ok so I use this for Homestuck cosplays, and I love the colour. It's perfect light grey, and I don't have to do any mixing. I bought this and a black snazaroo for Karkat (his sleepy raccoon eyes, I guess?) and I love how well it stays on. However, I've learned how to use it best by trial and error.1. test it out before you go to the con2. do NOT get it wet, or wear it where you'll be sweating a lot, or exposed to rain/humidity/swimming areas. It's water-based so it'll bleed off pretty quickly. Even taking a sip of water with it on, it rubs off my lips, so I always keep one of these with me at cons, to re-apply it. Use straws if you're drinking, and if you eat wearing this, you'll have to redo the lips. Unless you use lipstick instead of this on the lips, in which case, you're fine. I'm a guy so yeah, no lipstick. This works just fine.3. When I'm applying it, I don't follow the directions on the label. If you do just a light, thin layer like it suggests, it will look washed out, streaky, and blotchy. Your fingerprints and application strokes will show. I know that's how you're supposed to do it, but I just don't like how it looks. What I do is open up the cap, let a couple droplets of water soak into it, and wait until it's kinda a thick putty (peanut butter-ish?), then I glob it on my face. Yes, I know it sounds gross. Yes, my pores can still breathe, yes it's comfortable, no it isn't itchy, no it doesn't burn my skin, yes I've left it on for 10+ hours before and have had no issues whatsoever, no it doesn't aggravate my acne. The water-based compound is easy on my skin. It feels nice on, moisturising. After I do the base grey colour, I take just a dab of black Snazaroo on my pinky finger, make it into a thick paste just the same, and splotch it beneath my eyes for Karkat's baggy eyes. No streaking, just like a light dabbing motion, till it's well-blended. I let that sit about five minutes, and then use matte finishing spray (Ben Nye Final Seal). You need this. It will help. Your makeup stays in place, doesn't look mottled, and overall helps it not run as bad or look as shiny. I don't use any powders atop that, just the finishing spray. Spritz like once or twice into the air, walk into it, wait a couple minutes, and do it again, till you go through it 2-4 times or so? In theatre we used to use hair spray to set our makeup, but I've never tried it with Snazaroo, since every water and alcohol-based makeup reacts differently to the sprays. But yeah, Ben Nye is great. If you don't use a final seal, it's not a huge deal, but it'll make the Snaz blotch, run, and show sweat more.4. Don't use Snaz on your arms. Or your neck. Or your hands. Or your legs. It will run. You will be miserable. Your clothes will get grey all over the edges. Your con experience will be filled with grey smudges all over your priceless con purchases and group photos. You don't want that. Even expensive Mehron/Ben Nye paints will still run with heat, humidity, and time at the con. Plus you have to keep re-applying it. No matter how much you set it and re-apply it, you will have issues unless you absolutely don't touch anything. Not fun. It's fine if you're just going out for a photo op, but for a con, you want something where you can use your hands. So you can eat and drink and do other important activities. Also, bathroom breaks...yeah. Paint on your hands just isn't a good idea. I HIGHLY suggest making armsocks out of tights, fabric medium/paint, and fake nails painted yellow. There's a few awesome tutorials on Tumblr. That way you can pull them on and off, do pics, and actually grab that awesome t-shirt at the con. For limbs, don't use water, grease, or alcohol-based paints if it's an all-day con. You can but there's always that risk; even just brushing your leg on a chair might smear it. PAX is a good option for legs, as well as opaque tights. For photo ops (for less than an hour), any body paint will work fine. Anything more than that, PAX is great. It feels and looks like skin. It's a mixture of 60% Pros-Aid and 40% Liquidex paint. It is AMAZING. Anytime I cosplay Karkat, I do my neck with PAX, then my face with Snaz. The colours work great, and with the separation line just under my chin, you can't tell where the two paints blend. PAX does NOT rub off or smear on my collar. At all. Be kinda careful about humidity, though. DO shave before you use PAX; it can be ridiculous to scrub off. Best way to get PAX off is to sweat, let the bubbles bead up beneath it, and wipe off with a hot rag. SO, RECAP: Snaz for face. It is awesome. Cake it on. Ben Nye and Mehron are other good brands I've tried, and I know a few others that are like $30 per canister. But Snaz is cheap and works just fine. PAX on neck and upper arms. Arm socks for hands. You'll thank me later.5. Snaz washes off extremely easily, just a hot, wet rag and facial wash. As long as you don't rub your face too much during the day, and as long as you're not outside sweating, however, you shouldn't have a problem with it dripping off. I've used it at Dragon*Con, where I was waiting for panels outside in the heat. As long as I didn't touch my face when I came back inside, let the AC chill it down, the makeup reset to my face perfectly. Really just trial and error. But this stuff is way cheaper than Mehron and Ben Nye, and as long as you use it well, it works just fine.6. It goes a long way. I've been on the same grey and black containers for over a year, and have done Karkat probably 10 times. Just the face, but still. You don't need much.Ok so as a part of my daily (yes daily) make up look I like to black out my neck. I've been doing this for years to the point people think it is a tattoo. But before I would use liquid eyeliner or eyeshadow and I never got the coverage I wanted. This however?? This right here? This is full coverage baby, I mean my entire neck and then some is blacked out in minutes. In the time it takes some girls to throw on some mascara and eyeliner I have my entire neck painted and set.I bought this in early January and now 7 months later I am just BEARLY hitting the bottom of the pan after once again DAILY use. And I really do slather the black on. So if it lasts me this long it's gonna last you even longer.My pro