{{Short description|Form of art using the human body as the canvas}} {{Redirect|Face Painter|the EP|Emma Dean (musician)|the Seinfeld episode|The Face Painter}} thumb|upright|Indigenous American body painting
'''Body painting''' is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or "henna tattoos" about two weeks). Body painting that is limited to the face is known as '''face painting'''. Body painting is also referred to as (a form of) "temporary tattoo". Large scale or full-body painting is more commonly referred to as body painting, while smaller or more detailed work can sometimes be referred to as temporary tattoos.
==Indigenous== thumb|upright|Indigenous body painting
Body painting with a grey or white paint made from natural pigments including clay, chalk, ash and cattle dung is traditional in many tribal cultures. Often worn during cultural ceremonies, it is believed to assist with the moderation of body heat and the use of striped patterns may reduce the incidence of biting insects. It still survives in this ancient form among Indigenous Australians and in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia,<ref>{{cite web |title='Zebra' tribal bodypaint cuts fly bites 10-fold: study |url=https://phys.org/news/2019-01-zebra-tribal-bodypaint-fold.html |website=Phys.org |date=16 January 2019 }}</ref> as well as in New Zealand and the Pacific islands. A semi-permanent form of body painting known as ''Mehndi'', using dyes made of henna leaves (hence also known rather erroneously as "henna tattoo"), is practiced in India, especially on brides. Since the late 1990s, Mehndi has become popular amongst young women in the Western world.
Many indigenous peoples of Central and South America paint jagua tattoos, or designs with ''Genipa americana'' juice on their bodies. Indigenous peoples of South America traditionally use annatto, huito, or wet charcoal to decorate their faces and bodies. Huito is semi-permanent, and it generally takes weeks for this black dye to fade.<ref>{{cite book |last=Montañez R. |first=Dinhora |date=2013 |editor=Diario del Huila |title=Body painting, el arte de la poesía corporal: Sobre el trabajo de Mao Mix R |location=Neiva }}</ref>
==Western== [[File:Orca body painting.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|A painted orca design on a forearm]]
Body painting is not always large pieces on fully nude bodies, but can involve smaller pieces on displayed areas of otherwise clothed bodies. There has been a revival of body painting in Western society since the 1960s, in part prompted by the liberalization of social mores regarding nudity and often comes in sensationalist or exhibitionist forms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/body.htm |title=Body Painting: History, Origins, Types, Methods, Festivals: Tribal Art |website=Visual-Arts-Cork.com |access-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref> Even today there is a constant debate about the legitimacy of body painting as an art form. The current modern revival could be said to date back to the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago when Max Factor Sr. and his model Sally Rand were arrested for causing a public disturbance when he body-painted her with his new make-up formulated for Hollywood films.<ref>{{cite book |last=Basten |first=Fred E. |date=2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdMEEze2sHIC |title=Max Factor: The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World |location=New York |publisher=Arcade Publishing |isbn=978-1-61145-135-1 }}</ref> Body art today evolves to the works more directed towards personal mythologies, as Jana Sterbak, Rebecca Horn, Michel Platnic, Youri Messen-Jaschin or Javier Perez.
[[File:PETA body paint protest in Helsinki cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Body-painted women in a PETA protest against fur]]
Body painting is sometimes used as a method of gaining attention in political protests, for instance those by PETA against Burberry.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
Joanne Gair is a body paint artist whose work appeared for the tenth consecutive year in the 2008 ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. She came to prominence with an August 1992 ''Vanity Fair'' ''Demi's Birthday Suit'' cover of Demi Moore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photoimpactonline.com/gair.htm |title=Make-Up Illusion by Joanne Gair |access-date=2008-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221204220/http://www.photoimpactonline.com/gair.htm |archive-date=2007-12-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/004340.php |title=Body Painting: Masterpieces by Joanne Gair |work=Art MOCO: The Modern and Contemporary Art Blog |access-date=2008-02-18 |date=2007-07-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205095055/http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/004340.php |archive-date=2008-02-05 }}</ref> Her ''Disappearing Model'' was part of an episode of ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joannegair.com/about.htm |title=Joanne Gair: The Art of Illusion |access-date=2009-04-23 }}</ref>
===Festivals=== [[File:FantasyFest1-35.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|An artist body painting at Fantasy Fest]] thumb|Body painting is not always limited to humans.
