I have literally always struggled with my unicorns, the perfectionist in me never happy with their double chins and wonky eyes! Recently, however, with a little bit more practise and perseverance and using one stroke technique for the faces as well as the hair, I’ve painted a lot more that I’m actually happy with!
Here are two ecstatic little girls from a recent unicorn themed birthday party…
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It’s been a while! I’ve been busy busy painting things that don’t wash off and shifting my focus to teaching face painting.
Training ladies to face paint is something I love doing! We work on a 1-2-1 basis from my home in Clarendon Park, Leicester and concentrate mainly on brush technique and one stroke painting. In my sessions we cover tear drops, double dipping, tiger stripes, one stroke flowers and princess crowns, butterflies, tigers, spiderman, hulk etc etc I can tailor my sessions to what my client is looking to learn.
Client learning ‘double dipping’ for the first time!
There’s nothing more heart-warming than seeing someone who has never really painted before suddenly be able to produce a one stroke flower and perfect tear drops!
Demo faces by me on FAB wipeable boards + homemade one strokes!
Clients leave the session feeling more confident and more inspired. I always take photos during the classes of our work and email these afterwards, along with a list of suggested kit items and recommended brands.
Demo one stroke flowers on my arm
We focus lots on pretty girly designs but have plenty of time for boys designs too!
Tribal design mirrored
Example skeleton pirate face
If you’re interested in my 1-2-1 face painting training sessions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! Happy to answer all your questions and queries. Please email me at livilollipopfairy@gmail.com.
Happy painting!
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Another day at the ‘office’ for me! Getting ready for another face painting teaching session in Leicester I restocked my homemade one strokes and rainbow cakes.
Absolutely adore this colour combo:
Cameleon Bollywood pink (my absolute favourite colour!), TAG magenta, Cameleon banana yellow, TAG lime green, FAB deep ocean, DFX essential blue
And once the paints are made up, this is what can be done! The possibilities are endless – rainbow butterflies, one stroke rainbows, rainbow fairies and more! Embellishing/ texturing designs with stencils makes them look extra special. This star stencil is made by BAM.
Can’t wait to create some new face painting designs for my next face painting training session, coming up really soon! Bye for now,
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Absolutely loving getting creative and planning designs on these boards! Playing with different colour combos and mixing up my butterflies.
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❤ Absolutely fallen in love with teaching face painting! ❤
Just taught a wonderful, talented lady in 2 sessions and had such an amazing time. We worked on teardrops, tiger stripes, one stroke flowers, double-dipping and much much more! Sample faces were used to illustrate how these techniques can be used in a design. She even wrote a super sparkly review for me!! 
Thank you Jane ❤❤❤
“Today was my last face painting lesson with Livi, I am so sad it’s over. It’s been great. Livi is amazing, such a natural talent, fabulous teacher and wonderful person. I feel so lucky to have been taught by Livi and would recommend her to anyone who is just starting out and wants to know the basics, or if you have experience but would like to really refine your techniques. I couldn’t recommend Livi highly enough.”
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My latest pregnancy bump painting!
This beautiful lady wanted a Bambi bump but really soft and girlie 🙂
Belly painting is available in your own home (if you live in London) or in my home (if you live in Leicester). It can be absolutely anything you like so let your imagination run wild! Please feel free to drop me a message with any questions or queries ❤ livilollipopfairy@gmail.com
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Last month I taught my first ever workshop. I was invited to be 1 of 2 tutors at Face Paint BOOTCAMP – an incredible, intensive one day training session in Belfast, Northern Ireland, organised by Stacey Kilpatrick of S.A.K. Designs. 30 participants were divided into 2 groups for two back-to-back 3 hour workshops (with a lovely leisurely lunch in between!) It was an absolute honour and privilege to be ‘billed’ alongside the phenomenal Teresa Mullin.
Leading up to the workshop I was so so nervous! I’d never taught before and always dismissed it as something beyond my capabilities. Every time I thought about it I felt sick with nerves, terrified I’d be no good! BUT somehow I managed to ignore those voices of crippling self-doubt and I DID IT and I loved it!! The feedback given afterwards was amazing and unbelievably heart-warming (see below photos), proving that my nerves were totally unfounded. I couldn’t have hoped for a more wonderful, positive first experience of teaching 😀 
Me doing a demo in my fab “Lollipop” t-shirt provided by BOOTCAMP organiser Stacey Kilpatrick
Sugar skull completed
Another demo – one stroke arm butterfly
My wonderful first class!
