Mehron Makeup Paradise Makeup AQ Refill Size | Stage & Screen, Face & Body Painting, Beauty, Cosplay, Halloween | Water Activated Face Paint, Body Paint .25 oz (7 ml) (STORM CLOUD)

I tried several brands and styles of makeup for a Statue of Liberty costume I'm working on. This makeup was the clear winner. It has excellent coverage, doesn't feel strange on the skin at all, and really packs on the color if dabbed (not rubbed) onto the skin. The best part is that when dried, it doesn't rub off on everything - but it comes off easily with soap and water. I'll try to update with pictures when I finally get the costume complete.

Worked amazing, but smaller than expected.

I've been looking for good body paint to use for my Dabi cosplay. This worked great! The container looks super small but I did my face, my neck, most of my chest, and my full arms. I didn't even use half the container. The coverage is great! It only took one coat for me. Now the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because of how easy it is to remove with water, yes that's awesome, super easy to remove and it doesnt stain skin BUT if you sweat alot it might be an issue. I did this cosplay with the full long sleeved black coat for 8 hours at a con, the only part that rubbed off for me was my lips from licking them but I will say I dont sweat easily and I wasn't doing anything but walking around and sitting that day. The makeup started rubbing off on the back collar of my white shirt around the 5 hour mark but even then it didnt look like it came off my skin, and my coat was completely clean even though I had full painted arms. My recommendation, get a really good primer, than apply the body paint, and finish it with a setting spray (I use a cooling setting spray which helps with not sweating)

This makeup works very well for my live action role play! It glides on great and comes off just as well! The price is great!

Tl; Dr: From a competitive cosplayer who has used almost every brand under the sun, I only trust Paradise now and will use it either until the day I die or Paradise is no longer produced, whichever comes first. Used this for a big stage performance and it stood up to me ugly crying when our friend's memorial was played and we were announced as one of the winners of the competition we were in (see the selfie photo of myself and my friend, look under my eyes. That was all the damage the makeup took from sobbing and dabbing at my eyes with cheap paper towels!!) Read on for more in depth review + my personal application instructions that work extremely well with Paradise.I've been using this brand for years. It goes on typically in just two layers with a few spot touch ups here and there. And yes, this includes the white and black, two colors that are notorious for being difficult to apply as far as cake makeup is concerned. It is matte in finish and wears very comfortably with just the odd itch every now and then (if you are very itchy, you are either allergic or have put on too thick of a layer).From someone who has had to regularly turn 80% of their body blue as quickly as possible, this is the way I found best to apply and seal Paradise:1) Using a manufactured sponge (the ones with the smooth-ish finish), dampen it to the point of almost being considered dripping wet. You don't want it to drip water, but you want some water to be squeezed out. Work this into the makeup for a few seconds. Before applying, make sure you have put on a few layers of anti-persperant in sweat prone areas.2) Using the same sponge, brush the color onto your skin. This will leave a streaked finish, but that will be fixed in a moment. Cover everything you're going to cover and use a hair dryer to dry faster and not be freezing cold.3) Using a Natural sponge now, dampen it and work it into the color. You don't want the sponge to be so wet that it has water coming out of it when it's rung, but you want it moist enough to pick up color. Once you have worked enough color onto it, dab over all the streaks. Your color will now even out :)4) Touch up anywhere it is needed with the natural sponge and use eye shadows to contour and highlight. Personally I prefer using strong hold hair spray to seal my makeup followed up with a transparent setting powder to get rid of the tackiness. It works much better than setting spray imo. Doesn't matter what you use as long as it's decent and you seal your makeup with it.This method allows me to paint 80% of myself whatever color I want in only 2 hours. It seems to only really work well with Paradise. Other brands don't really like this method and take forever to apply as they feel more like a clay than a compressed powder like Paradise does. Paradise also stays on much better than other brands.If your skin is not sensitive, you can use alcohol in place of water to increase the dry time and lower the risk of the makeup being rubbed off. PLEASE only use water on your face.

This worked for what I needed it for but there was physically no way for my to stop it from being splotchy, I set my face and neck with green eyeshadow to hide how uneven it was but I didn’t have the time to spend doing the same to my arms and they were incredibly patchy. Also while I appreciate that this didn’t have any issues with staining if any amount of water touched me at all even though I had made sure to thoroughly set everything it started splotching and by the end of the night I looked terrible. Over all I’d use this product only if I needed to take pictures for a costume or cosplay but not actually to wear out of my house for events