Body painting festivals happen annually across the world, bringing together professional body painters and keen amateurs. Body painting can also be seen at some football matches, at rave parties, and at certain festivals. The World Bodypainting Festival is a three-day festival which originated in 1998 and which has been held in Klagenfurt, Austria since 2017. Participants attend from over fifty countries and the event has more than 20,000 visitors; the associated World Bodypainting Association promotes the art of bodypainting.
Body painting festivals that take place in North America include the North American Body Painting Championship, Face and Body Art International Convention in Orlando, Florida, Bodygras Body Painting Competition in Nanaimo, BC and the Face Painting and Body Art Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
thumb|upright|Body painting of a male nude model in Amsterdam 2016
Australia also has a number of body painting festivals, most notably the annual Australian Body Art Festival in Eumundi, Queensland<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Body Art Festival |url=http://australianbodyart.com.au/ |website=Australian Body Art Festival |access-date=26 February 2015 }}</ref> and the Australian Body Art Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Body Art Awards |url=http://www.australianbodyartawards.com.au/ |website=Australian Body Art Awards |access-date=26 February 2015 }}</ref>
In Italy, the Rabarama Skin Art Festival (held every year during the Summer and Autumn, with a tour in the major Italian cities), is a different event focused on the artistic side of body painting, highlighting the emotional impact of the painted body in a live performance<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlLGBeKZbj4&t=17s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/SlLGBeKZbj4 |archive-date=2021-11-18 |url-status=live |title=Finale 2016 del Rabarama Skin Art Festival, video TG |last=Kryolan Italia |date=4 October 2016 |access-date=22 January 2017 |via=YouTube }}{{cbignore}}</ref> more than the decorative and technical aspects of it. This particular form of creative art is known as "Skin Art".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabaramaskinartfestival.com/skin-art-manifesto|title=Rabarama Skin Art: body painting d'arte festival in Italia|work=rabaramaskinartfestival.com|access-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023200659/http://www.rabaramaskinartfestival.com/skin-art-manifesto|archive-date=23 October 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
===Fine art=== The 1960s supermodel Veruschka has inspired bodypaint artists, after influential images of her appeared in the 1986 book ''Transfigurations'' by photographer Holger Trulzsch.<ref>{{cite book|title=Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5mnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|first=Catherine|last=McIntyre |publisher=Focal Press |date=2014 |isbn=9781135046149 |chapter=Influences |page=46 }}</ref> Other well-known works include Serge Diakonoff's books ''A Fleur de Peau''{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} and ''Diakonoff'' and Joanne Gair's ''Paint a licious''. More recently Dutch art photographer Karl Hammer has created combinations of body painting and narrative art (fantastic realism).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
Following the already established trend in Western Europe, body painting has become more widely accepted in the United States since the early 1990s. In 2006 the first gallery dedicated exclusively to fine art body painting was opened in New Orleans by World Bodypainting Festival Champion and Judge, Craig Tracy. The Painted Alive Gallery is on Royal Street in the French Quarter.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} In 2009, the late-night talk show ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' featured the New York-based artist Danny Setiawan who creates reproductions of masterpieces by famous artists such as Salvador Dalí, Vincent van Gogh, and Gustav Klimt on human bodies.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
Since 2005 the Australian visual artist Emma Hack has been creating photographs of painted naked human bodies that visually merge with a patterned background wall inspired by the wallpaper designs of Florence Broadhurst. Hack is best known for the Gotye music video for the song "Somebody That I Used to Know", which uses stop-motion animation body painting and has received over 800 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Debbie|last=Cuthbertson|title=Adelaide artist Emma Hack breathes new life into Florence Broadhurst archive|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 January 2014|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/adelaide-artist-emma-hack-breathes-new-life-into-florence-broadhurst-archive-20140116-30xlt.html }}</ref>
thumb|upright|Body painting artwork from the series ''Sharks Are People Too!'' by Paul Roustan<ref>{{Cite news|first=Morgan|last=Sliff|title=LA Artist Uses Nude Body Art to Say 'Sharks Are People Too' |publisher=The Inertia |date=30 December 2016 |url=http://www.theinertia.com/music-art/la-artist-uses-nude-body-art-to-say-sharks-are-people-too/ }}</ref>
