Your favourite split cake for butterflies

I'm currently using the TAG neon rainbow for butterflies and I LOVE it because it has so much impact. I like using splits because they blend so easily with a sponge. I want to add a couple more splits to my kit but after looking at the threads on butterflies I'm soooo confused about what to buy. Most of them only have pics and don't say what paints were used

I would love to see some pics of your butterflies and what splits you used for them. I'm mostly interested in TAG and DFX as that's what I have easy access to here in Australia but please feel free to share anything you have.

Hope you guys can help me I would really appreciate it

This isn't a full-face butterfly idea, but for a really unusual cheek or otherwise body butterfly, I really liked trying out the Cameleon Colorblock in "Naughty Fairy" recently. The colours are bizarre at first meeting, but work really well for a bit of avant garde:

Cool! The black is really effective

It's slightly sparkly somehow, in real life. I was surprised it looked so pretty.

TAG Neon Carnival
TAG Havana Sunset
TAG Havana Sunset Pearl (looks amazing on darker skin).

There is a picture on my FaceBook page of a Havana Sunset butterfly.
There is a TAG Neon Carnival butterfly on my website.

Fairy Floss is my favorite. And of course I don't have any pics of it

Ooh, and I love DFX Tropical for pretty butterflies! I'm currently experimenting with a slightly more edgy flutterby, and I made this one with DFX Jungle:

Not entirely happy with it - my friend turned up part way through so I rushed to get it finished - but you get the general colour idea.

I really love TAG Magnolia, Cocktail, and Unicorn for butterflies.
Usually I will ask what the childs favorite color is, and then pick a split cake with that fave in it. I seem to reach for Magnolia most often, it makes really beautiful butterflies.

If you are talking rainbow cakes (for large face butterflies) I agree with Fess. I wish I could find my Havana sample I did.

The carnival cake is now my neon because I found that the regular neon rainbow cakes would get muddy if over blended. The Carnival never fails to be beautiful.


I love the Fairy Garden one that Metina sells but I've switched the lilac and teal so that the lilac is at the end and goes in the corner of the eye (I like lighter colors toward the eye) That's been a popular one towards the end of summer...the glitter looks fantastic on it.



This is a cake called Big Happy Swirl (another shop so you'll have to search that one! ) that is my go-to pearl cake:



My go-to for one-stroke butterflies is now the Frangapani...it looks so good on:

I really LOVE the Diamond FX rainbow cake for full faces butterflys...I am very new to painting and I haven't tried many others though. Those ALL look so beautiful Denise!!! Here is a photo of a butterfly I did using the Diamond FX rainbow cake

I love TAG Jewel:
Pearl Rose, Pearl Sky Blue, and Pearl Yellow!
http://www.facepaintforumshop.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=454

Kammy, is that the mini jungle split cake you used? If so, I may have to try that for a butterfly...I usually use it and my mini neon for cheetah eyes. It's simple and girls LOVE it! Here it is in metallics... I really do adore your butterfly though, I hope you don't mind if I try it?

These are the combination I have use in my 2 years of FP I know is a lot but is good to see what works and what doesn't.
[img][/img]
TAG neon rainbow-Egg drop Silly Farm-TAG pearl green and lime-TAG Havana Sunset

[img][/img]
UP: TAG pearl sky blue-DFX neon-Silly Farm day dream-TAG one stroke Fairy garden.
DOWN:TAG one stroke magnolia-TAG neon-TAG dream rainbow,TAG one stroke fairy garden

[img][/img]
UP: TAG pearl white and pink/SNAZAROO sparkle purple & turqoise/TAG Snow Flake/DFX metallic purple
DOWN:self made SNAZ sparkle blue+Wolfe pink&purple/WOLFE neon/Snaz sparkle blue/Silly Farm deep sea.

Tag Gelati Base Blender

Tag Gelati Base Blender with the green closest to the eyes! Love this cake!

Ah yes, TAG Gelati... I love it too

wow! thanks so much everyone

i think i'm more confused now

miss D wrote:wow! thanks so much everyone

i think i'm more confused now

Oh really, you should know by now. Technical questions are great, but ask 10 face painters one opinion question, and you'll get at least 20 different answers.

I love the Gelati base blender! Want......

This isn't a butterfly but it could very easily be one. This is Cotton Candy by Silly Farm

LOVE that cotton candy cake...gorgeous mask!

Jessica, that is beautiful.

Geethanksssss

I LOVE the Tag Gelati for butterflies too, I always suggest it if the child isn't sure what colors they want and it gets the best compliments too, add some fairy dust glitter to it and white dots and the crowds go wild