions, handle any and all disputes that may arise within the line, ensure that the person on-deck is ready with their choice selected, and most importantly: this is the person in charge of cutting the line off when given the direction from the artist
A line manager can be provided by the event or brought by the Rockin’ Robots for an additional fee per hour
One line manager must be present for every line
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The artist hands out numbered tickets at the top of each hour (1 ticket for every person that the artist is able to service within that hour) and as the hour progresses the line manager will shout out the numbers
Each number will be called two times: allowing the guests to come up to the artist and exchange their ticket for the service.
This system allows the guests to walk around and enjoy the event and check back once in a while to see the status of the line (much like the deli counter at the grocery store) and conveys a “no line” experience
The ticket system requires a line manager
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As many as you want - we have done this for a very long time and can tell you what works best:
2 hour events with 15 guests or less and 1 artist: up to 2 services
2 hour events with 50 guests or less and 2 artists: up to 2 services
We recommend adding on additional time or additional artists if your event exceeds this headcount within this timeframe and/or you’d like additional services
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When we are at larger event: we know how long it takes for someone to get through our line after the first hour (based on some really boring statistics we won’t get into)
if we are hired for a 3 hour event, and we know we have a 30 minute line - that means 30 minutes prior to our end time: we’ll have our line manager stand at the very back of our line and not let anyone else in for these final 30 minutes
This allows us to end on time: we might have another event to get to behind this event - and you wouldn’t want us to be late to your event would you? Exactly!
Well, during that 30 minutes, what can happen?
The line of course, appears to be getting shorter and shorter now - those people who didn’t get in our line before because it appeared too long are suddenly thinking “WOW that line is short! I’m getting in line now!”
(*It’s important to note here that a line manager needs to be pretty thick skinned because of this next part)
Those people will come and try to get in line now: they’ll try to weasel in with others in line, they’ll try the “it’s just my one kid”, or they will say “I was in line for cotton candy and this line was SO long and I was waiting for it to get shorter and now it is”
The line manager simply says: “Sorry, they are only here for x more minutes and they can only serve these final people in that time frame - they have another event to get to right behind this one”
*See “Will you refuse anyone?” if you have more questions about this
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To avoid the spread of germs and potential infections: guests with cold sores, rashes, runny noses, who are or appear to be sick will not be able to sit for any type of body art.
All minors must have adult supervision
We have the right to refuse service to anyone who we find to be inconsiderate, offensive, or rude to any of our artists, staff, or others waiting in line
This includes parents being disrespectful to the artists and/or other guests: we will ask the parents and their children to leave the line