Monday 18 April 2016

Behind the scenes: The Isle of Wight Festival 2016 Headliner Body Paint

Thurrock Business Awards

Friday night see the return of the Thurrock Business Awards, the awards were organised by the Gazette’s parent company, Newsquest, and sponsored by the Thurrock Gazette and DP World. The entertainment for the evening was provided by the magician Michael Fitch – who was extremely funny and amazing to watch.
We were treated to a beautiful three course meal, but our table had a hard time trying to eat due to our nerves, the dinner ran over so our nerves were even worse by the time the awards got started, and on top of all that we streamed live via our Periscope too (just to make it easy on ourselves)
The business awards recognise the very best businesses in Thurrock
The first award we were up for was Best use of Social Media, both Dupe Magazine and The Face Painting Shop was finalists in this category and we are delighted that Dupe Magazine won! The magazine has been going for just over a year now and going from strength to strength, we have amazing support on Dupe's social media from artists all over the world, so this was the icing on the cake for us to win the award, both Anna and I are extremely proud, thank you to the sponsor of the award Danielle Evert from Final Checks for sponsoring the award

You can see the video of Anna and I (beware of the screaming) below


The next award we were waiting for was the prestigious Business Woman of the year award, I could feel myself feeling physically sick when Andrea Ince, who was the judge took to the stage to announce the finalists.  Andrea come to visit me at the shop and interview me a few weeks back for the award, Andrea is the Managing Director Of Orsett Hall and also Ince PR, she also won the award in 2014 so she knows just what it takes and knows just how prestigious the award is.
The other finalists had amazing business, but I am please to say I won, I am extremely proud of this award and am also proud that someone from outside of our industry recognised how successful The Face Painting Shop is not only in the UK, but around the world.

You can see the video of Andrea announcing the finalists and the winner (me) below - again turn your volume down!


Here are the other winners from the night:
New Company: Sportsquest
Small Business: Howgates
Excellent Customer Service (small): Warmer Homes
Excellent Customer Service (Medium): Crafty Arts
Excellent Customer Service (Large): Specsavers Grays
Growing Business: Grays Tuition Centre Best use of Social Media: Dupe magazine
Excellence in Marketing: James Latham Plc
Community Charity: Royal Opera House
Community Private: Tai Chi 4 Health Essex
Business to Business: Estuary Waste Management
Apprentice of the Year: Pippa Cox - Evans Insurance Brokers
Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Roice Gummer - Supreme Being Fitness
Highly Commended: Essex Laser Clinic

All in all it was a fantastic night, the atmosphere was amazing, the entertainment was brilliant and the food looked stunning (nerves have a lot to answer for)
Huge thank you to everyone at Essex Business awards for organising such a stunning event and of course Andrea from Orsett Hall, the Thurrock Gazette and DP world.

Nathalie

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Airbrush face and body art Workshop for beginners with Gemma Horner

 Airbrush face and body art Workshop for beginners with Gemma Horner

Date: Wednesday 13th April
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: The Face Painting Shop, 1-3 Wharf Road, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, SS17 0BZ
Price: £150.00 (Including lunch and refreshments)

This course will be taught by the head of Kryolans Education Gemma Horner.

Airbrushing has quickly become one of the most sought-after skills

in the Face and Body Art artist industry. In this intensive one-day workshop,

Students will learn the fundamentals of airbrush make-up, including how

to properly care for and maintain airbrush equipment and how to apply

flawless applications for face and body art.

The course will teach you to blend, stencil, freehand and most importantly inspire you to create the most sensational body art creations - a must for those interested in developing your career and expanding your business.

• Different types of paint, using silicone and water-based products
• Understanding primary colours and their use in advanced body art techniques
• Mixing colours using the colour wheel
• Preparation of the skin for body art, understanding contra indications
• Introduction to Airbrushing including control and dexterity
• Single colour application – achieving the perfect finish
• Two colour application - overlaying , highlighting, low lighting, contouring
• Demonstrations, tips and techniques on the most popular airbrush finishes
• Advanced techniques with practice
• Airbrush maintenance and associated cleaning procedures

All equipement will be provided on the day, please bring with you a camera to take pictures of your work.

Please note the costs of the course is £150.00 - a deposit of £50.00 is payable when booking - the balance is due on the day of the course

A Kryolan Certificate will be provided at the end of the course.






http://www.thefacepaintingshop.com/Airbrush-Workshop-for-Beginners

The Face Painting Shop Awarded Google Certified Shops Badge

 

The Face Painting Shop which offers face and body painting products was recently selected to join the Google Certified Shops program. To help shoppers identify online merchants that offer a great shopping experience, the Google Certified Shops badge is awarded to e-commerce sites that demonstrate a track record of on-time shipping and excellent customer service. When visiting The Face Painting Shop website, shoppers will see a Google Certified Shops badge and can click on it for more information.
As an added benefit, when a shopper makes a purchase at a Google Certified Shop, they have the option to select free purchase protection from Google. Then in the unlikely event of an issue with their purchase, they can request Google’s help.
"The Face Painting Shop are extremely proud to have been awarded the Google Certified Shops Badge, we continually work hard to provide outstanding customer service. Google’s Certified Shops programme offers an extra level of protection to all our online customers and we're really happy to get the Google seal of approval"

 

Face Painting Training Corses

As you may have seen from our social media channels we have under gone a huge refurbishment at the shop over the past 5 weeks, we would like to show you our new one of a kind custom built training station.
We felt that face painting training is a huge commitment for any face painter and felt that we need to upgrade from the regular tables and chairs. We couldn’t find anything on the market that we felt was good enough for our training courses, so put our builders to work and commissioned them to make our very own stylish and practical training station.

It features 10 work stations, each with its own makeup mirror and high directors makeup chairs, every station has draws packed full of products ready to be used and learned with.


It’s also the perfect place to sit and try and test products when you come to the shop, we all love to try different colours before we buy them and now we have the perfect place for you to sit and do exactly this.

We are extremely pleased with the new training station and look forward to welcoming everyone on our amazing workshops this year.

We have to say a huge thank you to Baseline Building for creating such a perfect addition to our shop.

www.thefacepaintingshop.com