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For Supanova 2013, one of my cosplays this year is going to be Ice Queen from Adventure Time, which, of course, requires bodypaint. As with most cosplays where my make up differs from the more standard application, I liked to do several test long before the actual con so I can troubleshoot any issues.

Now as a Homestuck cosplayer I have had experience with both Ben Nye and Snazaroo. Personally out of the two I prefer Snazaroo as it is easier to remove, feels less greasy on the skin, and doesn’t stain clothes. However I have noticed that the quality of the paint itself differs from colour to colour. (warning; picture heavy. contains review on snazaroo and eyeshadow method, as well as a new method I have created)

Here’s an example of three different colours I have tried

Snazaroo Gold (the sparkly version) This has to be my favourite snazaroo to date, I basically slapped it onto my entire body in the school bathroom in 40 minutes. Nice even coverage, didn’t wear away, no creasing/cracking, only rubbed off on high friction zones (my sandals, shirt collar, where the wig pressed against my head, etc). Came off with soap and water, though my hands and feet had a yellowish tint for a few days.

 Light grey - this one was eh for me. I don’t know if it was because it wasn’t wet enough when I applied it, or because I applied it with a foundation brush instead of just hands like the gold (shhh). But it sort of peeled when it was worn, and came away from random spots as time went by like on my forearms (see photo). I think the issue might be that the coats were too thick and dry when applied? Or too wet? I’ll experiment with that later on.

And this is idk, snazaroo light blue? turquoise? Anyway, this snazaroo is super horrible. I don’t know if I just got a defective version of this colour or it’s like this for all of them, since this pot of paint was super different from the grey and the gold. In it’s usual state snazaroo is meant to be solid and dry, however this light blue seemed to be almost doughy? I could push it around with my fingers and make mountains and furrows in it while application was super shitty??? Bears more experimentation but still not happy with this one. It also stained my fingertips blue.

Now onto the experiments!

So, for Ice Queen I decided to try out the Eyeshadow Method using missha bb cream no. 21 and mica powder from here.

Now the blue the had wasn’t completely accurate to Ice Queen’s skin but I figured I could lighten it and then tint it with other eye shadows. So here it is all mixed up

resulting in a piled of sludge that looks identical to ben nye

seriously, container on the left is the mix and the right is real ben nye. But hopefully the colour would turn out blue right?

….well fuck

so after a fruitless attempts to salvage it the end result was an enormous waste of powder, foundation, and eyeshadow.

So I decided to experiment with the snazaroo.

The main issue with the snazaroo in blue was it’s doughy consistency and caking/cracking on my face when I applied it the first time around. So I decided to try mixing the snazaroo with my foundation.

The foundation and snazaroo blended together easily with a few drops of water to help the more troublesome chuncks of snazaroo dissolve.

As you can see, in comparison the colour was lighter than the original (which I personally prefer for this cosplay). The mixture applied nicely and gave pretty good coverage (I applied it with fingers in a circular motion), The picture above is one coat that was powdered with baby powder when dry and then hair sprayed.

However, I found it to be a little watery, so I put a little bit of white mica powder to thicken it. Here it is on my hand, baby powdered and hair sprayed.

The result was pretty much the same, although less watery and thus less thinner when applied.

I then subjected them both to a rubbing test

and then held them under the cold water for 5 seconds

They both then came off easily with soap and water.

Now, I don’t know how well this method works with other snazaroo paints, but if you need to lighten the colour of one, or had problems with it’s application, this method could possibly help you. I may try it out with the grey snazaroo later on.

As it stands, I plan on using this method for my Ice Queen cosplay, and will let you all know how it turns out after the con. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

<3 Phaes

(EDIT: If you leave the snazaroo+foundation mix out it’ll dry out in the more heavily snazaroo containing spots! so it would be best to probably mix this just before application. Mixing doesn’t take that long, like 5 minutes? Or maybe just add some water and remix it)

Hey guys!

This is an open question to any and all, wondering about what sort of things you would like to see us posting. The plan was to post pictures of our complete cosplays from our photoshoots, but what else would you like to see?  WIPs or progress shots? Tutorials and reviews?

Please let us know!