PAINTING TIPS: If painting clothing, try to trace the clothing on the body with an eyeliner pencil, then take clothing off and paint within the eyeliner pencil lines. The eyeliner pencil lines will then act as a shadow and make your painted clothing look more realistic. Use thin layers of paint, if you bodypaint too thick, the paint will crack. Start with the light colors that you want to use and move to the dark colors. After the paint is dry (about 5-10 min.) you can paint over the top of your first layer, add a pattern, details, or whatever you like. Try our glitter paint to add a shimmer effect over the top of your bodypaint. Just wait till the bodypaint dries and apply the glitter paint directly over the top. Also, you can rub on the glitter paint directly to your skin to make yourself sparkle and shine! For dramatic bodypainting, use colors that are light and dark next to eachother, this will give you a lot of contrast and really make the bodypaint stand out. To create drop shadows, use an eyeliner pencil to lightly shade in the shadow area, then lightly rub the eyeliner pencil with a q-tip to soften the lines and make the shadow look realistic. If you want to bodypaint something mor expressionistic, work fast and work your paint wet on wet so that the colors mix and combine. This can give you nice original effects. Check back for more painting tips. You can purchase barelybikini bodypaint and try it out for yourself, just click here! If you do some bodypainting and want to show the world, email us the pics and we will post it on our website (with your permission of course). Just email the pics to dave@barelybikini.com Have fun bodypainting, don't be nervous, just paint and have fun, it all washes off with soap and water anyway!