Snazaroo Classic Face and Body Paint, 18.8g (0.66-oz) Pot, White

Ok so i use this for homestuck cosplays, and i love the colour. It’s perfect light grey, and i don’t have to do any mixing. I bought this and a black snazaroo for karkat (his sleepy raccoon eyes, i guess?) and i love how well it stays on. However, i’ve learned how to use it best by trial and error.
1. Test it out before you go to the con
2. Do not get it wet, or wear it where you’ll be sweating a lot, or exposed to rain/humidity/swimming areas. It’s water-based so it’ll bleed off pretty quickly. Even taking a sip of water with it on, it rubs off my lips, so i always keep one of these with me at cons, to re-apply it. Use straws if you’re drinking, and if you eat wearing this, you’ll have to redo the lips. Unless you use lipstick instead of this on the lips, in which case, you’re fine. I’m a guy so yeah, no lipstick. This works just fine.
3. When i’m applying it, i don’t follow the directions on the label. If you do just a light, thin layer like it suggests, it will look washed out, streaky, and blotchy. Your fingerprints and application strokes will show. I know that’s how you’re supposed to do it, but i just don’t like how it looks. What i do is open up the cap, let a couple droplets of water soak into it, and wait until it’s kinda a thick putty (peanut butter-ish?), then i glob it on my face. Yes, i know it sounds gross. Yes, my pores can still breathe, yes it’s comfortable, no it isn’t itchy, no it doesn’t burn my skin, yes i’ve left it on for 10+ hours before and have had no issues whatsoever, no it doesn’t aggravate my acne. The water-based compound is easy on my skin. It feels nice on, moisturising. After i do the base grey colour, i take just a dab of black snazaroo on my pinky finger, make it into a thick paste just the same, and splotch it beneath my eyes for karkat’s baggy eyes. No streaking, just like a light dabbing motion, till it’s well-blended. I let that sit about five minutes, and then use matte finishing spray (ben nye final seal). You need this. It will help. Your makeup stays in place, doesn’t look mottled, and overall helps it not run as bad or look as shiny. I don’t use any powders atop that, just the finishing spray. Spritz like once or twice into the air, walk into it, wait a couple minutes, and do it again, till you go through it 2-4 times or so? In theatre we used to use hair spray to set our makeup, but i’ve never tried it with snazaroo, since every water and alcohol-based makeup reacts differently to the sprays. But yeah, ben nye is great. If you don’t use a final seal, it’s not a huge deal, but it’ll make the snaz blotch, run, and show sweat more.
4. Don’t use snaz on your arms. Or your neck. Or your hands. Or your legs. It will run. You will be miserable. Your clothes will get grey all over the edges. Your con experience will be filled with grey smudges all over your priceless con purchases and group photos. You don’t want that. Even expensive mehron/ben nye paints will still run with heat, humidity, and time at the con. Plus you have to keep re-applying it. No matter how much you set it and re-apply it, you will have issues unless you absolutely don’t touch anything. Not fun. It’s fine if you’re just going out for a photo op, but for a con, you want something where you can use your hands. So you can eat and drink and do other important activities. Also, bathroom breaks…yeah. Paint on your hands just isn’t a good idea. I highly suggest making armsocks out of tights, fabric medium/paint, and fake nails painted yellow. There’s a few awesome tutorials on tumblr. That way you can pull them on and off, do pics, and actually grab that awesome t-shirt at the con. For limbs, don’t use water, grease, or alcohol-based paints if it’s an all-day con. You can but there’s always that risk; even just brushing your leg on a chair might smear it. Pax is a good option for legs, as well as opaque tights. For photo ops (for less than an hour), any body paint will work fine. Anything more than that, pax is great. It feels and looks like skin. It’s a mixture of 60% pros-aid and 40% liquidex paint. It is amazing. Anytime i cosplay karkat, i do my neck with pax, then my face with snaz. The colours work great, and with the separation line just under my chin, you can’t tell where the two paints blend. Pax does not rub off or smear on my collar. At all. Be kinda careful about humidity, though. Do shave before you use pax; it can be ridiculous to scrub off. Best way to get pax off is to sweat, let the bubbles bead up beneath it, and wipe off with a hot rag. So, recap: snaz for face. It is awesome. Cake it on. Ben nye and mehron are other good brands i’ve tried, and i know a few others that are like $30 per canister. But snaz is cheap and works just fine. Pax on neck and upper arms. Arm socks for hands. You’ll thank me later.
5. Snaz washes off extremely easily, just a hot, wet rag and facial wash. As long as you don’t rub your face too much during the day, and as long as you’re not outside sweating, however, you shouldn’t have a problem with it dripping off. I’ve used it at dragon*con, where i was waiting for panels outside in the heat. As long as i didn’t touch my face when i came back inside, let the ac chill it down, the makeup reset to my face perfectly. Really just trial and error. But this stuff is way cheaper than mehron and ben nye, and as long as you use it well, it works just fine.
6. It goes a long way. I’ve been on the same grey and black containers for over a year, and have done karkat probably 10 times. Just the face, but still. You don’t need much.

