"Sparkling Faces" correspondence - Not a good resonse :(

Got a reply, and it's bad news I'm afraid! Below is the e-mail I got back, and below that is the e-mail I sent:

Hi Emma,

thank you so much for the compliment, however I will have to decline.

I'm just super buy right now, and this project sounds like alot more work than I have time to offer.

There are alot of great face painters out there that may be able to assist you in your research,

and I do wish you the best of luck!

thanks

Vi

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM, <emmawyton@hotmail.com> wrote:

Your Name: Emma Wyton

Email: emmawyton@hotmail.com

Phone: 07985 493971

Comment: Hey there!

Before I start, I would like to say how talented you are at painting faces. You make it an art form, and it is really inspiring seeing you work.

I am an animation student at Ravensbourne College in London, and I am currently working on a unit where we have to set up a business in order to make money for our end of year degree show, and display our artistic talents.

Me and a friend have chosen to do face painting. As I was browsing the internet for inspiration, I found your "Sparkling Faces" YouTube videos. And that is how I have come about writing to you now.

For our project, we have been asked to research people who have similarly started a business in order to get an income and make themselves known. I was hoping that maybe I could write about you and your business. Would that be okay? I would need to ask you a few questions about how you operate etc like how the business started, and how you advertise and look for events to set up your facepainting stall, and how you decide on what fees to negotiate with clients.

Sorry about the long e-mail! Anyway, if you could reply asap that would be really great. Thank you for taking the time to read my e-mail, and I hope to hear from you soon!

Kind regards,

Emma Wyton

I'm a bit gutted, really. I guess it shows that she's got a lot of work though, which is a good thing. I might try and e-mail somebody else. :/

More face painting photos!

Courtesy of Mel:

Mel painted the fish and Joker, I painted the flowers :)

"Sparkling Faces" correspondence

I've just sent an e-mail to the lady in charge of Sparkling Faces. Unfortunately I lost the text I wrote because I forgot to copy and paste it here, but it was basically just a kind e-mail asking permission to research her company.

On the website it says she will reply within 24hrs, so fingers-crossed I will get a good response!

Our work so far!

We have done some mean facepaints and have made a bit of money. We have profited around £8 for our work commissioned from other people. If we deduct the money paid for the extra paints and wipes (which comes to £15approx) we have a profit of minus £7

Supplies bought:

Bright Pink Paint   £2.84
Sky Blue Paint       £2.99
Lilac/Purple Paint  £3.67
Turquoise Paint     £2.80
                         =   £12.30
Postage and Packaging
                         =   £2.15
TOTAL            =   £14.45

So that's the money we've spent

Here are some pics of some happy customers!

Me and Mel have also successfully secured some events to go to, in order to get some more money. My Dad's school has a Summer Fayre every year, and up to 3,000 people come to enjoy the stalls and stuff on offer. I talked to the guy in charge (Keith Burden) and he said he'd love to have us there. This'll be the first time they'll have face painters at the fayre, so I think it's going to be a hit!

Mel has contacted a friend who needs somebody to paint the faces of some dancers soon, so we might be involved with that too!

It's all pretty exciting! I still need to do a little research into Health and Safety and general business managing. I hope to e-mail a professional face painter today, so expect to see that soon!

Partica!

Here's a site that Mel mentioned. She's gonna take a look at the stuff and the prices, to see if it is worth investing in them for paints.

http://www.partica.co.uk/category.cfm?category=44

Tutor's e-mail

I got a reply about the face painting! Here's what my tutor said,

Hi Emma

If it's a one off thing that you guys are planning it seems better to borrow some kit from your friends to try...  35-70£ seems dear to me. As regards to stall I assume you will be organising permission? You do know that to use the square outside Ravensbourne you need a licence/ permission from Lendlease. It is a bit of a process because they are a massive company.

I'm sure your family and friends will enjoy the face paint.

PS. If I were you I would test trade on Friday by offering some Royalist facepainting! I reckon there's big money to be made if you go about it in a clever way;) I just saw cheap kits of red blue and white face paint at Tesco

Best regards, L

Excellent stuff! I think my tutor Linnéa made some great points there. It makes me think that i should probably borrow equipment for now, because that way I can practice more.

I thought getting permission to have a stall on 02 grounds might be complicated. I was prepared for that. I'm sure with a bit of preparation and communication with the people in charge, we will be able to set up a nice stall for our business!

Also a valid point about the royal wedding on Friday. Might be a good opportunity to coax some patriotic people into having their faces painted with the british flag! Have forward this message on to my group members for their thoughts.

I should also mention that I may be getting help with the face painting. Mariluz Noto might be joining us! I'll let you know if the group does change or whatever.

Gorgeous Face Painting How To Vids!

I have found some cracking video tutorials on facepainting, mostly by the person who runs the "Sparkling Faces"

http://www.sparklingfaces.net/

Here are some favourite tutorials she has done that I would like to share with you, and hopefully master myself.











She gives a really good demonstration of how to do some really appealing painted faces.

She also shows how to make "rainbow cakes" which give a nice multi-coloured stripe effect with brush strokes