Absolutely loving getting creative and planning designs on these boards! Playing with different colour combos and mixing up my butterflies.
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❤Baby girl Bambi bump ❤
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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Teaching my very first face painting workshop!!
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
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“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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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 28-30
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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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 22-27
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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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 17-21
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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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 13-16
Continuing my personal challenge of one stroke for one month, which has now become a very elastic month! *See previous posts for explaining what “one stroke” is 🙂
❤ Day 13 ❤

Three different flowers – close-ups below
❤ Day 14 ❤

Step-by-step of a leg butterfly, and then transferring it to my face
❤ Day 15 ❤
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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 7-12
Every day for a month I planned to paint a new design using “one stroke” technique. One stroke involves the use of “stripey” paints (see some of the images below and previous post). With a 3/4″ flat brush it is possible to pick up multiple colours at once, and with one motion create an effortless blending effect. Here are days 7-12.
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ONE STROKE for ONE MONTH – Days 1-6
Next month I am teaching my very first workshop – in Northern Ireland! In preparation I am creating different one stroke designs every day – practising my technique and rediscovering the endless possibilities one can create with one strokes! I simply adore this method of painting, with its mouthwatering array of colour combinations, and the effortless blending effect achieved with one stroke of the brush ❤ Here’s to the next 24/25 days!!
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Lovely Legs of Leicester!
Absolutely loved painting these one stroke roses all over the legs of Leicester last Tuesday evening at Streetlife nightclub. Had such an amazing night – 3.5 hours non-stop!
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