Body Painting Tips and Techniques

Anyone who attempts body painting quickly discovers the lack of useful information and dearth of practical materials to accomplish successful body paintings. This situation has improved in recent years. It is becoming easier to find good paints to work with. Most traditional makeup techniques are incredibly messy and time consuming. It's not unusual to hear of a full body painting taking 10 to 12 hours. Eventually I learned of some better techniques that get the job done with a minimum of mess and time. Here are some techniques used in body painting:

Markers: Cheap, Safe, but slow.
Airbrush Make Up: Excellence, Speed and Safety -- For a price.
MagicColor and Mehron Face Paints, moderate price, good quality, safe.
Textile Acrylics: Very Practical, inexpensive, good looking, and probably safe.
Liquid Latex: Fascinating material with many possibilities.
PAX MakeupAdhesive based paint with great staying power.
Tempera: Cheap and terrible!