09jisaac
Regular Member
I recently went on a quest to find any camouflage face paint in any local stores. I only found one, a Primos brand. It is in a small green plastic clam with four colors, white, black, green, and brown, and a small, cheap stick on mirror. If anyone knows about buying face paint you know that it is not cheap and you get a very small amount of paint. If you are an avid hunter I doubt this small amount of paint will last you a year.
So I figured there has to be a better way. Any google search I tried just showed how to make face paint with corn starch and shortening, which I didn't think would be too useful for hunting or showing me the proper way to apply face camo face paint. I about gave up but when google autofill decided that "How to make face paint with crayons" was an appropriate search result I tried it anyways. The direction was melting the crayons in water and then adding petroleum jelly.
I figured this was worth a try. After I bought all the necessary supplies I tried it. Not a very good idea. The waxy crayons would not mix with the water and was somewhat of a disaster. So I tried just melting crayons and petroleum jelly in a pot. This seems to be an acceptable way to make face paint.
My mixture was very imprecise but it is as follows:
Two Crayons stripped of paper
A large table spoon of petroleum jelly
Heat in a pot/pan/skillet/can until everything is melted good and mix well. This does not take much heat. Parts that aren't mixed well and are more crayons that jelly will clump and not spread easily. You can mix the colors however you like to get the desired colors. There is no set rules on how to do this but I used similar colors to get earthy tones of similar. Less petroleum jelly makes it clump together more and is harder to spread. More petroleum jelly gives it a glossy look. As with all oil base paints this will have a slight gloss no matter the way you do it (I think).
My black (Black and grey) came out looking a lot like automotive grease. It all smears like grease also.
My dark brown (Brown and maroon) came out too redish, but I'll use it anyways.
My tan ("apricot" and a pale orange) came out too orange but is still usable.
My green (light green and lime with a small bit of dark green) turned out very well. As an after though I wish I would have made a lighter green too.
Clean up is the same as with grease or any bought camo face paint. Soap and water will bring it all off but you can use a rag to get the majority off quickly, water alone is of limited use. The best part about this method is I have more face paint than with the store bought stuff and for around the same price.
My crayons ran $1 a box, I bought two boxes but only used eleven out of them. Petroleum jelly was about a dollar but I had almost a whole jar left over from my zombie experiment. I used about half a jar. And I bought a cheap thing of make-up to store my paint in, this was $2 and reusable. You can, easily, add your colors to a make-up container, a store bought camo paint container or even lipstick/chapstick tubes to make it a breeze to apply.
I tried adding pics but it kept saying they were too large.
Hopefully this helps somebody.
So I figured there has to be a better way. Any google search I tried just showed how to make face paint with corn starch and shortening, which I didn't think would be too useful for hunting or showing me the proper way to apply face camo face paint. I about gave up but when google autofill decided that "How to make face paint with crayons" was an appropriate search result I tried it anyways. The direction was melting the crayons in water and then adding petroleum jelly.
I figured this was worth a try. After I bought all the necessary supplies I tried it. Not a very good idea. The waxy crayons would not mix with the water and was somewhat of a disaster. So I tried just melting crayons and petroleum jelly in a pot. This seems to be an acceptable way to make face paint.
My mixture was very imprecise but it is as follows:
Two Crayons stripped of paper
A large table spoon of petroleum jelly
Heat in a pot/pan/skillet/can until everything is melted good and mix well. This does not take much heat. Parts that aren't mixed well and are more crayons that jelly will clump and not spread easily. You can mix the colors however you like to get the desired colors. There is no set rules on how to do this but I used similar colors to get earthy tones of similar. Less petroleum jelly makes it clump together more and is harder to spread. More petroleum jelly gives it a glossy look. As with all oil base paints this will have a slight gloss no matter the way you do it (I think).
My black (Black and grey) came out looking a lot like automotive grease. It all smears like grease also.
My dark brown (Brown and maroon) came out too redish, but I'll use it anyways.
My tan ("apricot" and a pale orange) came out too orange but is still usable.
My green (light green and lime with a small bit of dark green) turned out very well. As an after though I wish I would have made a lighter green too.
Clean up is the same as with grease or any bought camo face paint. Soap and water will bring it all off but you can use a rag to get the majority off quickly, water alone is of limited use. The best part about this method is I have more face paint than with the store bought stuff and for around the same price.
My crayons ran $1 a box, I bought two boxes but only used eleven out of them. Petroleum jelly was about a dollar but I had almost a whole jar left over from my zombie experiment. I used about half a jar. And I bought a cheap thing of make-up to store my paint in, this was $2 and reusable. You can, easily, add your colors to a make-up container, a store bought camo paint container or even lipstick/chapstick tubes to make it a breeze to apply.
I tried adding pics but it kept saying they were too large.
Hopefully this helps somebody.