Michel Platnic is a French–Israeli contemporary visual artist known for his "living paintings". He uses multiple mediums including photography, video, performance body-painting and painting. Platnic builds three-dimensional cinema sets for his video and photography work and then paints the bodies of living models he places within the sets. Using this technique, Platnic brought to life several scenes of paintings made famous by artists Francis Bacon, Egon Schiele, David Hockney and Lucian Freud and placed them in a different context.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marican|first=Shireen|date=3 February 2016|title=The Pioneer: Michel Platnic, Baconesque and Blurring Boundaries|url=https://www.artandonly.com/the-pioneer-michel-platnic-baconesque-and-blurring-boundaries/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117011822/https://www.artandonly.com/the-pioneer-michel-platnic-baconesque-and-blurring-boundaries/ |archive-date=2020-11-17 |access-date=|website=Art and Only - The Platform for Collectors}}</ref> Los Angeles artist, Paul Roustan, is known for his work in body painting and photography which spans both the fine art and commercial worlds. His body painting has received numerous awards, including winner of the North American Body Paint Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Body Paint by Paul Roustan |publisher=Dodho Magazine|date=1 January 2015|url=https://www.dodho.com/body-paint-by-paul-roustan/ }}</ref>
Trina Merry is a body painter known for camouflaging models into settings, backgrounds and, in her "Lust of Currency" series, famous paintings. Merry's collection was exhibited during Miami Art Basel in 2017<ref>{{cite press release|title=New Platform Romio, Painter Trina Merry, Violinist Charlie Siem And Opera Star Iestyn Davies Among Clients Featured In 360bespoke's Seasonal Media Report|url=http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/new-platform-romio-painter-trina-merry-violinist-charlie-siem-and-opera-star-iestyn-davies-among-clients-featured-in-360bespoke-s-seasonal-media-report-1014567191|date=30 January 2018|work=Markets Insider|agency=PR Newswire}}</ref> and at the Superfine! New York art fair in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artist paints naked models with famous masterpieces|url=https://nypost.com/2018/05/03/artist-paints-naked-models-with-famous-masterpieces|date=3 May 2018|author=Raquel Laneri|newspaper=New York Post|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=An Art Fair Where the Pieces Come to Life|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/the-superfine-art-fair-opens-in-new-york-today.html|work=The Cut|date=2 May 2018|author=Melania Hidalgo}}</ref>
Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes is known for her style of painting her own body to camouflage herself against complex floral backgrounds and natural landscapes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/cecilia-paredes-wallpaper-art--2012-2|title=Watch As The Amazing Artist Cecilia Paredes Disappears Into Wallpaper|last=Zeveloff|first=Julie|date=2012-02-03|website=Business Insider|access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref>
===In the commercial arena=== [[File:A Cricket fan at the Chepauk stadium, Chennai.jpg|thumb|upright|Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, a fan of the Indian cricket team, travels to all Indian home games with his body painted as the Indian flag, along with the number of his idol Sachin Tendulkar<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1540753.cms|title=Sachin is this fan's match ticket|date=31 January 2007|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 February 2010|archive-date=27 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227055204/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1540753.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Professional artists are employed as body painters for television commercials. For example, models were painted to look like trees as part of a TV advertising campaign for Natrel Plus. Still photography of body painting is also used in print advertising, with hundreds of images of body painting appearing in magazines every year. Body painters also frequently work in the film industry, especially in science fiction, with body painting used to create elaborate alien designs.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
The ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'', published annually, has frequently featured a section in which body-painted models appear to be wearing swimsuits or sports jerseys. ''Playboy'' magazine has frequently made use of body painted models. In the 2005 ''Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion'' calendar, all the Playmates appeared in bikinis apart from Playmates Karen McDougal and Hiromi Oshima, who instead had painted-on bikinis.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
The success of body painting has led to many notable international competitions and a specific trade magazine (''Illusion Magazine'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://illusionmagazine.co.uk/illusion-magazine|title=Illusion Magazine|work=illusionmagazine.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> for this industry, showcasing work around the world.
