One or both cheeks

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  Your face can be painted on one or both cheeks. This style of face painting would include single images, like animals, insects, flags or abstract images, on one cheek, or partial animal features, like whiskers, or words, sentences or abstract images on both cheeks.
  
  

Entire face

• Painting your entire face takes more time than painting one or two cheeks, so children will have to sit still longer. Common face painting subjects are animals, superhero masks and flag colors. Full face painting is popular at zoos, festivals and fairs for children who wish to look like their favorite animals or superheroes.
  
  

Mask

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  A mask style of face paint entails painting around the eyes and over the nose to create a half face mask. Mask styles are typically abstract with the child's choice of colors and styles. This technique is typically available anywhere you can get your face painted and subjects may include spirals, shapes or glitter.
  
  

Partial face

• Unlike the mask or full face style, the partial face might use the forehead, one total side of the face, or bits and pieces of the entire face. Partial face painting styles include objects like the moon and stars, animals or abstract images. Partial face painting is typically available anywhere face painting is done.