A satisfied customer!
Demo on a ‘FAB wipeable board’
Action shot – painting fuchsias
Participants in action!
Another demo – one stroke butterfly transferred to a beautiful, happy face!
Participants experimenting with new techniquess
Happiness!
Experimenting with new techniques
Diligent participant working on her break!
Action shot
Hard at work
Such joy!! 🙂
Another one stroke butterfly on a willing participant!
Another demo – calla lilies on each participant
Demo on ‘FAB wipeable board’
Completed one stroke sugar skull – would’ve loved to do more detail but time was limited!
Sugar skull hard at work
Such a lovely happy audience!
Action shot!
The only boy! and 29 women!
Me, Teresa Mullin & Thomas 🙂
So much colour!
Hard at work
One stroke arm butterflies
Happy happy faces
16 students hard at work! One cheeky chappy spotted the camera 🙂
Amazing arm painting
“We ABSOLUTELY LOVED having u teach us!!!!! It was soooo lovely to meet you and I learned soooooooo much from you!!! Looking forward to seeing you teach more now you’ve got the bug hehe and seeing your Livi Lollipop influence spreading far & wide 
– Joanne Wilson
“Aw Livi Lollipop, you never should have doubted yourself. Your class was excellent & I’ve used your genius concept of using different cakes in one design last weekend & it was a huge hit
😉 Sign me up for the next one
🤗x” – Anita Kinsella
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💜Livi Lollipop you were such a pleasure to have on board. You are an absolute sweetheart and this adds to your incredible talents and your style of teaching was wonderful! I’ve said before but will say again we were so honoured you chose to debut with us and know this will be the start of mega things for you! Xxx ❤💛💚💙💜” – Stacey Kilpatrick
“We loved u hon! Onwards and upwards!” – Krystle Boyd
“You were fab, I really enjoyed it, and came away inspired!” – Kathryn Craig
“It was incredible! Your a great teacher you took your time and explained things really well! Plus I love all the colours you use!!! Go you ” – Nicola Cunningham
“You were great, was so lovely to meet you, looking forward your next workshop over here! 
:)” – Jo Maher
“You were so great! … you made the class very enjoyable! 
😊 You rocked it! You showed us new techniques and had a great time with you, such a lovely person 
😃 Looking forward to crossing paths with you again 😊” – Thomas Bartley
“You did a fab job Livi! Was lovely to meet you & hopefully we’ll meet again somewhere along the way xx” – Lynne Hannah
“You were amazing and made me feel in my comfort zone. i was so worried it was going to go over my head and i’d be getting lost thinking it was impossible, but i didn’t.” – Cheryl Johnson
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And so it is done!! 30 days of one stroke painting, spread over about 60 days 
whoops! But I completed my challenge, despite losing inspiration several times, teaching my first workshop (!) and having some kind of RSI in my ‘hyper-mobile’ wrist! It’s been way tougher than I thought it would be, but the sense of accomplishment is awesome. I’ve fallen in love with one stroke even more, finding it to be even more fabulous and versatile than I first thought. Here’s to more crazy self-challenges!
Day 28
‘On the job’ Sugar skull from Halloween – private client
Day 29
‘On the job’ sugar skulls – intricate lacy forehead pieces requested and delivered! Two fun girls going out on the town for Halloween!
Day 30
Pregnancy bump painting using one stroke technique! 3 different one strokes for the rainbow, and “teddy bear” combo for Bambi. Black starblends used for shading.
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Almost there!!………………
❤ Day 22 ❤
❤ Day 23 ❤
One stroke step-by-step dragon
❤ Day 24 ❤
❤ Day 25 ❤
❤ Day 26 ❤
‘On the job’ Halloween client – she wanted a rainbow skull and I loved the idea!!
❤ Day 27 ❤
‘On the job’ – cutie pie sugar skull 🙂
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The next installment in my painting ‘one stroke for one month’ challenge! Some of these were painted in my own time at home, some were painted ‘on the job’.
❤ Day 17 ❤
On the job one stroke butterfly
On the job one stroke butterfly
❤ Day 18 ❤
On the job face painting & body art
❤ Day 19 ❤
Self-paint -playing with colour
❤ Day 20 ❤
One stroke roses – another nemesis of mine! Slowly getting there!! Practice practice practice!
❤ Day 21 ❤
Autumn fairy – inspired by my favourite season 🙂
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Face Painting Leicester to London 