Now booking: Paradise Jam 2018

Much excitement here at Façade Academy as we launch the next Paradise Jam – 2018. The theme this year is Once Upon a Time… suggested by clever Helen Goodinson, who wins a pair of tickets to the jam. Watch this space for more details closer the time! Please click on this this Eventbrite link to book your tickets.

Go wild in Paradise this Bank Holiday weekend

Juliet Eve - Tiger cub

Where have the summer holidays gone? Is it my imagination or are they shrinking? As well as being the Bank Holiday weekend, for most of us this weekend (26-28 Aug) will be the last one before school goes back. So why not come and see us at the Face Painting cabin at Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, Herts, and go a bit wild. Take your inspiration from the animals and let us transform you in to a silver leopard, lion king, tiger, butterfly or bird. We’re opposite the lemurs, from 11am every day – see you there!  

Peace and Love on half-term Monday at Paradise Jam 2017

As Principal of Façade Academy of Face and Body Painting, I’m thrilled to invite you to come and be part of the country’s biggest annual face and body painting gathering! Paradise Jam 2017 is happening on half-term Monday, 13 February (10-4). Bring your paints and Join the hundreds of painters, their friends and families in the big, heated marquee at Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Herts. Adults £11 and Children £5.50 (under 2s, free) … and the ticket price includes admission to Paradise Wildlife Park. (Purchase your own ticket and you can buy up to a total of 4 tickets. Great value as tickets to the Paradise Wildlife Park usually start at Adults from £15 and Children from £13.) This year’s theme is Peace and Love … and the soundtrack is the Sixties and Seventies! The day’s jam-packed with… • Competitions for face and body painting at junior, novice and open levels; plus freehand glitter art events. Prizes include places on Façade Academy courses (facadeacademy.co.uk). • Demos of techniques by top painters and artists, including airbrush make-up, face painting, body art, prosthetics, nail art, mehndi henna decoration, pregnant ‘bump’ painting, festival faces and grown-up party eyes. • Stands of merchandise, so painters can stock up on essential paints, glitter, balloons, tables and chairs. • FACE, the International Face Painting Association. • A fabulous children’s entertainer. • Giant raffle with fantastic prizes. • A photographer will be making prints on the spot throughout the day. • The public will be visiting from midday for painting. Click here to book now! Check out our Facebook group and Paradise Wildlife Park for directions to the Jam! Look forward to seeing you there! – Juliet

Summer holidays: painting in Paradise

Team Juliet is in training for school holidays It’s only a matter of days now before school’s out for the summer, so I’ve been busy lining up a top team of face-painters at Paradise Wildlife Park for the holidays. Nams, Philly, Kate, Zoe, Heather, Brierley and Linda will all be taking turns to paint with me over the next couple of months, each one bringing their own style and expertise. So do remember to bring your loyalty card if you’ve got one, and to ask for one if you haven’t. Eight signed boxes earn you a free face-paint! You’ll find us in my face-painting cabin, opposite the lemurs. See you there…

Free face-paint for Dad on Father’s Day

Take Dad for a walk on the wild side this Father’s Day – Sunday 19 June To celebrate Father’s Day in my face-painting cabin at Paradise Wildlife Park, we’re giving Dads a free face-paint with every paid-for child. So how brave are you really, chaps? The lion-hearted will find us by the lemurs!  

Look on the bright side – it’s half-term!

Warm to the wildlife at Paradise park I try to keep the temperature tropical in my face-painting cabin at Paradise Wildlife Park, so drop in this half-term to get an exotic new holiday look without leaving home. We’re here every day – next door to the lemurs. See you there!

Animal magic this Bank Holiday weekend

Dream Team in Paradise I’m going to be painting at Paradise Wildlife Park all this Bank Holiday Weekend (April 30, May 1-2) – and I’ll have a dream team: on Saturday, wonderful Zoe Thornbury-Phillips will be painting with me; on Sunday and Monday, my fabulous daughter, Philly Eve Walker. Plus, on Saturday and Monday, photographer John Brough will be there making on-the-spot prints, like the one here. To see more of John’s work, check out Alternative-Portraits Photography on Facebook.

Have your portrait taken in Paradise this week

On-the-spot animal prints John Brough of Alternative-Portraits makes a welcome return to Paradise Wildlife Park this week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (12, 14 & 15 April). He’ll be at my face-painting cabin to take your photo and make prints for you on the spot, with a choice of fantastic jungly backgrounds to complement your new persona as a tropical butterfly or a big cat. To see more of John’s work, check out Alternative-Portraits Photography on Facebook.

It’s still school holidays in Paradise

Dates for school holidays vary depending on where you live – and around Hertfordshire, that means another 10 whole days of fun. So why not come and visit us at Paradise Wildlife Park, where I’ll be painting naughty monkeys, terrifying tigers, birds and butterflies every day up to and including Sunday 17 April. You’ll find us opposite the lemurs, from 12 noon. See you there!  

Hop along to Paradise for Easter

I’ll be painting at Paradise Wildlife Park with Team Juliet over Easter – 25–28 March – and then every day during the school holidays, 2–17 April. I’m opposite the lemurs – just follow the bunnies and spring chickens! www.pwpark.com