Salinas Weekend 2 and good news!

My first and second attempt at doing an Ariel design I found on Google. My new goal is to learn more Disney designs. 

Good news! 

I'll be traveling to Thailand for a few months! I'm leaving September 30th and coming back... Who knows when haha I have a few friends there who are going to help me get situated. 

I'm going to of course keep painting while I'm there. Maybe not faces, but I'm excited to maybe take a crack at canvas and acrylics or watercolor. 

Excited to embark on this journey and see what the future holds. 

<3

Salinas, CA - Weekend One

I really do love that triceratops design. It's so cyooot!! 

One thing I really need work on is my

Butterflies. I feel like they are really lacking some serious umph. 

I think I'm capable of so much more, but I never get a chance to sit down and try new things because I've really got to crank kids out at work. It sometimes takes the fun part out of it... But I really try not to let it! Whenever a child sits down and tells me what they want, I just think "okay. *color* *correct brush*" and then I make a little goal for myself "smooth lines" or "perfect blending" or SOMETHING to keep it challenging. 

Anywho, I'm off to bed! 4 days off til our 4 day weekend in Salinas for the second week. 

#dinosaurpeople 

California Tour

Hey guys! 

So... I totally haven't posted in months! It's nice reading through my old posts and looking at old pictures to see how much I've grown. 

I feel so lucky to be out here on the road working with such great children every weekend doing what I love. Every week I learn new things and am humbled by the beauty and talents of others around me. 

Here are some of my newest paint jobs. I haven't made up any Lo-riginals in a while so these are nothing new. 

Enjoy: 

Triceratops 

Flowers+feather

Flowers+butterfly 

Skull (dinosaur) 

Random roses I did on my arm. 

This week I'll be learning how to do freehand glitter tattoos. I know how to do them with stencils already, but where's the fun in that?! Lol I'll get some pictures of those up soon. 

<3 

Yakima, WA!

Yakima, WA! 

We had so much fun painting all the little babes in Yakima last weekend. We're already in Eugene but here are some pictures from last weekend. 

We love Eugene, OR so much! What a cool town. It's so beautiful and clean and GREEEEEN! 

I love my job :)

Lots of firsts! - Boise, ID

Boise, ID was such a great show. Great temporary painters, great kids with awesome imaginations, and just all around kind people. We really enjoyed the time spent. 

Here are some of the designs I was doing this weekend! 

I really love to change the "same" design from person to person. It keeps me from getting bored and allows me to be more artistic. The whole 2-4 minutes per face thing is just so mindless! Yes, of course I can do a tiger in 2 minutes but why would I want to? If the child will allow it, I'm going to paint my heart out for each and every one of them!

Terminator!

I'm terrible at skulls but I really enjoyed this one! 

This young girl wanted a picture copied from google. Her and her family were so happy and impressed. Loved hanging out with them for a bit!

And last but not least... The cutest brothers on the face of the earth! One of them trying to force a smile on the other for the picture. 

Thanks to everyone who allowed me to photograph them. 

See you again soon, Boise! 

Face Paint for eyes! Daly City, CA

Meet Miss Danielle! Another face painter here at Jurassic Quest, my boyfriends sister, and part time model ... At least for me haha 

This design is one I found on Google images. I'm not sure who came up with it but it is a beautiful design! I'd been wanting to try it for a while. I'm so glad I finally had the chance. 

Mehron: blue Lagoon 

Tulip: white, neon blue, green

Wolfe Hydrocolor: black 

This wave is a typical Japanese wave put on the eye by me. A sort of design by me! I wish this venue had better lighting so you could really see how stunning and sparkly it is on her. 

P.S. Update on my feelings about black paint. Wolfe is my new favorite!! Yes, tulip is initially easier to use, but Wolfe blends better, is more gelish and stays on longer. After playing with the Wolfe colors more I'm really starting to fall in love with them. For now, the team and I are all stocked up on Tulip but as we run out I'll be replacing them with Wolfe product :)

Tulip has my heart - San Jose, CA

The only picture I took this weekend was of this triceratops. The company recently invested in some BAMS stencils and I was having a great time trying all the different ones out. 

For anyone who is wondering, we bought the Organic BAMS set. It has a few kinds of scales, leaves, birds, cheetah, and zebra. You can check it out at Sillyfarm.com. I think the set was $21. I like the smaller sized stencils better for faces... Especially kids faces. The full sized stencils are just too hard to maneuver over all the curves of the face in my opinion. 