==Face painting== {{See also|History of cosmetics}} [[File:MochePaintedFace.jpg|thumb|upright|Moche ceramic vessel at the Larco Museum in Lima, depicting a man, possibly a warrior, with face painting]] thumb|A child wearing face paint [[File:Marcus Stewart and Mariana Catalina in Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Ryan Castalia for Stairwell Theater, 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|Marcus Stewart with his face painted as he acts in ''Oresteia'' by Aeschylus, adapted by Ryan Castalia for Stairwell Theater, 2019]]
Face painting is the artistic application of nontoxic paint to a person's face. The practice dates from Paleolithic times and has been used for ritual purposes, such as coming-of-age ceremonies and funeral rites, as well as for hunting. Materials such as clay, chalk or henna have been used, typically mixed with pigments extracted from leaves, fruits or berries and sometimes with oils or fats.<ref>{{cite book|title=Faces Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human Face|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dcr4U0yBRAC|first=Margo|last=DeMello|publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2012 |isbn=9781598846171 |page=106 }}</ref>
Many peoples around the world practice face painting in modern times. This includes indigenous peoples in places such as Australia, Papua New Guinea, Polynesia and Melanesia. Some tribes in Sub-Saharan Africa use the technique during rituals and festivals, and many of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America now use it for ceremonies, having previously also used it for hunting and warfare. In India it is used in folk dances and temple festivals, such as in Kathakali performances, and Mehndi designs are used at weddings. It is also used by Japanese Geisha and Chinese opera singers.{{sfnp|DeMello|2012|p=107–108}} Women in Madagascar paint their faces with designs featuring stars, flowers and leaves using contrasting yellow and white wood paste called masonjoany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Painting on Tradition in Madagascar |url=https://www.peacecorps.gov/madagascar/stories/painting-tradition-madagascar/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=PeaceCorps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
In some forms of Western folk dance, such as Border Morris, the faces of the dancers are painted with a black pigment in a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages. In the 18th century cosmetic face painting became popular with men and women of the aristocracy and the nouveau riche,<ref>{{cite web|title=Makeup And Lead Poisoning In The 18th Century|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/objectretrieval/node/111|publisher=University College London|author=Emma Chambers|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> but it died out in Western culture after the fall of the French aristocracy. During the 19th century blackface theatrical makeup gained popularity when it was used by non-black performers to represent black people, typically in a minstrel show.<ref>{{cite book|first=William John|last=Mahar|title=Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture|url=https://archive.org/details/behindburntcorkm00will|url-access=registration|publisher=University of Illinois Press|date=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/behindburntcorkm00will/page/9 9]|isbn=0-252-06696-0}}</ref> Its use ended in the United States with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5cVSVbOu2EC|first=Frank W.|last=Sweet|title=A History of the Minstrel Show|publisher=Boxes & Arrows|date=2000|page=25|isbn=9780939479214}}</ref> At about the same time the hippie movement adopted face painting,<ref>{{cite book|title=Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UedyOnQjZBcC&pg=PA197|editor-first=Adele|editor-last=Reinhartz|publisher=Routledge|date=2012|isbn=9781136183997|page=197}}</ref> and it was common for young people to decorate their cheeks with flowers or peace symbols at anti-war demonstrations.