Ok so as a part of my daily (yes daily) make up look i like to black out my neck. I’ve been doing this for years to the point people think it is a tattoo. But before i would use liquid eyeliner or eyeshadow and i never got the coverage i wanted. This however?? This right here? This is full coverage baby, i mean my entire neck and then some is blacked out in minutes. In the time it takes some girls to throw on some mascara and eyeliner i have my entire neck painted and set.

I bought this in early january and now 7 months later i am just bearly hitting the bottom of the pan after once again daily use. And i really do slather the black on. So if it lasts me this long it’s gonna last you even longer.

My pro tip however is use as little water as possible and a dense brush to apply. Set it with black eyeshadow after. You will thank me later.

At the 8 or so hour mark you’ll likely need to touch up but then again i doubt anyone is on my level and wearing this for that long. But who knows, maybe you are.

If set correctly it doesn’t transfer or fade at all, but around that 6-8 hour mark it can shift around. If it does it can and will get messy. Taking it off can be a bit of a pain but i personally use a mega sized cotton pad and a bunch of myciliar water and toner, which cuts through it like butter. You can also just hop in the shower and get aggressive with the face/body wash.

But basically this is the best you will get in terms of face paint. Go hard and live your best painted life.

I personally really liked the paint. I was surprised with how good the coverage was. Most water based face paints that i’ve used had to have multiple layers added. In the picture (3rd) the swatch on the base of my rose tattoo isn’t set with powder the other one is set, both work well. I took the dabi cosplay photos after a three hour recording session, so i would say that it also holds up well. Granted i wasn’t sweating all that much and i had a stew to drink with so it wouldn’t mess up my makeup there was very little transfer onto my binder and shirt. It was also not hard to wash off, a hot shower will work great, and it doesn’t stain your skin either. All in all a very good product.

Easy to put on and layer, use setting powder to set(so it doesn’t bleed on people or clothes). Would buy this brand in other colors if i need another cosplay skin tone!

This product is great and served its purpose for my cosplay. However, it’s very hard to layer up and can look patchy when you try to add more. I’m not sure if that was user error or the product because i’ve never used face paint on myself before. It lasted all day and was very easy to remove with water and face wash (i didn’t have makeup wipes or remover but i’m sure that would’ve worked too).

We got this for my daughter’s cosplay and it was absolutely perfect, great color and long lasting

A little goes a long way ! Very easy to use and put on . Comes off very easy with water

I wore this on my upper body, including face and arms. I was able to do about 3 coats and i still have sooo much left over. It stayed on pretty good, i just had to stay away from the misters.

Smells like regular ol face paint. Doesn’t spread well dry. Figure some water with a makeup sponge should do the trick. Came with a little air bubble, was hallow inside but i dont mind. Pretty good stuff easy to remove. Id use setting powder to give less of a sticky finish.

I applied 2 different colors of snazaroo face paints to achieve the look i wanted for the statue of liberty. I did have to wet the paint before applying which helped it go on smoother. It didn’t settle in my wrinkles/fine lines on my face which i was glad. It was super hot for the 4th of july and it didn’t sweat off. I didn’t use any application technique or tools – just used my fingers to put it on my face and smear it on my arms and chest. Extremely easy to take off. Soap and water worked fine. Lots of compliments on the color

The pink was perfect! I wore it for my persephone cosplays to a con and it stayed on allll day. The white however,, i just can’t seem to figure it out

Bought this for a raven cosplay i’m doing this halloween. Going to use it for my face and hands only, along with setting it with powder. It is very water activated so try not to get too sweaty or wet in areas. It can transfer too but having powder over it should have it not transfer as easily. Overall great produce for the price, can’t wait for the rest of my orders.

Hard to blend but it wipes off easily with a little bit of water

More of a light than dark grey

I use it for corpse paint and it’s pretty nice. It can be patchy if you’re not careful though

The star decrease is because mine came without the cover! I will have to plastic wrap it or somethings otherwise it’s as pictured

Washes off easily – great color!~

Works great in conjunction with undereye face cream. Stays on all day.

Purchased grass green. Medusa cosplay. Wasn’t sure which green to purchase as none seemed to be right. (i am a perfectionist). I know nothing about makeup application, evenly daily wear. Read the comments to glean some ideas. Wish i was talented enough to create the look with a few colors.
Purchased some white facial paint at a store (just in case) and ended up using it to mix w/ the green.
At first, used a cheap paint brush to apply w/ a little water. Didn’t care for the look. Maybe a softer make up brush would’ve been better. Ended up using my fingers and rubbing it/blending it in. To get the look of scales, used a piece of non- skid shelf liner. Brushed the mixed paint on the liner and then just dabbed all over face, neck, shoulders on top of the base. End result: loved it (not too bad for amateurs- hubby and daughter helped me transform)

after the party, took a shower and used soap and water to get off.
*fyi: when you sweat (dancing) it runs/ comes off. I did not “set it” with anything (comments recommended). Maybe that would have helped!

I did a layer of bright pink and a layer of fuchsia pink for a persephone/lore olympus cosplay. With primer and mehron setting spray, it lasted over three hours in 85 degrees while sweaty without smearing so long as i didn’t touch it.