Face Painting by Kema

Face Painting by Kema

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McHenry, IL

$75-120 per hour

Travels up to 30 miles

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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

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Tracy S.

September 19, 2025
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We love Kema and will continue to use her for our events!

Hired as: Body Painter, Face Painter


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Bunmi B.

August 31, 2025
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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


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Tracy S.

September 14, 2025

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


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Aleta B.

July 12, 2025
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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

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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.


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Katie G.

May 21, 2025
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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

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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.

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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