Face Painting Safety
One of my big soap boxes as a face and body artist is that of safety. I can’t tell you the number of parents that have walked up with a child, looked at the designs, and then regretfully told the child that they couldn’t get their face painted since the child had had a bad reaction the last time their face was painted.
It is so important that people don’t let their children get painted with anything but skin safe products. I tell folks that they shouldn’t let their children get painted on with craft acrylics. The craft acrylic manufacturers have said that this paint is not made for use on skin. Some acrylic craft paints contain latex. Many people are developing latex allergies. Some craft acrylic paint pigments are heavy metals, such as nickel, cadmium, or lead. Would you use cosmetics with these metals in it for your makeup? Then why would you allow these thing to go on your child’s face? Only allow your child to be painted with products that have ingredients that are approved as cosmetics. These have been tested for use on your skin.
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