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Face Painting by Kema
Overview
I face paint for all types of event: birthdays, costume parties, festivals, Halloween parties, block parties, church events, mardi gras, family reunions, etc. I have college experience and a phenomenal portrait drawing background. Check out my work: Face Painting by Kema. I also do baby showers (bump art, get your baby painted before they are even born! only charged for traveling price). I travel within a 45 minute radius of McHenry, IL. I am very familiar with the Kane County and McHenry County Area.
Reviews
19 reviews
Tracy S.
September 19, 2025Great Service!
We love Kema and will continue to use her for our events!
Hired as: Body Painter, Face Painter
Tracy S.
September 14, 2025Another great experience
This is our third year having Kema at our block party. She arrived on time, provided amazing face and body painting. Everyone loved it!
Hired as: Body Painter, Face Painter
Bunmi B.
August 31, 2025Great day
Kema was great! She was on time and she was patient with all the kids. I don't even know how many kids faces and arms she painted but she worked fast and everyone had a great time.
Hired as: Face Painter
Aleta B.
July 12, 2025Excellent Experience!
Kema arrived on time and was a delight to work with. She interacted well with the children and families and parents AND child were extremely pleased with the designs that she did. She was great to work with and had a wonderful spirit about her!
Hired as: Face Painter
Face Painting by Kema
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that, Aleta. It was a pleasure working with you. Not to mention you were also a big help in directing the children and keeping the line orchestrated. I would definitely come back for another season.
Katie G.
May 21, 2025Amazing!
Kema did a wonderful job at our Garden Party event!!! Everyone loved her and her face painting skills were on point!!!!
Hired as: Face Painter
Booking information
Price range: $75-120 per hour
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 300 minutes
What to expect
Expect good quality, very detailed, precise, and proportional artwork. I work from a binder of selected pieces. However; request can be made upon booking or immediately before each painting. I'm children and adult friendly. I'm respectable of people and their property.
About
I've been Face Painting for 3 years now. I have tons of experience working with kids or as I call them, "moving canvases." I started working as a Temporary Airbrushed tattoo artist at Santa's Village Azoosment park in East Dundee, IL. We incorporated face painting into the shop where I began painting 30-40 full faces in a day, charged per person. Customers were more pleased with the results than they'd expected to be and insisted that I attend their private events. Thanks to word of mouth and my first client (JF) lol, I've made it a more professional hobby.
Speed: I can paint 10-12 faces in an hour
Price: $80/hr -220/hr based distance of travel. (prices are subjected to change)
Travel: I Travel around Chicago land area. Mainly NW Suburbs.
Supplies needed: I will need water, a table, 2 chairs, and a controlled line of "moving canvases"/people.
My supplies: I use Face paint by @snazaroo. I use soft glitter so as not to irritate or cut the eyes. I may use adult lipstick upon request.
Face painter's operation: I will arrive at a designated time and set up at a space provided by the client. I will begin painting while keeping record of the time. Usually the guest of honor or birthday boy/girl will be painted first upon client's request. I will paint faces in an orderly fashion. If the client wishes to be on an exact scheduled time painting duration, it is their responsibility to cut off the line or else I will continue painting. (This is solely because the guest are unaware of the contracted time and will continue to line up to be painted for second times around. If the client wishes to be on an unlimited time duration, I will continue to paint until the line clears itself out and charge for time afterwards. I will collect pay before leaving. Tips are accepted. This operation usually goes by smoothly but I am open for other suggestions.
In some cases such as open events and festivals, I may be booked to charge per person. This is for 100 plus person events. Deposit is required.
Prices: $30 travel fee from booking client price from guests: $10/full face. $8/half/mask. $6/arm. $5/cheek/eye/hand. $1/mustache/very simple art
Duration: I will stay a minimum of 1 hour. Additional other time will be based on my judgment of business
In some cases such as open events I will book myself for events where there is a charge from me for a table. I will charge the above prices per person, and duration will also be my judgment.
Additional booking notes
Not recommended for pool parties.
Services offered
Past booked events
September 2025
13
Saturday
Personal Occasion
3:30pm - 5:30pm
•
Lake Zurich, IL
August 2025
30
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Lake Bluff, IL
23
Saturday
Corporate Event
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Wadsworth, IL
16
Saturday
Festival
4:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Northbrook, IL
July 2025
11
Friday
Festival
11:30am - 1:30pm
•
Libertyville, IL
May 2025
17
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
11:00am - 2:00pm
•
Crystal Lake, IL
October 2024
05
Saturday
House Party
3:30pm - 5:30pm
•
Lake Zurich, IL
September 2024
14
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
9:00am - 11:30am
•
Fox River Grove, IL
July 2024
27
Saturday
Corporate Event
12:30pm - 3:30pm
•
Grayslake, IL
June 2024
01
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
11:00am - 12:30pm
•
Grayslake, IL
May 2024
25
Saturday
Birthday Party
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Salem, WI
04
Saturday
Holiday Party
11:00am - 12:30pm
•
Northbrook, IL
April 2024
20
Saturday
Campus Event
11:00am - 1:00pm
•
Waukegan, IL
September 2023
30
Saturday
Personal Occasion
4:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Lake Zurich, IL
09
Saturday
Festival
3:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Lake Villa, IL
July 2023
29
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:00pm - 5:30pm
•
McHenry, IL
15
Saturday
Fair
3:30pm - 5:30pm
•
Lake In The Hills, IL
02
Sunday
Holiday Party
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Delavan, WI
01
Saturday
Personal Occasion
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Trout Valley, IL
March 2023
12
Sunday
Children’s Birthday Party
12:00pm - 1:00pm
•
Cary, IL
October 2022
30
Sunday
Halloween Party
12:00pm - 2:00pm
•
Algonquin, IL
08
Saturday
Fundraiser
3:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Elgin, IL
September 2022
18
Sunday
Children’s Birthday Party
4:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Woodstock, IL
10
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:30pm - 5:00pm
•
Marengo, IL
August 2022
20
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Elgin, IL
July 2022
31
Sunday
Children’s Birthday Party
2:30pm - 3:30pm
•
Crystal Lake, IL
June 2022
22
Wednesday
Grand Opening
4:30pm - 6:00pm
•
Glenview, IL
October 2021
16
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Algonquin, IL
September 2021
25
Saturday
Sporting Event
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Kenosha, WI
August 2021
14
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
12:00pm - 1:30pm
•
Naperville, IL
July 2016
31
Sunday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 1:00pm
•
Schaumburg, IL
June 2016
11
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Poplar Grove, IL
October 2015
03
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
1:00pm - 2:00pm
•
Warrenville, IL
September 2015
12
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
4:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Elgin, IL
Set list
I use high quality FDA approved hypoallergenic face paint and glitter. They are all water based and washes off smoothly with soap and water.
Influences and inspiration
I became a face painter at Santa's Village Azoosment Park in East Dundee, IL. I became a private Face Painter by the influence of customers at Santa's Village mainly through my special client, J.F. for her daughter O.F. I am an automatic/assumed face painter for my nieces, nephews, and cousins lol.
Setup requirements
Access to water
Table
2 Chairs
Line of moving Canvases(people)
Parking
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