Tulip: Hot Pink, Black, white, hot purple, 

Paradise Mehron: Lavender (not sure of the actual name) 

It's been about 6 months since I started face painting and I'm happy to say I'm starting to develope my own style. I still have a lot to learn! And I'm anxious to learn all of the techniques I can. I'm also trying to learn how to use more professional paints such as Wolf FX, Paradise, and Tag. Honestly though, I prefer tulip. It's so easy to use! The other brands tend to be so much clumpier and general harder to use... With a brush anyway. Anything is easy with a sponge though. 

As far as professional brands go, Wolf FX is my favorite for black. I can't stand paradise for black! Lol I would recommend Tulip black for a beginner. It's so easy to get a crisp thin line without too much work or having to worry about the perfect water to paint ratio. 

Maybe I'm just unskilled! Lol either way, Tulip has my heart. 

That's all for now :)

-Lo

Salem, OR

The only picture I got from Salem, OR... My first cheetah! I've always been too afraid for some reason, but I like how this turned out. Lisa-frank-esc or something haha

This weekend we're in San Jose, CA. My home town! 

More to come :)

Sacramento, CA

Made it to Sacramento, CA for our show at the Cal Expo.

I didn't take many pictures last weekend in Santa Rosa so here are some of my favorite pictures from the past.

Dino skin with teeth. This design has come a LONG way since this. I'll have to take some new pictures! 

Me! Haha in Vegas, NV. Festive! 

Practicing on the boyfriend lol

Fave! Gold triceratops.

Dino eye! 

My coworker, Bianca, getting festive in Santa Rosa! 

That's all for now. More to come after the weekend :)

Santa Rosa, CA - Saturday

The first day in Santa Rosa went great! We set up the face painting booth outside like we did when we came to this venue before. It was beautiful outside! So beautiful that... I got a terrible sunburn on my face and arms... Ouch!! So we'll be moving the booth inside for tomorrow. Plus, it's suppose to rain. I don't think that's go over very well with the paint lol although, we'd have no problems with dirty paint water ruining our vibrant colors! Lol

I didn't take many pictures today, but here is one girl who I tried something new on and really loved. 

Don't miss that Dino headband, either. Festive! 

My (technically second) first time with henna

Here's a somewhat graphic photo of my first try with some henna from a couple weeks ago. I bought it off ebay for a couple bucks. I thought it was supposed to be brown, but it was actually gold. It wasn't as dark as I wanted, but it was just for practice ... And my boyfriend was glad it wasn't so dark! 

I say "technically second" because minutes before my boyfriend shaved his thigh for me, I was practicing on my foot. That turned out slightly more embarrassing so I didn't bother photographing that one lol 

Not too bad for my first time! It's supposed to be a flower with vines. I got much of the design from a few pictures I was looking at. 

I want to practice more skills and shapes before I venture off and create my own style. 

-Lo

Ventura, CA

This last weekend in Ventura was awesome! After losing our face paint designs sign in Lancaster, CA the week before, we were forced to just wing it. I learned how to do so many awesome new designs... Other than dinosaurs! The little babes seemed to really love their freedom to choose. It really allowed them to use their imaginations. We got some really interesting requests. Some great ones were: Rainbow Spiderman, Pink Pterodactyl Princess, and one motorcycle jumping over another motorcycle racing for a trophy with flames. Lol! I absolutely adore young minds. 

Here are some pictures from Lancaster, CA and Ventura, CA! The show is now in Santa Rosa, CA so I'll post any new work of mine after this weekend. Who knows what I'll learn!

Here's me as a (tired looking) rainbow triceratops. Festive!!

My first Iron Man! This little babe, Max, and his family were such cool people. An absolute joy! 

My very own tiger design on a young babe! I'm so obsessed with this now! 

So obsessed I had to do it myself!  Rawr!

My first Hello Kitty! Isn't she just the cutest? 

Spamming you with tigers now, but this picture is amazing! 

This was a copy of something found on google images... Nonetheless, a beautiful floral butterfly. 

3 triceratops from different artists. Mine is the far right. They all turned out unique and great! 

That's all I have for now. More to come after this weekend in Santa Rosa :)