Liquid latex - body paint discontinued by SVT Inc - review by Lady Neshamah

I am a longtime liquid latex user. And at this point in time, I have tried almost every brand of it out there.

For those of you that have never tried liquid latex, be advised not to even think about trying it if you have latex allergies.

Before even thinking about putting this on, you need to think about if you like having your body hair pulled when you take the latex off or not. I know a lot of people that love that feeling of their skin and body hair pulled from it. But if you don't like it, use body lotion and let it set a bit before you start to paint yourself or partner with the latex. The lotion will help keep the pull of body hair down a lot. It doesn't really matter what kind of lotion you use, but if you have a partner or you have a lot of body hair, you are going to really want to have the lotion.

The creativity with the latex is endless. You can make yourself cloths and costumes out of it that you can even walk out in public in. Some friends of mine and I painted a friend of mine as a snow leopard. It took us a few hours to do it, and we set off the toxic fume detector in the hotel that we where in.

The smell is very very strong, so make sure that you are doing this in a very well ventilated room or even outside. We did trip the detector with just painting one person.

Also, it takes a long time before it cures properly and is totally functional and dry. Up to four hours sometimes. That was a long time for the snow leopard boy to stand there with his arms out drying. You can have someone blow dry you, or you can blow dry that someone you just painted.

I don't think that I will ever not be into the use of liquid latex. It's worth investing in some sponge brushes and little rollers to apply it evenly. I didn't have those to began with and now I wish I had them to start with.