tip however is use as little water as possible and a dense brush to apply. Set it with black eyeshadow after. You will thank me later.At the 8 or so hour mark you'll likely need to touch up but then again I doubt anyone is on my level and wearing this for that long. But who knows, maybe you are.If set correctly it doesn't transfer or fade at all, but around that 6-8 hour mark it can shift around. If it does it can and will get messy. Taking it off can be a bit of a pain but I personally use a mega sized cotton pad and a bunch of myciliar water and toner, which cuts through it like butter. You can also just hop in the shower and get aggressive with the face/body wash.But basically this is the best you will get in terms of face paint. Go hard and live your best painted life.the pink was perfect! i wore it for my persephone cosplays to a con and it stayed on allll day. the white however,, i just can’t seem to figure it outBought this for a Raven cosplay I’m doing this Halloween. Going to use it for my face and hands only, along with setting it with powder. It is VERY water activated so try not to get too sweaty or wet in areas. It can transfer too but having powder over it should have it not transfer as easily. Overall great produce for the price, can’t wait for the rest of my orders.I wore this on my upper body, including face and arms. I was able to do about 3 coats and I still have sooo much left over. It stayed on pretty good, I just had to stay away from the misters.Hard to blend but it wipes off easily with a little bit of waterMore of a light than dark greyI use it for corpse paint and it’s pretty nice. It can be patchy if you’re not careful thoughGot these for Halloween last year, I spent 6 hours on my face paint and overall had it on for over 12 hours and not one bit smudged or faded throughout!! I also used this on my hair and considering I have black hair I thought the coverage was brilliant!!! Also when I've used other products I've found that I've had to basically plaster loads on to get the required colour, not with this product just a little dab and that's that, would definitely recommend!!!I dont even know where to begin on this. I decided to buy this as part of my Halloween makeup to look like a pumpkin. It arrived before they said it would which was great and it meant I had time to test it before the big night. Thank god this was the case.The colour was really bold and vivid and applied really well. What I wasn't expecting was the fact that this took and hour and a half to take off after. I tried to take it off and was hit by the realisation that this would not move for love nor money. The thought of going to work looking like my Mum had sex with a Wasit was not a look I was going for.Luckily with some superduper strong makeup remover this finally come off after an hour an a half of scrubbing.For those that are wondering, I ended up going as a black and white pumpkin in the end as I couldn't bare to do this experience again whilst drunk.I bought this for myself to turn myself into Sadness from Inside Out. The colour turned out to be perfect, and with a very good payoff. I bought a white one to put underneath as I wasn't sure it would show up enough on its own, but it turned out that I didn't need the other one at all. I tried a couple of methods to apply the face paint (I'm very new to literally painting any faces) - a dampened brush, a makeup sponge, and a sponge designed for face paint - and found that the best method is the sponge that is actually made for painting faces. I found it best to dampened the sponge and then to dab it on the face (don't swipe, just press it on). Mine cracked a little bit after several hours because I put on too thick a layer, so I'd recommend only doing maybe 2 layers all over. I have quite sensitive skin so I was a little worried that it might get irritated putting on so much stuff, but it was absolutely fine. I did take the face paint off as soon as I came home (baby wipes did the job) as it was starting to get everywhere, but both my house and face survived the ordeal with minimal clean-up.Since I had to paint my neck blue as well I ended up with face paint all over my white jumper, which I nervously put in the wash with a colour catcher. It came out perfectly white and I've had absolutely no problems.There was a virtual Christmas jumper competition at work and I don't own a Christmas jumper so in a rare bout of lockdown camaraderie I decided to paint myself Grinch instead.I bought the lime one and it's green, it's really, really green!I've never used face paint before and wasn't entirely sure what I was doing. I tried with just a damp sponge initially but it didn't apply well so I softened the pot itself by passing it under the hot tap briefly and continued to apply with the damp sponge - that worked a treat.I did two layers, let it dry between layers and found out dabbing it on was better than wiping it on else it just wipes itself off. I've got loads left too, it looks barely touched.Getting it off was tougher. I scrubbed at it, exfoliated, used a cleanser and it all looked fine until went into daylight and noticed a decidedly yellow tinge to my skin. That took another scrubbing and a further day or so for stain to go.Behold the face than won the Christmas Jumper comp without owning a Christmas jumper ?Would I buy it again? Yes. Video calls are so much more fun when you're green.These little pots of Face Paints are brilliant. The vibrant colours are superb for finer detail and they blend together beautifully. A big bonus is how quick it dries, so you dont end up with a smudged finish. You might feel they are more expensive from other brands, but they are worth the extra money. The blue shimmer colour was great to cover mermaid, Frozen , unicorn images. If you havnt used these face paints before, very simple to use, just like normal paints... just a brush and tap water. I used a makeup sponge to cover the larger areas (always dab for greater coverage and vibrancy). The paints are non-allergenic, and did not cause any adverse reactions...I use these on children over 3 years old, and mums and dads are delighted. They last ages too, so start collecting all the colours to give you a bigger choice of designs.