Body Paint For Mermaids

[MermaidNerenia]

I wanted to give you an overview on something that has popped up lately. As a professional body painter for over 7 years I mainly am a blacklight artist who works in nightclubs and at adult oriented events. I work under the name Apocalypse Body Art but have been pushed out of my own market recently by artists who are happy to work for free at my clubs. I don't paint much anymore, but someone just today posted about a challenge on Skin Wars, the body painting reality competition. I have several friends who have been on this show, and I was originally asked to be part of the initial season which I declined due to contract obligations.

The paint that you will see Skin Wars and jointly, the SFX show FaceOff use for their underwater challenges is made by a well known company called European Body Art. Their Endura line, is an alcohol based airbrush paint that stays on underwater.

https://www.europeanbodyart.com/catalog/index.php/cPath/111_114_77_131/

You may have also seen it recently used on Hannah Mermaid in a video where she was painted by Lana Chromium (previous Skin Wars contestant.) I also suspect that Endura was used in her dancing with sharks video where she is blue but I can't confirm that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMj1_9gB00

It was used on Season 1 of Naked Vegas, for a music video for The James Douglas Show (1:47 in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib1fJGhfkNk

This is a clip from Season 2 Episode 2 of FaceOff

https://vimeo.com/37378688

Skin Wars Season 3 Episode 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDGyixNG8c

Just wanted to give some information about this in case anyone is wondering about it or how to get some!

[AniaR]

so cool!

[shimmygoddess]

How cool. One of my friends who is a body painter was just on Skin Wars too!!

[Mermaid Alea]

Thanks for the information! I have been wondering what paint stays on underwater.

Does it rub off easily? I noticed how even and 'real' the body paint looks. I know that when you see some Cosplayers painted say blue they will get rub marks or lines, etc from the paint wearing off or sweat makes it do weird things. I am guessing this paint is of such a good quality you don't really have problems like that?

[MermaidNerenia]

After 6-8 hours in it it can start to rub off in some areas, but because it's alcohol based you're not going to have those issues. Most cosplayers use a water based or a blended mixture. Alcohol based paint pretty much stays on till you decide it comes off.

Also, it's expensive but a little bit goes a long way.