Skeletal face painting has become common at Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and in the United States, especially since the 2010s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aj96EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|edition=Second|first=Regina M|last=Marchi|publisher=Rutgers University Press|date=2022|isbn=9781978821651|page=60}}</ref>
In contemporary Western culture face painting has become an art form, with artists displaying their work at festivals and in competitions and magazines. Other western users include actors and clowns, and it continues to be used as a form of camouflage amongst hunters and the military. It is also found at entertainments for children and sports events,{{sfnp|DeMello|2012|p=109}} as well as county fairs, large open-air markets, theme parks, parties, festivals, and charity fundraising events.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
===In the military=== {{Main|Military camouflage}} [[File:Maskowanie.JPEG|thumb|A soldier applies face paints as military camouflage.]]
It is common for soldiers in combat to paint their faces and other exposed body parts in colors such as green, tan, and loam as camouflage. In various South American armies, it is a tradition to use face paint on parade in respect to the indigenous tribes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taringa.net/comunidades/naiem/7850065/Brigada-de-Fusileros-Paracaidistas-Mexicanos.html|title=Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas Mexicanos|language=es|work=taringa.net|date=8 September 2013 |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
==Temporary tattoos== As well as paint, temporary tattoos can be used to decorate the body. "Glitter tattoos" are made by applying a clear, cosmetic-grade glue (either freehand or through a stencil) on the skin and then coating it with cosmetic-grade glitter. They can last up to a week depending on the model's body chemistry.
Foil metallic temporary tattoos are a variation of decal-style temporary tattoos, printed using foil stamping technique instead of ink. On the front side, the foil design is printed as a mirror image in order to be viewed in the right direction once it is applied to the skin. Each metallic tattoo is protected by a transparent protective film.
==Body paints== [[File:Ultraviolet body painting at WBF 2014 1.jpg|thumb|Fluorescent body paint will show up as bright and colourful under ultraviolet light.]] [[File:Blacklight bodypainting leevi.jpg|thumb|upright|Body painting with fluorescent paint]]
Modern water-based face and body paints are made according to stringent guidelines, meaning these are non-toxic, usually non-allergenic, and can easily be washed away. Temporary staining may develop after use, but it will fade after normal washing. These are either applied with hands, paint brush, and synthetic sponges or natural sea sponge, or alternatively with an airbrush. Contrary to the popular myth perpetuated by the James Bond film ''Goldfinger'', a person is not asphyxiated if their whole body is painted.<ref>Metin Tolan - Geschüttelt, nicht gerührt, Piper Verlag</ref>
Liquid latex may also be used as body paint. Aside the risk of contact allergy, wearing latex for a prolonged period may cause heat stroke by inhibiting perspiration and care should be taken to avoid the painful removal of hair when the latex is pulled off.
The same precautions that apply to cosmetics should be observed. If the skin shows any sign of allergy from a paint, its use should immediately be ceased. Moreover, it should not be applied to damaged, inflamed or sensitive skin. If possible, a test for allergic reaction should be performed before use. Special care should be paid to the list of ingredients, as certain dyes are not approved by the US FDA for use around the eye area—generally those associated with certain reddish colorants, as CI 15850 or CI 15985—or on lips, generally blue, purple or some greens containing CI 77007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Color Additive Status List |url=https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/UCM106626 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223072723/http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/UCM106626 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 23, 2010 |publisher=The Food and Drug Administration |access-date=3 August 2011 |date=December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Color Additives for Use in United States in Foods, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Medical Devices |url=https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm#table3A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611073852/http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm#table3A |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=The Food and Drug Administration |access-date=3 August 2011 |date=March 2007}}</ref> More stringent regulations are in place in California regarding the amount of permissible lead on cosmetic additives, as part of Proposition 65.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Proposition 65 Update: Lead Limits for Cosmetic Products |url=http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/psls/en/1X05YAZ7/1/Product-Safety-Laws-And-Standards/California-Proposition-65-Update-Lead-Limits-For-Cosmetic-Products.htm |publisher=Hong Kong Trade Development Council |access-date=3 August 2011 |date=18 June 2009}}</ref> In the European Union, all colorants listed under a CI number are allowed for use on all areas. Any paints or products which have not been formulated for use on the body should never be used for body or face painting, as these can result in serious allergic reactions.
