Homemade Facial Paint Recipes

Find most of the items needed to make homemade facial paint in your pantry or refrigerator.

Halloween and costume parties go hand in hand with facial painting. Make your own facial paint with natural products. Homemade paints are healthier for you and save money. Find most of the items needed to make cheap face paint in your pantry or refrigerator.

Basic facial paint recipe

Mix cold cream with cornstarch and water to make a paste to create a basic recipe for homemade paint. Add food coloring to create the desired color. If the cold cream is not available, use a mixture of corn syrup and flour.

Mix cold cream with cornstarch and water to make a paste to create a basic recipe for homemade paint.

Clown facial paint recipe

The homemade clown facial paint includes butter, cornmeal, flour and petroleum jelly. Mix these elements until it is soft and add food colors of different colors. A few drops of red and yellow dye make orange facial paint, blue and red drops make purple and blue and yellow make green. Use your fingers or makeup applicators or cheap tattoo guns to apply the paint.

Halloween facial paint

Mix butter and cornmeal with food coloring to easily make facial paint for a Halloween costume.

False blood

Make your own fake blood by mixing soft cornmeal with red and blue dye. Add a small amount of milk for a more realistic opacity. Use a loaded brush to drip "blood" down the face.

Tips for easy removal

Baby wipes make the removal of simple facial paint. If baby wipes are not available, soap and water will work. Be careful not to stain your clothes or light colored hair with red paint, as it may stain.