As for Mehndi, natural brown henna dyes are safe to use when mixed with ingredients such as lemon juice. Another option is Jagua, a dark indigo plant-based dye that is safe to use on the skin and is approved for cosmetic use in the EU.
==Body marbling== {{Main|Body marbling}} [[File:Body Marbled Hand - 1.jpg|thumb|A hand marbled by dipping into floating non-toxic paint]]
Hands and faces can be marbled temporarily for events such as festivals, using a painting process similar to traditional paper marbling, in which paint is floated on water and transferred to a person's skin. Unlike the traditional oil-based technique for paper, neon or ultraviolet reactive colours are typically used, and the paint is water-based and non-toxic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Valenti |first=Lauren|title=The New "Body Marbling" Trend Is Must-See Stuff, People|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/news/a22529/body-marbling-trend/|publisher=Marie Claire|date=9 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Ellen |title=Body Marbling Is the New Festival Trend You're Going to Be Obsessed with |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/09/body-marbling-is-the-new-festival-trend-youre-going-to-be-obsessed-with-6119406/ |work=Metro |date=9 September 2016}}</ref>
==Hand art== "Hand art" is the application of make-up or paint to a hand to make it appear like an animal or other object. Some hand artists, like Guido Daniele, produce images that are ''trompe-l'œil'' representations of wild animals painted on people's hands.
Hand artists work closely with hand models. Hand models can be booked through specialist acting and modeling agencies usually advertising under "body part model" or "hands and feet models".
==Body glitter== The application of glitter and reflective ornaments to a woman's breasts, often in the shape of a bikini top or crop top and sometimes alongside nipple tassels, is known as glitter boobs. Like body paint, this decoration is popular with festivalgoers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dowling |first=Amber |title=Glitter boobs are a thing now, you've been warned |url=https://www.theloop.ca/glitter-boobs-are-a-thing-now-youve-been-warned/ |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=The Loop }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=10 Reasons Why 'Glitter Boobs' Are Summer's Hottest Music Festival Trend |url=https://www.maxim.com/women/glitter-tits-instagram-2017-6 |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=Maxim }}</ref> Buttocks are also sometimes decorated in a similar manner,<ref>{{cite web |last=Tierney |first=Allison |title=People Can't Stop Taking Photos of Their Glittery Butts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/people-cant-stop-taking-photos-of-their-glittery-butts/ |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=Vice }}</ref> and the adornment of the a woman's pubic area is known as a vajazzle.
==Media== Body painting features in various media. The popular TV variety show, ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', featured bodies painted with comedic phrases and jokes during transitions. ''The Pillow Book'', a 1996 film by Peter Greenaway, is centred on body painting. The 1990 American film ''Where the Heart Is'' featured several examples of models who were painted to blend into elaborate backdrops as ''trompe-l'œil''. ''Skin Wars'' is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on Game Show Network on August 6, 2014.
==See also== {{Commons category multi|Body painting|Facepainting}} {{Portal|Human sexuality|Visual arts|Fashion}} * Body art * Corpse paint * Make up * Mehndi (so-called henna tattoos)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://facebodyart.com/face-painting-for-beginners/ Ultimate Face Painting Tutorial for Beginners: Your step-by-step guide for learning how to face paint] * [https://bodypainting-festival.com/en/ World Bodypainting Festival website]
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